| 词条 | Irene Tsu |
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| name = Irene Tsu 諸慧荷 | image = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1944|11|4}} [1][2] | birth_place = Shanghai, China | yearsactive = 1961–present | website = {{URL|irenetsu.com}} | residence = Los Angeles, California | occupation = Actress, yoga instructor, real estate broker | known_for = Actress | spouse = Ivan Nagy (1971-1980)[3] | children = 1 | relations = Florence Tsu Sinay Philips (sister), lawyer in San Francisco [4] | parents = Z.M. and Dulcie Lynn Tsu | years_active = 1961-present | alma_mater = Los Angeles City College [5] | awards = Voted woman of the year 1969 by US information Service | footnotes = - Member of Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences - Member Screen Actors Guild (SAG), American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA), California Association of Realtors (CAR), National Association of Realtors (NAR) | employer = Coldwell Banker (real estate), motion picture industry, and yoga schools | height = 5'4" (1.63 meters) | boards = Beverly Hills Greater Los Angeles Association of Realtors (BHGLA) | module = {{Chinese |child=yes |t=諸慧荷 |s=诸慧荷 |p=Zhū Huìhé |w=Chu Hui-ho}} }} Irene Tsu ({{zh|t=諸慧荷}}; born November 4, 1944[1][2]) is a Chinese American actress who made her debut in the film adaptation of Flower Drum Song in 1961, and has had many subsequent roles in TV and films. She was featured playing the wiki wiki girl in the Wiki wiki dollar advertising campaign for Chevron Corporation in the 1960s. She speaks English and three different varieties of Chinese. Early life and careerTsu was born in Shanghai, China to Z.M. and Dulcie Lynn Tsu.[6] Her father was a banker and her mother a painter. After political changes in China in the 1940s, the family left for Taiwan, then Hong Kong. Her father remained behind in Taiwan while in 1957 she and the rest of her immediate family (sister and mother) emigrated to Larchmont, New York, a suburb of New York City, where her aunt lived. Irene attended Mamaroneck Elementary School in Mamaroneck, New York and studied ballet. In the late 1950s. she auditioned for a dancing job in Broadway's Flower Drum Song. A staff member of the producer David Merrick's office saw the performance and auditioned her for the Broadway musical "The World of Suzie Wong" and Tsu got a part. Later Irene auditioned for choreographer Hermes Pan in the upcoming film adaptation of the musical Flower Drum Song.[7] The choreographer Hermes Pan brought Irene to Hollywood and she was a teenage dancer in the film Flower Drum Song (1961), directed by Henry Koster.[7] 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 started her acting career.[8] She studied acting with Ned Maderino, Lee Strasberg and Peggy Feury [8] and attended Los Angeles City College,[5] UCLA Film School, and California State University, Los Angeles.[9] In 1961, Tsu entered the Miss Chinatown USA beauty pageant on behalf of New York and won first place. On November 21, 1963, the evening before President John F. Kennedy was assassinated, Tsu's only appearance on Perry Mason was aired on CBS, as she played the role of defendant Juli Eng in "The Case of the Floating Stones." She made guest appearances on most of the other popular '60s-70s television shows such as I Spy, The Man From U.N.C.L.E., Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Family Affair, Impossible, and The Wild Wild West. She was tested for, but didn't get the female lead of The Sand Pebbles.[10] In the 1960s, Tsu met Frank Sinatra in Miami, Florida where she was filming the "Chevron Island" commercials and Sinatra was filming Tony Rome. They dated for over two years. Tsu later married director Ivan Nagy in 1971.[3][11] Later careerFrom 1978 until 1989, Tsu was Chief Operating Officer and head designer for her own leisure apparel company, The IT Company/Irene Tsu Designs. Since 1990 Irene has been a realtor for Coldwell Banker in Beverly Hills, California.[9][12] She is a single mother to her daughter, Yasmine, and a yoga practitioner for more than 25 years.[8] Irene studied for many years directly with yoga master Bikram Choudhury and is featured in both of his books Bikram's Beginning Yoga Class. She taught at Bikram Yoga College in Encinitas, California.[8][13] She teaches weekly yoga classes at the Bikram HQ in Los Angeles and for the Beverly Hills Department of Parks. In addition to these new ventures, Tsu has continued to act in TV and film roles over the years, although after she adopted her niece from China as her daughter, she concentrated primarily on being a mother.[3][14] Selected filmographyFilm{{div col|colwidth=26em}}
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References
1. ^1 Cf. Lisanti & Paul (2002), p.293 2. ^1 Although some sources quote {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1943|4|5}} as her birthdate. 3. ^1 2 Cf. Lisanti & Paul (2002), p.295 4. ^"Attorney Profile: Florence S. Philips", Luscutoff, Lendormy & Associates law firm 5. ^1 "Actress Irene Tsu, an LACC Alum, Talks to LACC Cinema Students About her Film Career", Los Angeles City College News, December 1, 2006 6. ^Cf. Lisanti (2001), p.158 7. ^1 "Profile: Irene Tsu", Glamor Girls of the Silver Screen, website 8. ^1 2 3 {{IMDb name|0875187|Irene Tsu}} 9. ^1 Realtor: Irene Tsu - webpage 10. ^Lisanti, Tom, "How Actress Irene Tsu Lost the Female Lead in The Sandpebbles", cinemaretro.com {{dead link|date=April 2018}} 11. ^Beck, Marilyn, "Hollywood Hotline: Frank Sinatra Works on TV Special and Off-Beat Movie", Friday, September 26, 1969 12. ^Irene Tsu: Salesperson License #00975925 issued 12/21/87, State of California, Department of Real Estate 13. ^Bikram Yoga - Encinitas, California 14. ^Cf. Lisanti (2001), p.167 Further reading
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