 He gave her her first speaking role as a teenage prostitute in his next film, "Take Her, She's Mine" (1963) starring James Stewart and Sandra Dee, which started her acting career.She studied acting with Ned Maderino, Lee Strasberg and Peggy Feury and attended Los Angeles City College, UCLA Film School, and California State University, Los Angeles.In 1961, Tsu entered the Miss Chinatown USA beauty pageant on behalf of New York and won first place.