· Los Angeles, California
Haing S. Ngor Wins an Academy Award
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Haing S. Ngor, a Cambodian doctor who survived the Khmer Rouge genocide and had never acted before, won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for The Killing Fields-the first performer of Asian descent to win the award.
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- oscars.org oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1985
- britannica.com britannica.com/biography/Haing-S-Ngor