| LC control no. | no2013049885 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Quo, Beulah, 1923-2002 |
| Biography/History note | Beulah Quo was an Asian American actress and co-founder of the one of the first Asian American theater groups in Los Angeles, the East West Players (1965). Born in Stockton, California in 1923, she earned a bachelor's degree in social welfare from UC Berkeley and a master's degree in sociology from the University of Chicago. While teaching sociology at a community college, she applied for a job as Jennifer Jones' dialect coach for the 1955 movie "Love is a Many-Splendored Thing" and was instead hired by the director to play a small role in the film. In the 1970s she became the first Asian American to produce television public affairs programs for the Asian American community. |
| Birth date | 1923 |
| Death date | 2002 |
| Place of birth | Stockton, Calif. |
| Place of death | La Mesa, Calif. |
| Field of activity | Acting |
| Affiliation | East-West Players |
| Profession or occupation | Actresses |
| Found in | Paik, Irvin. Irvin Paik papers, 1971-1975 (Beulah Quo) Los Angeles Times obituary, Oct. 25, 2002 (Beulah Quo, born 1923 in Stockton, Calif.; died 2002 in La Mesa, Calif.; founder of East-West Players, 1965) <http://articles.latimes.com/2002/oct/25/local/me-quo25> |
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