Netflix Movies Starring Irene Tsu

Renowned actress Irene Tsu was born April 5, 1943, in Shanghai, China. Her father was a banker and her mother a painter. When the Communists took over China the family left for Taiwan, then Formosa. They later emigrated to New York City, where Irene attended Mamoroneck Elementary and studied ballet. She was a teenage dancer in Flower Drum Song (1961), directed by Henry Koster. He gave her her first speaking role as a teenage prostitute in his next film, Take Her, She's Mine (1963) starring James Stewart and Sandra Dee, which launched her acting career. She studied acting with Ned Maderino, Lee Strasberg and Peggy Feury, among others, and for the next 20 years she played an assortment of "native girls" and "dutiful daughter" roles. In addition, she was the TV spokeswoman for Chevron Island and Standard Oil, as well as Hawaiian Punch. Read more on iMDB