Maria Cordero

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Maria Cordero (肥媽瑪利亞; Fat Mama Maria) is a singer, actress, and chef from Macau. She also has her own cooking show, Maria's Kitchen (肥媽私房菜) on Cable TV. Her fans nicknamed her "Fat Mama" (肥媽; Féi Mā).

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[edit] Biography

Maria was born to family of Portuguese-Chinese blood at the Hospital Conde S. Januário in Macau in 1954. Her family moved to Hong Kong when she was ten years old. When she was eleven, her father passed away and she began working to support her seven brothers and sisters. She resorted to using identity cards from friends because the legal working age in Hong Kong was 14. Her first job was as an usherer for a local cinema.

While working as a hotel telephone operator, she came across the opportunity to learn the bass guitar. The hotel resident band found out and hired her to play at night after she auditioned. For several years she worked a triple job of telephone operator in the day, band player at night, and working as a cashier.

She married the widowed Filipino pianist, 22 years her senior, in the band when she was in her late teens. She is the mother of six children (two boys with her husband, two boys and two girls from her husband's previous marriage)

[edit] Singing and movie career

Maria's singing career began after word spread about her singing ability at a newly opened disco in 1985. Offers of recording contracts, movie roles, and stage performances came after a string of hits which began with a tailor made song written for her by director and song writer Teddy Robin, titled "Sai Hei". Parts of this song was also used in one of Edison Chen's track 嘥氣(Waste of breath).

[edit] Filmography

[edit] Songs

  • 救命 (Save My Life)
  • 友誼之光 (The Light of Friendship)
  • 媽媽 I Love You (Mama I Love You)
  • You Can't Stop Me Loving You
  • Old People

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