Takayo Fischer

Takayo Fischer

Born: November 25, 1932
in Hardwick - California - USA
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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.

Movies for Takayo Fischer...

The Activated Man
Title: The Activated Man
Character: Mrs. Hideyoshi
Released: December 3, 2023
Type: Movie
After Ors Gabriel loses his beloved dog to cancer, the shock from the trauma produces strange vision projections that force Ors to wrestle with two possibilities: that his mind has fractured, or that it's actually real.
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Bond of Justice: Kizuna
Title: Bond of Justice: Kizuna
Character: Kelly Johnson
Released: October 30, 2023
Type: Movie
A rookie detective's friend is brutally murdered by the Japanese mafia, she must revenge for her and bring justice to the world, as an assassin.
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The Watcher
Title: The Watcher
Character: Gladys
Released: October 1, 2016
Type: Movie
Unaware of its terrible history, a young couple purchases their dream home. But it soon becomes clear that they may not be alone in the house... and that someone -- or something -- is determined to drive them out.
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Title: The Beauty Inside
Character: Alex #3
Released: August 15, 2012
Type: TV
Alex wakes up every day as a different person. He is always the same person on the inside, but on the outside he is somebody else. When he meets Leah and falls in love everything changes for him. He knows he will see her again, but she will never see him.
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Model Minority
Title: Model Minority
Character: Grandma Reiko Tanaka
Released: May 11, 2012
Type: Movie
Kayla, an underprivileged Japanese American 16 year old, endangers her promising future as an aspiring artist when she becomes involved with a drug dealer.
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Moneyball
Title: Moneyball
Character: Suzanne - Billy's Secretary
Released: September 23, 2011
Type: Movie
The story of Oakland Athletics general manager Billy Beane's successful attempt to put together a baseball team on a budget, by employing computer-generated analysis to draft his players.
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Title: The Cleaner
Character: Akani's mother or Miss Kato
Released: July 15, 2008
Type: TV
After hitting rock-bottom from his own addictions during the birth of his twins, William Banks strikes a tentative deal with God. In exchange for a second chance, he vows to kick his addictions and dedicate his life to helping others. Now, along with his unconventional team, he helps people get clean from their own addictions of sex, drugs, alcohol and gambling by any means necessary.
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Uncross The Stars
Title: Uncross The Stars
Character: Tina
Released: January 1, 2008
Type: Movie
The Story follows Troy, a young man whose beloved wife passes away. The movie opens at her funeral, and Troy, ill-equipped to deal with this kind of grief at this stage in his life, just shuts down. Lost for direction, he receives in the mail a letter his wife wrote him while she was sick, which asks him to build his Aunt Hilda a porch. With nowhere else to turn, Troy drives to where his aunt lives in the desert. There, he meets with his Aunt Hilda, a supporting cast of crazy fun old ladies, and Bobby, a kind of wise cowboy, all of whom make it easier for Troy to find the place within to deal with his grief and move forward, and help open Troy's eyes that his pain is not unique. In the Process, Troy also learns the Difference between "true love" and "love at first sight".
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Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Title: Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Character: Ching
Released: May 19, 2007
Type: Movie
Captain Barbossa, long believed to be dead, has come back to life and is headed to the edge of the Earth with Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann. But nothing is quite as it seems.
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The Pursuit of Happyness
Title: The Pursuit of Happyness
Character: Mrs. Chu
Released: December 14, 2006
Type: Movie
A struggling salesman takes custody of his son as he's poised to begin a life-changing professional career.
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Only The Brave
Title: Only The Brave
Character: Mrs. Nakajo
Released: October 23, 2006
Type: Movie
A searing portrait of war and prejudice, 'Only the Brave' takes you on a haunting journey into the hearts and minds of the forgotten heroes of WWII - the Japanese-American 100th/442nd.
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Americanese
Title: Americanese
Character: Keiko Crane
Released: March 15, 2006
Type: Movie
Long after their breakup, Chinese American Raymond Ding and Amerasian Aurora Crane struggle to let go. Torn apart by mismatched ideals, meddling friends, and the complexities of racial identities, they find other suitable mates but cannot stay away from each other
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Memoirs of a Geisha
Title: Memoirs of a Geisha
Character: Tanizato Teahouse Owner
Released: December 6, 2005
Type: Movie
In the years before World War II, a penniless Japanese child is torn from her family to work as a maid in a geisha house.
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Title: Weeds
Character: Dry Cleaning Owner
Released: August 7, 2005
Type: TV
After the unexpected death of her husband, a suburban mom resorts to selling weed to support her family.
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Title: It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
Character: Mr. Kim
Released: August 4, 2005
Type: TV
Four egocentric friends run a neighborhood Irish pub in Philadelphia and try to find their way through the adult world of work and relationships. Unfortunately, their warped views and precarious judgments often lead them to trouble, creating a myriad of uncomfortable situations that usually only get worse before they get better.
