Kotoko Kawamura
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).
Known For & Full Filmography9 Titles
Drama Series - 2000, 16 episodes • as Inuit Woman
A gifted young teen tries to survive life with his dimwitted, dysfunctional family.
Drama Series - 1999, 16 episodes • as 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.
Drama Series - 1996, 16 episodes • as 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.
Drama Series - 2000, 16 episodes • as 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.
Drama Series - 1999, 16 episodes • as 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.
Movie - 2005, 2h 15m • as 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.
Movie - 1996, 2h 15m • as 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.
Movie - 2009, 2h 15m • as 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.
Movie - 1996, 2h 15m • as 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.