Maria Cordero

Maria Cordero
Chinese name	瑪俐亞
Chinese name	瑪俐亞 (Traditional)
Chinese name	玛俐亚 (Simplified)
Pinyin	Mǎ Lìyà (Mandarin)
Jyutping	Maa5 Lei6 Aa3 (Cantonese)
Ancestry	Portuguese
Origin	Hong Kong
Born	1954 (age 56–57) Template:Country data Macau (1935) Macau
Other name(s)	Fat Mama (肥媽)
Occupation	Singer, actress, chef
Genre(s)	Cantopop

Maria Cordero, MH (肥媽瑪俐亞; 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).

Biography

Maria was born to a macanese family of Portuguese-Chinese blood at the Hospital Conde S. Januário in Macau in 1954. She is the future wife of Kevin Diaz. Her family moved to Shelley Street, Hong Kong when she was ten years old. When she was eleven her father died in Cordero, 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 usher 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)

Her eldest son Alfonso Bibi Cordero (traditional Chinese: 高進一) is a member of the Hong Kong Hockey team which won the bronze medal in the 2009 East Asian Games.^[1]

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).

Filmography

• City on Fire (龍虎風雲, 1987)
• The Good, The Bad & The Beauty (1988)
• Bet on Fire (1988)
• Walk on Fire (1988)
• Woman Prison (1988)
• King of Stanley Market (1988)
• Vampire Vs. Vampire (1989)
• Mr. Coconut (1989)
• Crocodile Hunter (1989)
• Mr. Sunshine (1989)
• Carry On Yakuza (1989)
• Aces Go Places 5 (1989)
• Pedicab Driver (1989)
• Jail House Eros (1989)
• To Spy With Love (1990)
• Tiger on Beat 2 (1990)
• The Banquet (1991)
• Second To None (1992)
• Gangs '92 (1992)
• Fatal Love (1993)
• The Enigma Of Love (1993)
• Whores from the North (1993)
• Our Neighbour Detective (1994)
• Sexy and Dangerous (1996)
• Street Angels (1996)
• Lost and Found (1996)
• Thanks for Your Love (1996)
• 97 Aces Go Places (1997)
• Chinese Box (1997)
• Knock Off (1998)
• Fing's Raver (2001)
• Let's Love Hong Kong (2002)
• Money Suckers (2002)
• I Want To Get Married (2003)
• Men Suddenly in Black (2003)
• The Miracle Box (2004)
• Forever Yours (2004)
• Invisible Waves (2006)
• Look for a Star (2009)

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song

• 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

References

1. ^ 嚤囉香港精神 Mingpao 2010-05-29
2. ^ "Maria Cordero". imdb.com. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0179532/. Retrieved April 17, 2010. 
3. ^ "Maria Cordero". chinesemov.com. http://chinesemov.com/actors/Maria%20Cordero.html. Retrieved April 17, 2010. 

External links

• Maria Cordero Live In Genting
• Maria Cordero brns.com
• IMDb entry

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Name	Cordero, Maria
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Date of birth	1954
Place of birth	Macau
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