Michelle Yeoh

In October 2004, Yeoh denied reports she was engaged to Formula One Scuderia Ferrari team principal Jean Todt. He has also stated that he is a vegan. Like many other Hong Kong stars, Yeoh has attempted to break into Hollywood. Despite starring in the James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) and the popular Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000), which also starred Zhang Ziyi, she has not won a mainstream audience in the English-speaking world. In 2003, Grandy was named co-host of The WMAL Morning News, a light current-events chat show on WMAL-AM in Washington, D.C. Dato' is an honorary Malaysian title somewhat like an English knighthood, and it lies below the ranks of Dato' Seri, Tan Sri and Tun. Grandy later served as president and CEO of Goodwill Industries from 1995-2000, became a political commentator on National Public Radio, and served as a Visiting Professor teaching a course on non-profit organizations at the University of Maryland School of Public Affairs. In 2001, Yeoh was given the title of dato' by the Sultan of Perak, her native state. In 1994, he entered the race for Governor of Iowa against incumbent Terry Branstad; he lost the election by 4%.

In some of her early films, she recited her dialogue by rote. During his four terms in Congress, he served on a variety of committees, including the House Ways and Means, Agriculture, Standards of Official Conduct, and Education and the Workforce. Yeoh learned English and Malay before Chinese (Cantonese dialect), and still cannot read Chinese. Although he tried to distance himself from his acting career, he told People magazine, "If there were no Gopher, there would be no Fred Grandy for Congress.". She is one of the few women Jackie Chan allows to do her own stunts in his movies; they first worked together on a commercial in 1984. Grandy, who campaigned as a Republican, won the election in 1986 by 3,000 votes. She relies on her dance training and instructors, and does many of her own stunts. He also served as a speechwriter for Congressman Wiley Mayne (R-Iowa).

Despite having no formal martial arts training, Yeoh is best known for her roles in action and martial arts movies (notably The Heroic Trio 1993, Wing Chun 1994 and Police Story 3). Prior to college, he was the roommate of David Eisenhower (grandson of President Eisenhower) at Phillips Exeter Academy and later was best man at Eisenhower's wedding to Julie Nixon. Yeoh is a Chinese Malaysian born in Ipoh, Malaysia. He played the dimwitted Burl "Gopher" Smith for nine years on The Love Boat, but his political interests preceded his acting career. Dato' Michelle Yeoh (楊紫瓊 pinyin: Yáng Zǐqióng; born August 6, 1962) is a Hong Kong-based actress and dancer, sometimes billed as "Michelle Khan". Grandy received his bachelor's degree in English from Harvard University in 1970, and is fluent in both French and Arabic. television series, The Love Boat, before his election in 1986 to the United States House of Representatives from the state of Iowa.

Fred Grandy (born June 29, 1948) was an actor on the U.S.