- Toshia Mori
Infobox actor
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name = Toshia Mori
imagesize = 100px
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birthname = Toshia Ichioka
birthdate = birth date|1912|1|1|mf=y
location =Kyoto ,Japan
deathdate = death date and age|1995|11|26|1912|1|1|mf=y
deathplace =The Bronx ,New York , U.S.Toshia Mori (
January 1 ,1912 –November 26 ,1995 ) was aJapan ese born actress, who had a brief career in Americanfilm s during the 1930s.Born Toshia Ichioka in
Kyoto , Japan, Mori moved to theUnited States when she was ten years old.She began her film career in the late 1920s in silent films as a teenager, and in 1932 became the only Asian actress to be selected as a WAMPAS Baby Star, an annual list of young and promising film actresses. Her most significant film role was in
Frank Capra 's film "The Bitter Tea of General Yen " (1933) in which she was billed third in the film's credits, behindBarbara Stanwyck andNils Asther . She returned to minor characters in her subsequent films and made her final film appearance in "Charlie Chan on Broadway" in 1937.After her film career ended, she worked as a researcher for
Robert Ripley on his short films, "Ripley's Believe It or Not ".She died in
The Bronx ,New York .External links
* [http://www.eeweems.com/capra/_general_yen.html The Bitter Tea of General Yen] A page on the 1933 Toshia Mori movie
Persondata
NAME= Mori, Toshia
ALTERNATIVE NAMES= Ichioka, Toshia
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Actor
DATE OF BIRTH= 1912-1-1
PLACE OF BIRTH=Kyoto ,Japan
DATE OF DEATH= 1995-11-26
PLACE OF DEATH=The Bronx ,New York , U.S.
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