Įxcept during World War II, Kwan had a comfortable early life. Her father and her stepmother raised her, in addition to her brother and five half-brothers and half-sisters. Remaining in Hong Kong with the children, her father married a Chinese woman, whom Kwan called "Mother". Her mother later moved to New York and married an American. Kwan's parents divorced when she was two years old. Scott escaped to England and never rejoined the family. They remained in exile in western China for five years until the war ended, after which they returned to Hong Kong and lived in a spacious, contemporary home her father designed. Kwan and her brother were transported by servants, evading Japanese sentries. In fear of the Japanese invasion of Hong Kong during World War II, Wing Hong, in the guise of a coolie, escaped from Hong Kong to North China in Christmas 1941 with his two children, whom he hid in wicker baskets. In that era, society held a dim view of interracial marriage. The two married and moved to Hong Kong, where Wing-hong became an eminent architect. He attended Cambridge University and met Scott in London. Kwan Wing-hong was the son of lawyer Kwan King-sun and Juliann Loke Yuen-ying, daughter of Loke Yew. Nancy Kwan and her father, Kwan Wing-hong, 1956īorn in Hong Kong on May 19, 1939, and growing up in Kowloon Tong, Kwan is the Eurasian daughter of Kwan Wing-hong, a Cantonese architect and Marquita Scott, a European model of English and Scottish ancestry. The old woman who runs the newsstand in Jonathan's building is being blackmailed for a murder she may not have committed.Ĭharles Hallahan. The man who was painting Jennifer's portrait dies, supposedly while driving drunk, but the Harts don't believe the official explanation.
The Harts receive a last-minute invitation to the wedding of Jonathan's old girlfriend and discover she is being forced into the marriage.Įpisode 1.11 - "The Man with the Jade Eyes"Ī man collapses at the Harts' restaurant table and asks them to protect the man with jade eyes and take him to the temple.ĭonna Kei Benz. Two chemists at one of Jonathan's subsidiaries have developed a new hallucinogen, and their supervisor is killed when he tries to report them to Jonathan.Įpisode 1.10 - "With This Gun, I Thee Wed" Max has met a lovely woman who seems to enjoy his company also - but she's part of a theft ring that cleaned out the Harts.ĭaniel J. When a prostitute is murdered, one of Jennifer's former sources asks her to investigate.ĭetective Ed Taggert (as Burr de Benning) Valorie Armstrong . Inga (as Valerie Armstrong) Two of the Harts' friends are suspects in the murder of a famous divorce attorney - and they aren't answering Jennifer's and Jonathan's questions. When Jonathan buys Jennifer a gorgeous old car for her birthday, she is less than thrilled - but two Brits seem suspiciously eager to take it off her hands.Ī young woman is obsessed with Jonathan and wants to take Jennifer's place. When Jonathan breaks up a semi-slavery ring, the manager running it sends a hit man to pretend to be Jennifer's cousin and terminate her.Ī yacht trip becomes dangerous when one of the Harts' guests is blackmailed into running drugs.Īn innocent woman is blackmailed by her ex-husband into using their son to extort money from Jonathan. Written by Tom Mankiewicz, Rogers Turrentine Jonathan is joined undercover by his wife, Jennifer, as they try to find out what really happened. Written by Tom Mankiewicz and Sidney SheldonĪ friend of millionaire Jonathan Hart appears to have committed suicide while returning home from the Golden Goose Health Spa. Hart to Hart Pilot / Original air date: August 25, 1979
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