Takayo Fischer
Takayo Fischer (née Tsubouchi; born November 25, 1932) is an American stage, film and television actress, as well as voice-over actress. Personal life. Fischer was born in Hardwick, California, the youngest of four daughters of "Issei" (Japanese immigrants) Chukuro, a farm laborer, and Kinko Tsubouchi. 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. 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. 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." She toured the U.S. and Europe in "The Peony Pavilion" in 1997. Fischer has appeared in many big-budget films, including "Moneyball", "" (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), "" (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, and Mimi Kishi on Netflix and Walden Media’s “The Baby-Sitter’s Club”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 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", "" and "Justice League". She also reprised her role as Mistress Ching in the video game version of "".