Linda Ho(I)
- Actress
A supporting actress, Chinese-American Linda Ho (her birth name was Hoh Lin Dai) was employed whenever an exotic Oriental lady was needed to flavor an equally exotic location. The UCLA graduate popped up in such diverse series as Hawaiian Eye (1959), The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964), I Spy (1965) and in an episode of I Dream of Jeannie (1965) (as a Chinese spy).
Linda made just a single notable appearance in an American motion picture. This was the campy, though highly entertaining Allied Artists B-grader Confessions of an Opium Eater (1962) (loosely based on a work by Thomas De Quincey). It narrated the tale of an American adventurer (Vincent Price) who infiltrates turn-of-the-century Chinese tongs in San Francisco in order to expose the sex trafficking-slave trade in Chinatown. Linda Ho, in what was certainly her most memorable role, was the seductive Ruby Low, second in command to the chief villain, but later revealed to be batting for the good guys all along. Another second feature of considerably less interest, Dimension 5 (1966), had the actress more stereotypically cast as an assassin working for an Asian crime gang.
In the mid-70s, Linda moved to Hong Kong to appear in such Kung fu action films as The Black Dragon's Revenge (1975), billed as 'Linda Lin Di Ho'. By 1978, she had returned to the U.S., opened a restaurant and faded from public view.
Linda made just a single notable appearance in an American motion picture. This was the campy, though highly entertaining Allied Artists B-grader Confessions of an Opium Eater (1962) (loosely based on a work by Thomas De Quincey). It narrated the tale of an American adventurer (Vincent Price) who infiltrates turn-of-the-century Chinese tongs in San Francisco in order to expose the sex trafficking-slave trade in Chinatown. Linda Ho, in what was certainly her most memorable role, was the seductive Ruby Low, second in command to the chief villain, but later revealed to be batting for the good guys all along. Another second feature of considerably less interest, Dimension 5 (1966), had the actress more stereotypically cast as an assassin working for an Asian crime gang.
In the mid-70s, Linda moved to Hong Kong to appear in such Kung fu action films as The Black Dragon's Revenge (1975), billed as 'Linda Lin Di Ho'. By 1978, she had returned to the U.S., opened a restaurant and faded from public view.
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