She was the first Asian runway model in Paris, France.
She was a Latin Quarter Showgirl.
She was a supporter of the Actors' Fund, animal rights, and the Japanese American National Museum.
She was a member of the Screen Actors Guild, AFTA, and Actors' Equality.
She had lived in New York City from 1944 until her death in 2009.
In 1944, she left the internment camp on a scholarship to Juilliard School in New York City procured by First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt.
Her family moved to Seattle, Washington in the 1920s until 1941 when her family was sent to the Minidoka Japanese American Internment Camp after Pearl Harbor attack.
Was one of the first Asian runway models in Paris.