Kotoko Kawamura

Actress

October 15, 1924 (92 years)

† December 2, 2016

Kyoto, Japan

Biography

Kotoko Kawamura-Kroesen was a Japanese actress, born in Kyoto. She lived in Santa Monica, California, for more than 40 years, then moved to Maui, Hawaii. She became an actress late in life, when she was about 70 years old, and is best known for her role in Memoirs of a Geisha (2005).

Filmography

8.5

Malcolm in the Middle

Inuit Woman

A gifted young teen tries to survive life with his dimwitted, dysfunctional family.

7.9

Angel

Ancient Korean Woman

The vampire Angel, cursed with a soul, moves to Los Angeles and aids people with supernatural-related problems while questing for his own redemption. A spin-off from Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

6.8

Everybody Loves Raymond

Japanese Woman

Ray Barone is a successful sportswriter living on Long Island with his wife Debra, daughter Ally, and twin sons, Geoffrey and Michael. Ray's meddling parents, Frank and Marie, and brother, Robert, live directly across the street.

6.8

The District

Vietnamese Woman

The District is a television police drama which aired on CBS from October 7, 2000 to May 1, 2004. The show followed the work and personal life of the chief of Washington, D.C.'s Police Department.

7.3

Ladies Man

Mrs. Yamaguchi

Ladies Man is a television sitcom series starring Alfred Molina as husband, father, son, ex-husband and son-in-law who lives with a number of women under one roof. The show was first broadcast on September 20, 1999, and lasted for two seasons on CBS until June 27, 2001. The series co-starred Betty White and is perhaps most memorable for reuniting White and her Golden Girls' co-stars Rue McClanahan and Estelle Getty in one of the later episodes.

7.6

Memoirs of a Geisha

Granny

In the years before World War II, a penniless Japanese child is torn from her family to work as a maid in a geisha house.

5.5

High School High

Asian Woman

Richard Clark has just left the well-known Wellington Academy to teach at Marion Barry High School. Now, he will try to inspire the D-average students into making good grades and try to woo a fellow teacher.

5.7

Fame

Old Woman at Subway (uncredited)

At New York's High School of Performing Arts, students from all walks of life get the chance to hone their skills as singers, actors, dancers, and more. Over four years, these young men and women will see if they truly have the dedication and talent to achieve success, while still juggling regular schoolwork, feelings of self-doubt, and budding romances.

4.6

Full Circle

Victim

A young woman, traumatized by rape at an early age, slowly learns to trust and love again as she struggles to avoid repeating her mother's mistakes.

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