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War of the Worlds
Title: War of the Worlds
Character: Older Woman
Released: June 28, 2005
Type: Movie
Ray Ferrier is a divorced dockworker and less-than-perfect father. Soon after his ex-wife and her new husband drop off his teenage son and young daughter for a rare weekend visit, a strange and powerful lightning storm touches down.
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Title: The Office
Character: Meredith's Hospital Roommate
Released: March 24, 2005
Type: TV
The everyday lives of office employees in the Scranton, Pennsylvania branch of the fictional Dunder Mifflin Paper Company.
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Title: Avatar: The Last Airbender
Released: February 21, 2005
Type: TV
In a war-torn world of elemental magic, a young boy reawakens to undertake a dangerous mystic quest to fulfill his destiny as the Avatar, and bring peace to the world.
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Title: Avatar: The Last Airbender
Character: Lo / Li (voice)
Released: February 21, 2005
Type: TV
In a war-torn world of elemental magic, a young boy reawakens to undertake a dangerous mystic quest to fulfill his destiny as the Avatar, and bring peace to the world.
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Title: Avatar: The Last Airbender
Character: Additional Voices (voice)
Released: February 21, 2005
Type: TV
In a war-torn world of elemental magic, a young boy reawakens to undertake a dangerous mystic quest to fulfill his destiny as the Avatar, and bring peace to the world.
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Title: Numb3rs
Released: January 23, 2005
Type: TV
Inspired by actual cases and experiences, Numb3rs depicts the confluence of police work and mathematics in solving crime as an FBI agent recruits his mathematical genius brother to help solve a wide range of challenging crimes in Los Angeles from a very different perspective.
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Title: Medium
Character: Asian Woman
Released: January 3, 2005
Type: TV
Allison Dubois works in the District Attorney’s office using her natural intuition about people and her ability to communicate with the dead to help to solve crimes. Her dreams often give her clues to the whereabouts of missing people.
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Title: Boston Legal
Character: Court Clerk
Released: October 3, 2004
Type: TV
Alan Shore and Denny Crane lead a brigade of high-priced civil litigators in an upscale Boston law firm in a series focusing on the professional and personal lives of brilliant but often emotionally challenged attorneys. A spin-off of long-running series The Practice.
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Title: Justice League Unlimited
Character: Mairzey (voice)
Released: July 31, 2004
Type: TV
Justice League Unlimited is an American animated television series that was produced by Warner Bros. Animation and aired on Cartoon Network. Featuring a wide array of superheroes from the DC Comics universe, and specifically based on the Justice League superhero team, it is a direct sequel to the previous Justice League animated series.
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Title: Teen Titans
Character: Chu-Hui the True Master (voice)
Released: July 19, 2003
Type: TV
The Teen Titans are five heroes under one roof. Robin, Starfire, Raven, Cyborg, and Beast Boy live in a large tower in the shape of a T that they call Titan Tower. No secret identities. No school. Just superheroes being superheroes. They must go up against their arch nemesis, Slade, and his evil minions. What he really plans to do is unknown but one thing's for sure... he's an evil madman.
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Ocha Cups For Christmas
Title: Ocha Cups For Christmas
Character: Mrs. Ishikawa
Released: June 7, 2002
Type: Movie
It is Christmas in Japan and Karen, an American exchange student, is miserably homesick, in spite of the kindness of the Japanese couple she lives with.
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Title: Scrubs
Character: Mrs. Cheng
Released: October 2, 2001
Type: TV
In the unreal world of Sacred Heart Hospital, John "J.D." Dorian learns the ways of medicine, friendship and life.
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Title: Batman Beyond
Character: Kairi Tanaga (voice)
Released: January 10, 1999
Type: TV
As new villains overrun Gotham City of the future, the aging Bruce Wayne hangs up the cape of the once invincible Batman. But when troubled teenager Terry McGinnis stumbles upon the Dark Knight's secret, a new alliance is forged. And a triumphant new Batman is born.
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Title: The Wild Thornberrys
Character: Red Panda (voice)
Released: September 1, 1998
Type: TV
The Wild Thornberrys is an American animated television series that aired on Nickelodeon.
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Strawberry Fields
Title: Strawberry Fields
Character: Takayo
Released: March 9, 1997
Type: Movie
After a visit from the ghost of her sister, a rebellious 16 year old Japanese American girl hits the road with her boyfriend in search of a better life. Hooking up with activist friends along the way, she comes to an important realization about her past: that her parents were incarcerated in an internment camp during World War II. She detours her road trip, ditches her boyfriend and drives off into the Arizona desert in a determined search for the truth that will set her free.
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Title: Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Released: September 20, 1996
Type: TV
Two globetrotting spies with different styles team up. Posing as husband and wife, they guard their true identities at all costs from the bad guys‒and from each other.
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Title: 7th Heaven
Character: Sachiko Ishida
Released: August 26, 1996
Type: TV
Reverend Eric Camden and his wife Annie have always had their hands full caring for seven children, not to mention the friends, sweethearts and spouses that continually come and go in the Camden household.
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Title: ER
Character: Trinnie
Released: September 19, 1994
Type: TV
ER explores the inner workings of an urban teaching hospital and the critical issues faced by the dedicated physicians and staff of its overburdened emergency room.
