Takayo Fischer

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Takayo Fischer born November 25 1932 is an American stage film and TV actress as well as voiceover 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 19511953 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 DramaLogue 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 US and Europe in The Peony Pavilion in 1997 Fischer has appeared in many bigbudget films including Moneyball Pirates of the Caribbean At Worlds 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 gueststarring roles on network television including FXs Its 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 wellknown roles included Mister T Battle of the Planets Rubik the Amazing Cube A Pup Named ScoobyDoo Saturday Supercade The Flintstone Kids Batman The Animated Series Batman Beyond The AllNew Scooby and ScrappyDoo Show The Karate Kid Capitol Critters The Centurions The Plastic Man ComedyAdventure 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 Worlds End