Nobu McCarthy Biography (1934-)

Born November 13, 1934, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; daughter of Masaji (a diplomatic attache and fashion designer) and Yuki (maiden name, Kano) Atsumi; married David McCarthy, 1955 (divorced, 1970); married William J. Cuthbert (anattorney), 1976; children: Marlan, Serena. Addresses: Agent: Badgley and Connor Agency, 9229 Sunset Blvd., Suite 311, Los Angeles, CA 90069.; Contact: 1834 10th Ave., Monrovia, CA 91016.

Nationality: Canadian
Gender: Female
Occupation: Actress, director
Birth Details: November 13, 1934; Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Famous Works

CREDITS
Film Appearances
Clerk, The Hunters, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1958
Kimi Sikita, Geisha Boy, Paramount, 1958
Tokyo after Dark, Paramount, 1959
Chioko, Five Gates to Hell, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1959
Ume, Wake Me When It's Over, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1960
Kim Sung, Walk Like a Dragon, Paramount, 1960
Whareparita, Two Loves (also known as The Spinster), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1961
Yuki, Love with the Proper Stranger, Paramount, 1963
Yukie, The Karate Kid Part II, Columbia, 1986
Masi, The Wash, 1988
Mira Watanabe, Pacific Heights, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1990
Sari Hatano, The Painted Desert, 1993
Miss Bea, Last Chance, Leo Films, 1999
Mama-San, After One Cigarette, Moonbeach Entertainment, 1999
Television Appearances
Movies
Misa and Jeanne Wakatsuki, Farewell to Manzanar, NBC, 1976
Mrs. MacAlister, T. J. Hooker: Blood Sport (also known as BloodSport), 1986
Slaying the Dragon, 1988

Episodic
Mitsou Kamuri, "The Case of the Blushing Pearls," Perry Mason, CBS, 1959
"Dragon at the Door," Laramie, 1961
"The John Augustus Story," Wagon Train, ABC, 1962
Sally Choshi, "The Case of the Wrongful Writ," Perry Mason, CBS, 1965
"The Colonel and the Geisha," The Wackiest Ship in the Army, NBC,1965
Mei Ling the Spy, "The Spies Strike Back," Mister Ed, 1965
Mei Ling the Spy, "Ed Sniffs Out a Cold Clue," Mister Ed, 1965
Ana Kirby, "The Night of the Sudden Plague," The Wild, Wild West,CBS, 1966
Lotus, "Louie's Lethal Lilac Time," Batman, ABC, 1968
Irene Namura, "Hostage," Felony Squad, 1968
"Mad in Japan," It Takes a Thief, 1969
Geisha, "Love and the Geisha," Love, American Style, ABC, 1969
Mrs. Swan, "The Assassin," Kung Fu, 1973
Momo, "Arnold's Wedding," Happy Days, ABC, 1976
Miss Muratami, "Christmas Story," Barney Miller (also known as The Life and Times of Captain Barney Miller), ABC, 1976
"Target Gopher/The Major's Wife/Strange Honeymoon/The Oilman Cometh," The Love Boat, 1980
Hi-Sook Chun, "Hello Daddy," Diff'rent Strokes, 1982
Barbara Ikeda, "Tigers Fan," Magnum, P.I., CBS, 1987
Tojona the Groupie, segment "9 Minutes and 52 Seconds over Tokyo," TheTracey Ullman Show, 1988
Madame Lai, "Nightfall," China Beach, ABC, 1989
Kim Tu Wen, "The Dust of Life," Any Day Now, Lifetime, 2000
Also appeared in episodes of Hawaii Five-0, CBS; Island Son, CBS; The Man from U.N.C.L.E., NBC; Playhouse 90, CBS; and Quincy, M.E. (also known as Quincy), NBC.
Stage Appearances
Chan, As the Crow Flies [and] The Sound of a Voice (double-bill), Los Angeles Theatre Center, Los Angeles, 1985-1986
Klava, Sarcophagus, Los Angeles Theatre Center, 1987-1988
Masi Matsumoto, The Wash, Manhattan Theatre Club/Stage II, New York City, then Center Theatre Group, Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles, both 1990,later produced at Studio Theatre, Washington, DC
Appeared in The Gold Watch, Inner City Cultural Center, Los Angeles; appeared with East West Players in Come Back, Little Sheba and Into the Woods.
Stage Director
Director of The Chairman's Wife, East West Players; also directedAnd the Soul Shall Dance and Webster Street Blues.

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