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Baby Brokers
Title: Baby Brokers
Character: Dr. Emily Weiss
Released: February 21, 1994
Type: Movie
A woman (Cybill Shepherd) financially supports the natural parents in hope of adopting their newborn, but she discovers she is the victim of a scam.
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Blood Run
Title: Blood Run
Character: Mrs. Yu
Released: January 1, 1994
Type: Movie
A workaholic cop begins to suspect that his new lover may also be a serial killer.
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Based on an Untrue Story
Title: Based on an Untrue Story
Character: Mrs. Chau
Released: September 20, 1993
Type: Movie
Perfume creator Satin Chau is about to reveal her new designer scent, 'Puppy,' when she is cruelly struck down by a rare condition called anosmia, which robs her of her sense of smell and could even kill her. With time fast running out, she begins a frantic search for the only people who can provide the tissue-donations she desperately needs: her long-lost sisters, Corduroy and Velour.
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Showdown in Little Tokyo
Title: Showdown in Little Tokyo
Character: Mama Yamaguchi
Released: August 23, 1991
Type: Movie
An American with a Japanese upbringing, Chris Kenner is a police officer assigned to the Little Tokyo section of Los Angeles. Kenner is partnered with Johnny Murata, a Japanese-American who isn't in touch with his roots. Despite their differences, both men excel at martial arts, and utilize their formidable skills when they go up against Yoshida, a vicious yakuza drug dealer with ties to Kenner's past.
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Title: Beverly Hills, 90210
Released: October 4, 1990
Type: TV
Follow the lives of a group of teenagers living in the upscale, star-studded community of Beverly Hills, California and attending the fictitious West Beverly Hills High School and, subsequently, the fictitious California University after graduation.
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Pacific Heights
Title: Pacific Heights
Character: Bank Teller
Released: September 28, 1990
Type: Movie
A couple works hard to renovate their dream house and become landlords to pay for it. Unfortunately one of their tenants has plans of his own.
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Internal Affairs
Title: Internal Affairs
Character: Mme. Binh
Released: November 6, 1988
Type: Movie
A skilled police detective in a case involving the strange, sadistic murder of a young prostitute who has been killed in exactly the same fashion as a young nightclub singer in Saigon during the Vietnam War. At the same time, the detective attempts to ferret out corruption in the police ranks.
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The Wash
Title: The Wash
Character: Chiyo
Released: August 17, 1988
Type: Movie
Mako is a neglectful husband. Not the most loving man. His wife gradually encounters a widower who is a kind, gentle figure. She eventually makes the transition to leave her husband and go to this fellow.
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American Geisha
Title: American Geisha
Character: Okasan
Released: September 11, 1986
Type: Movie
On a trip to Japan, an American student watches the lives of the Geishas in a tea house.
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Title: Mister T
Released: September 17, 1983
Type: TV
Mister T is an animated series that aired on NBC on Saturday morning from 1983 to 1986. A total of 30 episodes were produced during the first two seasons, with the final season consisting entirely of reruns. The series was produced by Ruby-Spears. Reruns were later seen on the USA Cartoon Express in the late 1980s, and more recently as part of Cartoon Network's Adult Swim late-night programming block.
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Title: The Devlin Connection
Character: Mrs. Watanabe
Released: October 2, 1982
Type: TV
Brian Devlin was a military intelligence agent. Years ago, he had an affair with a woman named Nicole Corsello. He was unaware that she was pregnant with his child. 28 years later, his son, Nick Corsello, sought him out. Brian's now a wealthy and affluent man, and Nick is a struggling private investigator.
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Title: Cagney & Lacey
Released: March 25, 1982
Type: TV
Mary Beth Lacey and Chris Cagney are teamed up as NYPD police detectives. Their opposing personalities (one is tough and the other sensitive) mesh to make this one of the great crime-fighting duos of all time.
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Title: Fame
Released: January 7, 1982
Type: TV
An American television series originally produced between 1982 and 1987. The show is based on the 1980 motion picture of the same name. With a mixture of drama and music, it followed the lives of the students and faculty at the New York City High School for the Performing Arts. Although fictional, it was based heavily on the actual Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts in New York. Most interior scenes were filmed in Hollywood, California, and in all seasons but the third, several exterior scenes were shot on location in New York City. The popularity of the series, particularly in the UK, led to several hit records and live concert tours by the cast. Despite its success, very few of the actors maintained high-profile careers after the series was cancelled. A number of the cast members were seen again briefly in Bring Back...Fame, a reunion special made for British television in 2008.
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Title: The Facts of Life
Released: August 24, 1979
Type: TV
The Facts of Life is an American sitcom that originally ran on the NBC television network from August 24, 1979, to May 7, 1988, making it the longest running sitcom of the 1980s. A spin-off of the sitcom Diff'rent Strokes, the series' premise focuses on Edna Garrett as she becomes a housemother at the fictional Eastland School, an all-female boarding school in Peekskill, New York.