Jodi Long

Jodi Long is an American actress. She is best known for her roles as Madame Ybarra on '' Cafe Americain'' (1993–1994), Mrs. Kim on the Margaret Cho sitcom ''All-American Girl'' (1994-1995), Ok Cha on '' Sullivan and Son'' (2012–2014), as well as her role opposite Natasha Richardson in '' Patty Hearst'' (1988). She won Best Supporting Actress at the Daytime Emmy Awards for her role in the Netflix series '' Dash & Lily'' (2020).

Early life and education

Long was born in Manhattan and raised in Queens, New York. Long's mother was Oregon-born Kimiye "Trudie" Long (née Tsunemitsu; died 2014), a Japanese-American clerk at the American Bible Society and a dancer at The China Doll night club. Long's father is Australia-born Lawrence K. Long (stage name Larry Leung), of Cantonese and Scottish descent. After military service in World War II, he worked his way to San Francisco, where he was half of an act called the Wing Brothers after immigrating to the United States. He had a career as a tap-dancer vaudevillian and later as a PGA golf professional.

Jodi Long, whose parents later divorced, graduated from New York's High School of Performing Arts and earned a BFA from the State University of New York at Purchase.

Career

Long had roles in many feature films including '' Patty Hearst'', '' RoboCop 3'', ''Striking Distance'', '' The Hot Chick'', and ''Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings''. On television, she appeared as a regular on such series as '' Cafe Americain,'' '' All-American Girl'' and '' Miss Match'', all of which were short-lived. She played a therapist in ''Desperate Housewives'', a "power lesbian" Patty in ''Sex and the City'' and a bar owner in '' Sullivan and Son.'' Towards the end of the music video for the 1986 song "Bizarre Love Triangle" by the English rock band New Order, Long makes a cameo appearance arguing with E. Max Frye about reincarnation.

On stage, she appeared in the 2002 Broadway revival of ''Flower Drum Song'', winning an Ovation Award for her performance during the Los Angeles tryout. She also played the role of Madame Armfeldt in the 2023 revival of '' A Little Night Music'' at the Pasadena Playhouse. Her parents, both of whom were vaudeville-style performers, appeared on ''The Ed Sullivan Show'' on May 7, 1950 as the singing, dancing, comedy act, ''Larry and Trudie Leung''. After they divorced, they reunited for a documentary film, ''Long Story Short'', which was written by their daughter and directed by Christine Choy, an Academy Award-nominated director. The documentary won the 2008 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival's Grand Jury's Honorable Mention for a Documentary Award as well as the Audience Award. She was recently starring as Korean American mother Ok Cha on the TBS series '' Sullivan & Son'' which was cancelled after three seasons on November 20, 2014.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

Article on Jodi Long in the webzine ''Chop BlockYahoo! Movies biography
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American film actresses
American television actresses
Living people
State University of New York at Purchase alumni
American actresses of Chinese descent
American people of Scottish descent
American actresses of Japanese descent
Actresses from Queens, New York
Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School alumni
20th-century American actresses
21st-century American actresses
Year of birth missing (living people)
Actresses from Manhattan