Biography
Takayo Fischer (born November 25, 1932) is an American actress known for her work on stage, in film and television, as well as for her voice acting and singing.
Personal life
Fischer was born in Hardwick, California, to Japanese immigrant parents Chukuro and Kinko Tsubouchi. During World War II, she and her family were forcibly removed from the West Coast, initially held at the Fresno Assembly Center before being relocated to the Jerome and Rohwer internment camps. Later, she lived in Chicago, Illinois, where she was crowned "Miss Nisei Queen" as a young adult. She attended Rollins College from 1951 to 1953. After her second year, she married Dean Doran the day after his graduation from Rollins, in the college chapel, and they had three children: Toya (1954), John (1956), and Juliet (1957). Fischer married her second husband, entertainment executive Sy Fischer, on November 29, 1980; he has two children, Stewart and Peter. She currently resides in Los Angeles.
Career
In 1958, Fischer appeared in the New York stage production of The World of Suzie Wong. She received a Drama-Logue Award for ensemble performance in Tea at the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego. Fischer has performed in numerous productions with East West Players in Los Angeles, including Into The Woods, and toured the U.S. and Europe with The Peony Pavilion in 1997.
Her film credits include major productions such as 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 appeared in several 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 guest-starred on various network television shows, including FX's It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia, where she played a North Korean bar owner named Mr. Kim. She is sometimes credited under the name Takayo Doran.
Voice work
Fischer has provided voices for numerous animated series, including 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 also reprised her role as Mistress Ching in the video game adaptation of Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End.
