Greta Chi

The daughter of a Chinese diplomat and a German woman, she graduated from college with a degree in commerce and living in Switzerland, when a family friend, actor Mel Ferrer, encouraged her to pursue her dream of acting. She came to America and studied acting at the La Jolla Playhouse with drama coaches Jeff Corey and Martin Landau. She turned in a compelling, yet believable performance in her only known starring role, Fall Girl (1961) with John Agar, an almost forgotten little movie with a grim, depressing plot. Perhaps she was too natural and unaffected for the larger studios, not fitting their cutesy, predetermined caricatures for Asian actresses. She played the infamous spy Mata Hari in La reina del Chantecler (1962). She also appeared in the feature film Coffin from Hong Kong (1964). After some TV guest appearances including _"Bewitched"(1964)(TV)_ where she played a cat that Samantha had turned into an beautiful model named Ling Ling, she made her last film appearance playing a supporting role to star Raquel Welch in Fathom (1967). She then had announcing gigs for documentaries after which she left the entertainment industry in the late 1970s. She will always be remembered for having had some cachet as an "exotic" starlet in the 50s and 60s.