Takayo Fischer

Born: 1932-11-25

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Takayo Fischer (born November 25, 1932) is an American stage, film and TV actress, as well as voice-over actress and singer. Personal life Fischer was born in Hardwick, California, the daughter of Issei (Japanese immigrants) Chukuro and Kinko Tsubouchi. During World War II, as a young child, she and her family were forcibly evacuated from the West Coast and spent time in the Fresno Assembly Center before being relocated to Jerome and Rohwer internment camps. Fischer later lived in Chicago, Illinois, where, as a young adult, she won the crown of "Miss Nisei Queen." She attended Rollins College from 1951-1953. After her 2nd year at Rollins College she married Dean Doran the day after he graduated from Rollins, in the college chapel, and had 3 children by him within 4 years. Toya: (1954), John (1956) Juliet (1957.). She married Sy Fischer, 2nd husband, (an entertainment executive) on November 29, 1980 . Her 2nd husband has 2 children Stewart and Peter. She resides in Los Angeles. Career Fischer appeared in the stage production of The World of Suzie Wong in New York in 1958. She won a Drama-Logue Award for ensemble performance for Tea at the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego. She has also appeared in many productions with East West Players in Los Angeles, including Into The Woods. She toured the U.S. and Europe in The Peony Pavilion in 1997. Fischer has appeared in many big-budget films, including Moneyball, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007) as Mistress Ching, The Pursuit of Happyness (2006) as Mrs. Chu, Memoirs of a Geisha (2005) and War of the Worlds (2005). She has also worked on many independent Asian American films including Americanese (2009), Only the Brave (2005), Stand Up for Justice: The Ralph Lazo Story (2004) and Strawberry Fields (1997). Fischer has had numerous guest-starring roles on network television including FX's It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia as a North Korean bar owner named Mr. Kim. She is sometimes credited as "Takayo Doran." Voice work Fischer has also done voices in several cartoon programmes. Some of her well-known roles included Mister T, Battle of the Planets, Rubik the Amazing Cube, A Pup Named Scooby-Doo, Saturday Supercade, The Flintstone Kids, Batman: The Animated Series, Batman Beyond, The All-New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Show, The Karate Kid, Capitol Critters, The Centurions, The Plastic Man Comedy/Adventure Show, The Heathcliff and Dingbat Show, Super Friends, Thundarr the Barbarian, Rambo, Wildfire, Captain Planet and the Planeteers, Teen Titans, Justice League Unlimited and Avatar: The Last Airbender. She has also reprised her role as Mistress Ching in the video game version of Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End.


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as Ching
Released: 2007-05-19

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as Mrs. Chu
Released: 2006-12-14

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as Older Woman
Released: 2005-06-13

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as Suzanne - Billy's Secretary
Released: 2011-09-23

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Memoirs of a Geisha

as Tanizato Teahouse Owner
Released: 2005-12-06

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Showdown in Little Tokyo

as Mama Yamaguchi
Released: 1991-08-23

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as Bank Teller
Released: 1990-09-28

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Only The Brave

as Mrs. Nakajo
Released: 2006-10-23

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Released: 2012-05-11

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as Mrs. Chau
Released: 1993-09-20

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as Mrs. Yu
Released: 1994-01-01

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as Lo / Li
Released: 2008-07-19

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as Tina
Released: 2008-01-01

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as Mme. Binh
Released: 1988-11-06

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as Mrs. Ishikawa
Released: 2002-06-07

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The Wash

as Chiyo
Released: 1988-08-17

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Strawberry Fields

as Takayo
Released: 1997-03-09

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American Geisha

as Okasan
Released: 1986-09-11

On a trip to Japan, an American student watches the lives of the Geishas in a tea house.

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Americanese

as Keiko Crane
Released: 2006-03-15

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as Dr. Emily Weiss
Released: 1994-02-21

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as Meredith's Hospital Roommate
First aired: 2005-03-24

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as Mrs. Cheng
First aired: 2001-10-02

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as Landlady
First aired: 2009-09-22

The exploits of the Los Angeles–based Office of Special Projects (OSP), an elite division of the...

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as uncredited
First aired: 1990-10-04

Follow the lives of a group of teenagers living in the upscale, star-studded community of...

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as Mr. Kim
First aired: 2005-08-04

Four egocentric friends run a neighborhood Irish pub in Philadelphia and try to find their way...

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Boston Legal

as Court Clerk
First aired: 2004-10-03

Alan Shore and Denny Crane lead a brigade of high-priced civil litigators in an upscale Boston...

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as uncredited
First aired: 2005-01-23

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as Asian Woman
First aired: 2005-01-03

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as Dry Cleaning Owner
First aired: 2005-08-07

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Anger Management

as Esther
First aired: 2012-06-28

Charlie is a non-traditional therapist specializing in anger management. He has a successful...

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as Red Panda (voice)
First aired: 1998-09-01

Travel the world with the Thornberrys and come face-to-face with blue sheep in Nepal, emus in...

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as Kairi Tanaga (voice)
First aired: 1999-01-10

As new villains overrun Gotham City of the future, the aging Bruce Wayne hangs up the cape of...

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as Trinnie
First aired: 1994-09-19

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Teen Titans

as Chu-Hui the True Master (voice)
First aired: 2003-07-19

Fighting for truth, justice and the last slice of pizza, these five superheroes are living proof...

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as Mrs. Trang
First aired: 1996-03-02

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Avatar: The Last Airbender

as uncredited
First aired: 2005-02-21

In a war-torn world of elemental magic, a young boy reawakens to undertake a dangerous mystic...

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Avatar: The Last Airbender

as Additional Voices (voice)
First aired: 2005-02-21

In a war-torn world of elemental magic, a young boy reawakens to undertake a dangerous mystic...

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Avatar: The Last Airbender

as Lo / Li (voice)
First aired: 2005-02-21

In a war-torn world of elemental magic, a young boy reawakens to undertake a dangerous mystic...

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The Facts of Life

as uncredited
First aired: 1979-08-24

The Facts of Life is an American sitcom that originally ran on the NBC television network from...

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Cagney & Lacey

as uncredited
First aired: 1982-03-25

Mary Beth Lacey and Chris Cagney are teamed up as NYPD police detectives. Their opposing...

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Justice League Unlimited

as Mairzey (voice)
First aired: 2004-07-31

The galaxy's most powerful superheroes return to battle the allied villains and criminal plots...

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Fame

as uncredited
First aired: 1982-01-07

An American television series originally produced between 1982 and 1987. The show is based on...

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7th Heaven

as Sachiko Ishida
First aired: 1996-08-26

Reverend Eric Camden and his wife Annie have always had their hands full caring for seven...

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as Ruth Nakagawa
First aired: 2009-09-22

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The Cleaner

as Akani's mother or Miss Kato
First aired: 2008-07-15

After hitting rock-bottom from his own addictions during the birth of his twins, William...

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Bad Judge

as Female Juror
First aired: 2014-10-02

The series chronicles the personal life (and the wild lifestyle) of Rebecca Wright, a...

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Mister T

as Priscilla Bisby
First aired: 1983-09-17

Mister T is an animated series that aired on NBC on Saturday morning from 1983 to 1986. A total...

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Mr. & Mrs. Smith

as uncredited
First aired: 1996-09-20

Two globetrotting spies with different styles team up. Posing as husband and wife, they guard...

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as Alex #3
First aired: 2012-08-15

Alex wakes up every day as a different person. He is always the same person on the inside, but...

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The Devlin Connection

as Mrs. Watanabe
First aired: 1982-10-02

Brian Devlin was a military intelligence agent. Years ago, he had an affair with a woman named...

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