Takayo Fischer

Takayo Fischer (née Tsubouchi; November 25, 1932) is an American stage, film and TV actress, as well as voice-over actress and singer.

Takayo Fischer
Born
Takayo Doris Tsubouchi

(1932-11-25) November 25, 1932
Hardwick, California, United States
Years active1951-present
Spouse(s)Sy Fischer (1980-present)

Personal life

Fischer was born in Hardwick, California, the youngest of four daughters of Issei (Japanese immigrants) Chukuro, a farm laborer, and Kinko Tsubouchi.[1] During World War II, at age 10, 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.[2] After their release, the Tsubouchi family went to Chicago, Illinois, where, as a young adult, Tsubouchi won the crown of "Miss Nisei Queen." She graduated from Hyde Park High School in Chicago in 1950 and attended Rollins College from 1951 to 1953, where she was a cheerleader and member of Phi Beta, a performing arts fraternity.[3] She resides in Los Angeles.

In 1980 she married Sy Fischer, an entertainment executive and longtime agent at Hanna-Barbera.

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. Fischer was an honoree at East West Players' 2019 gala for her work in raising "the visibility of the Asian Pacific American (APA) community through [her] craft."[4] 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 programs. 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, The Wild Thornberrys, Avatar: The Last Airbender and Justice League.

She also reprised her role as Mistress Ching in the video game version of Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End.

Filmography

References
  1. "1940 United States Federal Census, Hanford, Kings, California, page 19B, Enumeration District 16-15, C. Tsubouchi Family". Ancestry.com. Retrieved 2020-08-28.
  2. "U.S., Final Accountability Rosters of Evacuees at Relocation Centers, 1942-1946, Rohwer, November 1945, Number 10147, Takayo Doris Tsubouchi". Ancestry.com. Retrieved 2020-08-28.
  3. "U.S., School Yearbooks, 1900-1999, Rollins College, 1953". Ancestry.com. Retrieved 2020-08-28.
  4. Wood, Ximón. "East West Players' 53rd Anniversary Visionary Awards Dinner and Silent Auction". East West Players. Retrieved 2019-07-24.
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