Beulah Quo was born on April 17, 1923 in Stockton, California, USA. She is known for her work on General Hospital (1963), Chinatown (1974) and Brokedown Palace (1999). She was married to Edwin Qwoh. She died on October 23, 2002 in La Mesa, California.
Founded the Association of Asian/Pacific American Artists, as a means to promoting unbiased representation on screen of Asian/American performers. In 1965, co-founded East-West Players, an Asian-American repertory company.
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Close friend of actor George Takei.
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Judged the 1982 & 1994 Miss Universe Pageants.
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She taught in China after World War II, and with her husband and month-old son, escaped on a U.S. destroyer just as the communists took over.
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She earned a bachelor's degree in social welfare from the University of California at Berkeley, and earned a master's degree in sociology at the University of Chicago.
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Was teaching sociology at a community college when she heard that director Henry King was looking for a dialect coach for Jennifer Jones, who played a Eurasian in the 1955 film Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955). The director instead hired Quo to play a small role in the film as Jones' aunt.
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Children: son Stewart, daughter Mary Ellen.
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Married name was originally 'Kwoh'. Changed spelling to 'Quo' because people kept asking if the name was a radio station.
Actress
Title
Year
Status
Character
Bad Girls
1994
Chinese Herbalist
Forbidden Nights
1990
TV Movie
Vice Dean Yin
Hunter
1988
TV Series
Mrs. Chin
Le palanquin des larmes
1987
Mme Chen
Daniel and the Towers
1987
TV Movie
Lynn Chow
American Geisha
1986
TV Movie
Kangoro's Mother
Beverly Hills Madam
1986
TV Movie
Lil's maid
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1986
TV Series
Herbalist
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
1986
TV Series
MacGyver
1986
TV Series
Mrs. Chung
The Lady from Yesterday
1985
TV Movie
Mai Ling Luong
Into the Night
1985
Mrs. Yakamura
Street Hawk
1985
TV Series
Auntie Pearl
Airwolf
1985
TV Series
Mae's Mother
Trapper John, M.D.
1981-1983
TV Series
Mrs. Li / Nam
Marco Polo
1982-1983
TV Mini-Series
Empress Chabi
Inspector Perez
1983
TV Movie
Mr.s Liu
Magnum, P.I.
1982
TV Series
Mrs. Iko Tamura
Quincy M.E.
1982
TV Series
Mrs. Inoko
Yes, Giorgio
1982
Mei Ling
The Letter
1982
TV Movie
Ong's mother
The Incredible Hulk
1981
TV Series
Huyn
The Children of An Lac
1980
TV Movie
Madame Ngai
Samurai
1979
TV Movie
Hana Mitsubishi Cantrell
How the West Was Won
1979
TV Series
Ah Kam
The Immigrants
1978
TV Movie
So-Toy
Black Market Baby
1977
TV Movie
Mrs. Yamato
MacArthur
1977
Ah Cheu
Baretta
1977
TV Series
Mrs. Chu
Starsky and Hutch
1977
TV Series
Dr. Quo
City of Angels
1976
TV Series
S.W.A.T.
1976
TV Series
Madame Yang
Chico and the Man
1975
TV Series
Mariko Nakamura
Kung Fu
1973-1975
TV Series
Madam Chun / Mai Chi / Soong's Wife
The Last Survivors
1975
TV Movie
Mrs. Peters
Police Story
1975
TV Series
The Supervisor
Adam-12
1973-1974
TV Series
Mrs. Tohito / Mrs. Hong Toy
Chinatown
1974
Maid
Love, American Style
1974
TV Series
Lu See (segment "Love and the Golden Worm")
Genesis II
1973
TV Movie
Primus Lu-Chan
Hawaii Five-O
1973
TV Series
Madame Souvang
Voyage of the Yes
1973
TV Movie
Native Nurse
The Smith Family
1972
TV Series
Anna
If Tomorrow Comes
1971
TV Movie
Midori
To Rome with Love
1971
TV Series
Mrs. Okada
The Bill Cosby Show
1970-1971
TV Series
Second Teacher / Mrs. Rogers
My Three Sons
1963-1968
TV Series
Alice Wong / Gloria Wong
Family Affair
1968
TV Series
Liang
I Spy
1965-1967
TV Series
Amah / Mother / Mary
The Sand Pebbles
1966
Mama Chunk
The Wild Wild West
1966
TV Series
May Li
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1965
TV Series
Japanese Woman
No Time for Sergeants
1964
TV Series
Kentucky Jones
1964
TV Series
Mrs. Tea-Store Fu
The 7th Dawn
1964
Ah Ming
The Lieutenant
1964
TV Series
Village Woman 1
Dr. Kildare
1963
TV Series
Natsu Shigera
General Hospital
1963
TV Series
Olin (1985)
77 Sunset Strip
1963
TV Series
Mrs. Nakayama
Perry Mason
1962
TV Series
Mrs. Tong
Girls! Girls! Girls!
1962
Madam Yung
Gypsy
1962
Waitress (uncredited)
Two Weeks in Another Town
1962
Chinese Woman (uncredited)
Have Gun - Will Travel
1962
TV Series
Mrs. Osata
Bachelor Father
1961
TV Series
Aunt Rose
Flower Drum Song
1961
Woman (uncredited)
Follow the Sun
1961
TV Series
Clara
Ada
1961
Wife of Chinese Restaurant Proprietor (uncredited)
Hawaiian Eye
1961
TV Series
Grandmother Tsu-Yin
Hong Kong
1961
TV Series
Pai Nvan / Shun-Ko / Chung's Wife
Pete and Gladys
1960
TV Series
Mrs. Suki
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
1960
TV Series
Amah
Crusader
1956
TV Series
Mrs. Quon
Passport to Danger
1956
TV Series
Ming Shu
The Man Called X
1956
TV Series
TV Reader's Digest
1955
TV Series
Woman
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
1955
Third Aunt (uncredited)
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2002
TV Series
Cecilia Wang
Forbidden City
2001
Short
Mrs. Lee
The Michael Richards Show
2000
TV Series
Mai
Chicago Hope
2000
TV Series
Grandmother Wang
Brokedown Palace
1999
Guard Velie
ER
1999
TV Series
Grandma Fong
Brimstone
1998
TV Series
Landlady
Suddenly Susan
1996
TV Series
Dr. Ni
Bless This House
1995
TV Series
Old Woman
Miscellaneous
Title
Year
Status
Character
McCabe & Mrs. Miller
1971
voice - uncredited
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Miss Universe Pageant
1994
TV Special documentary
Herself - Judge
The 30th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
1978
TV Special
Herself - Nominated: Outstanding Single Performance by a Supporting Actress in a Comedy or Drama Series
Nominated Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
1978
Primetime Emmy
Primetime Emmy Awards
Outstanding Single Performance by a Supporting Actress in a Comedy or Drama Series