Irene Tsu was featured in an advertising campaign in the 1960s.
14 Facts About Irene Tsu
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Irene Tsu's father was a banker and her mother a painter.
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Irene Tsu's father remained behind in Taiwan while in 1957 she and the rest of her immediate family emigrated to Larchmont, New York, a suburb of New York City, where her aunt lived.
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Later Irene Tsu auditioned for choreographer Hermes Pan in the upcoming film adaptation of the musical Flower Drum Song.
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The choreographer brought Irene Tsu to Hollywood and she was a teenage dancer in the film Flower Drum Song, directed by Henry Koster.
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Irene Tsu gave her her first speaking role as a teenage prostitute in his next film, Take Her, She's Mine starring James Stewart and Sandra Dee, which started her acting career.
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Irene Tsu studied acting with Ned Maderino, Lee Strasberg and Peggy Feury and attended Los Angeles City College, UCLA Film School, and California State University, Los Angeles.
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In 1961, Irene Tsu entered the Miss Chinatown USA beauty pageant on behalf of New York and won first place.
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Irene Tsu was tested for, but didn't get the female lead of The Sand Pebbles.
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Irene Tsu married director Ivan Nagy in 1971, although they later separated.
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Since 1990 Irene Tsu has been a realtor for Coldwell Banker in Beverly Hills, California.
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Irene Tsu taught at Bikram Yoga College in Encinitas, California.
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Irene Tsu teaches weekly yoga classes at the Bikram HQ in Los Angeles and for the Beverly Hills Department of Parks.
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Irene Tsu is a single mother to her daughter, an adopted niece from China.