Maria Yi
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Maria Yi (also known as Yi Yi and Maria Yi Dut, born 1953) is an Actress from Shanghai who appeared in films by Golden Harvest Productions in the early 1970s, The most notable of which being The Big Boss and Fist of Fury, both starring Bruce Lee.[1]
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[edit] Career
Maria Yi began acting as a teenager and while making only six films, received top billing in most of them.[1] After appearing in The Chase with James Tien in 1971, both her and Tien were cast in Bruce Lee's breakout film The Big Boss. She also had a small role as a martial arts student in Lee's next film Fist of Fury. Yi would go on to co-star in two more films directed by Lo Wei with another star of the time, Jimmy Wang Yu. She then married a young wealthy gentleman in June 1974 (one of the guests at her wedding was Big Boss and Fist of Fury co-star Nora Miao) before making her final film, Tiger of Northland, in 1976.[1]
[edit] Filmography
| Released | English title of original release |
|---|---|
| 1971 | The Chase |
| 1971 | The Big Boss |
| 1972 | Fist of Fury |
| 1973 | A Man Called Tiger |
| 1973 | Seaman no. 7 |
| 1976 | Tiger of Northland |
