Noel Toy

Acting
1918-12-27
San Francisco, California, USA

Biography

Noel Toy (born Ngun Yee, the "Chinese Sally Rand") (December 27, 1918 – December 24, 2003) was an American burlesque performer famous for her fan dance and bubble dance, initially at the Forbidden City nightclub in San Francisco, California. Later, she acted in films and on television.

Known For & Full Filmography11 Titles

#1Columbo

Drama Series - 1971, 16 episodes as Diplomat (uncredited)

8.1 / 10
CrimeDramaMystery

Columbo is a friendly, verbose, disheveled-looking police detective who is consistently underestimated by his suspects. Despite his unprepossessing appearance and apparent absentmindedness, he shrewdly solves all of his cases and secures all evidence needed for indictment. His formidable eye for detail and meticulously dedicated approach often become clear to the killer only late in the storyline.

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#2M*A*S*H

Drama Series - 1972, 16 episodes Main Cast Role

7.9 / 10
War & PoliticsDramaComedy

The 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital is stuck in the middle of the Korean war. With little help from the circumstances they find themselves in, they are forced to make their own fun. Fond of practical jokes and revenge, the doctors, nurses, administrators, and soldiers often find ways of making wartime life bearable.

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#3M*A*S*H

Drama Series - 1972, 16 episodes as Mama San

7.9 / 10
War & PoliticsDramaComedy

The 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital is stuck in the middle of the Korean war. With little help from the circumstances they find themselves in, they are forced to make their own fun. Fond of practical jokes and revenge, the doctors, nurses, administrators, and soldiers often find ways of making wartime life bearable.

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#4Police Woman

Drama Series - 1974, 16 episodes Main Cast Role

6.4 / 10
Action & AdventureCrimeDrama

Sergeant “Pepper"” Anderson, an undercover cop for the Criminal Conspiracy Unit of the Los Angeles Police Department, poses undercover from mob girl to prostitute.

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#5Family Affair

Drama Series - 1966, 16 episodes Main Cast Role

6.7 / 10
ComedyFamily

Family Affair is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from September 12, 1966 to September 9, 1971. The series explored the trials of well-to-do civil engineer and bachelor Bill Davis as he attempted to raise his brother's orphaned children in his luxury New York City apartment. Davis' traditional English gentleman's gentleman, Mr. Giles French, also had adjustments to make as he became saddled with the responsibility of caring for 15-year-old Cissy and the 6-year-old twins, Jody and Buffy. The show ran for 138 episodes. Family Affair was created and produced by Don Fedderson, also known for My Three Sons and The Millionaire.

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#6Big Trouble in Little China

Movie - 1986, 2h 15m as Mrs. O'Toole

7.2 / 10
ActionAdventureComedy

Truck driver Jack Burton gets embroiled in a supernatural battle when his best friend Wang Chi's green-eyed fiancée is kidnapped by henchmen of the sorcerer Lo Pan, who must marry a girl with green eyes in order to return to the human realm.

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#7Cavalcade of America

Drama Series - 1952, 16 episodes as Mrs. Nomura

4.6 / 10
Drama

Cavalcade of America is an anthology drama series that was sponsored by the DuPont Company, although it occasionally presented a musical, such as an adaptation of Show Boat, and condensed biographies of popular composers. It was initially broadcast on radio from 1935 to 1953, and later on television from 1952 to 1957. Originally on CBS, the series pioneered the use of anthology drama for company audio advertising. Cavalcade of America documented historical events using stories of individual courage, initiative and achievement, often with feel-good dramatizations of the human spirit's triumph against all odds. This was consistent with DuPont's overall conservative philosophy and legacy as an American company dating back to 1802. The company's motto, "Maker of better things for better living through chemistry," was read at the beginning of each program, and the dramas emphasized humanitarian progress, particularly improvements in the lives of women, often through technological innovation.

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#8How to Be Very, Very Popular

Movie - 1955, 2h 15m as Cherry Blossom Wang

4.6 / 10
Comedy

Two strippers on the run hide out in a college fraternity. Director Nunnally Johnson's 1955 musical comedy stars Betty Grable, Sheree North, Robert Cummings, Charles Coburn, Tommy Noonan, Orson Bean, Fred Clark, Alice Pearce, Rhys Williams, Willard Waterman, Leslie Parrish and Jesslyn Fax.

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#9Frame-Up II: The Cover-Up

Movie - 1994, 2h 15m as David's Grandmother

5.5 / 10
Action

The bank president in a small California town isn't quite the upstanding citizen he appears to be--he's a corrupt killer, who has just kidnapped the wife and daughter of the local sheriff.

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#10Midnight Temptations 2

Movie - 1999, 2h 15m as Bea

3.0 / 10
DramaRomance

A young woman searches for the mysterious lover of a recurring dream whom she believes to be real.

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#11Forbidden City, U.S.A.

Movie - 1989, 2h 15m as The 'Chinese Sally Rand'

7.5 / 10
DocumentaryMusic

A documentary about Forbidden City, a San Francisco Chinese-American nightclub open from the 1930s to the 1960s.

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