Irene Tsu Autographs
Irene Tsu (born November 4, 1944, Shanghai, China) is an actress who started in the film Flower Drum Song in 1961. She was featured in an advertising campaign (Wiki wiki dollar) in the 1960s. She speaks English and three varieties of Chinese.
Tsu was born in Shanghai, China to Z.M. and Dulcie Lynn Tsu. Her father was a banker and her mother a painter. After political changes in China in the 1940s, the family left for Taiwan, then Hong Kong. Her father remained behind in Taiwan while in 1957 she and the rest of her immediate family (sister and mother) emigrated to Larchmont, New York, a suburb of New York City, where her aunt lived. Irene attended Mamaroneck Elementary School in Mamaroneck, New York and studied ballet.
In the late 1950s. she auditioned for a dancing job in Broadway's Flower Drum Song. A staff member of the producer David Merrick's office saw the performance and auditioned her for the Broadway musical The World of Suzie Wong and Tsu got a part. Later Irene auditioned for choreographer Hermes Pan in the upcoming film adaptation of the musical Flower Drum Song. The choreographer brought Irene to Hollywood and she was a teenage dancer in the film Flower Drum Song (1961), directed by Henry Koster. He gave her her first speaking role as a teenage prostitute in his next film, Take Her, She's Mine (1963) starring James Stewart and Sandra Dee, which started her acting career.
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Traded items with a signature of Irene Tsu
The most expensive item with a signature of Irene Tsu (IRENE TSU Signed Autographed w/ ELVIS PRESLEY PARADISE, HAWAIIAN STYLE Photo) was sold in November 2022 for $150.00 while the cheapest item (IRENE TSU Signed Autograph 4x6 Photo Elvis Actress Model Auto) found a new owner for $0.01 in November 2024. The month with the most items sold (12) was April 2025 with an average selling price of $42.49 for an autographed item of Irene Tsu. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in July 2024 with $80.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $1.65 was November 2024. In average, an autographed item from Irene Tsu is worth $9.99.
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