13 Facts About Beulah Quo

Beulah Quo was an American actress and activist born in Stockton, California.

The spelling of her last name changed from Kwoh to Quo because she was constantly asked if KWOH was a radio station.

Beulah Quo starred in many films and television series beginning in the mid-1950s, and was best known for her appearances in General Hospital, Chinatown, and Brokedown Palace.

Beulah Quo was an advocate of more and better screen roles for Asian actors, and founded several organizations in pursuit of that goal.

Beulah Quo was born Beulah Ong in Stockton, California as the only child of two Chinese immigrants.

Beulah Quo received a bachelor's degree in Social Welfare from UC Berkeley and a master's degree from the University of Chicago.

Beulah Quo was particularly active in the Lake Tahoe Chinese Christian Youth Conferences during the 1940s.

Beulah Quo played over 100 roles in television movies and series, as well as film.

Beulah Quo's final featured film role was in Forbidden City in 2001 as Mrs Lee; her last television appearance was in a 2002 episode of Law and Order: Criminal Intent.

Beulah Quo co-starred in a made-for-television drama, An Apple, An Orange a story of two immigrants and their differences in cultural, sociological and philosophical viewpoints while in midlife.

Beulah Quo was heavily involved in the high-profile and racially driven Vincent Chin case, producing a play to honor him entitled Carry The Tiger To The Mountain in July 1998.

In 1997, Beulah Quo commissioned a musical project called "Heading East: California Asian Pacific American Experience" to promote and commemorate the history of Asian-Pacific Americans in California for the past 150 years.

On October 23,2002, Beulah Quo died of heart failure during emergency cardiac surgery in La Mesa, California at the age of 79.