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Bo Ching (28 September 191019 March 1996; age 85) was a Chinese actress whose hand can be seen as the hand of Keiko O'Brien's grandmother in a flashback scene in the Star Trek: The Next Generation fifth season episode "Violations". Ching filmed her scene on Monday, 25 November 1991, on Paramount Stage 8 with actress Dawn Cleveland as part of the second unit insert shooting team. She received no credit for this work.

Ching was born as Chung Bo Ching in China and was the daughter of late actress Oie Chan and her husband Ed Park. Her sister Ivy Ling Po is also working as an actress.

She appeared in featured and supporting roles in the comedy International House (1933), the romance Petticoat Fever (1936), the comedy The Amazing Mrs. Holliday (1943), and the war drama First Yank Into Tokyo (1945, with Keye Luke).

During filming of the science fiction comedy Airplane II: The Sequel in 1982, Ching was among the group of extras who were converted from SEG to SAG members during filming. Others include John Hugh McKnight and Nick Trisko. The film also features Trek performers Lloyd Bridges, William Shatner, John Hancock, Louis Giambalvo, Sam Anderson, Gary Faga, Bruce French, Marcy Lafferty, Louise Sorel, Earl Boen, Mel Gold, Gregory Itzin, Danny Nero, John Paragon, Frieda Rentie, George Sasaki, Debra Dilley, and Ilona Wilson.

Bo Ching died on 19 March 1996 in San Francisco, California.

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