Maria Yi

Maria Yi
Chinese name	衣依
Pinyin	Yī Yī (Mandarin)
Jyutping	ji1 ji1 (Cantonese)
Born	1953 (age 57–58)

Maria Yi (also known as Yi Yi and Maria Yi Dut, born 1953) is a retired Chinese actress from Shanghai. She appeared in films by Hong Kong's Golden Harvest Productions in the 1970s, most notably in The Big Boss and Fist of Fury, both starring Bruce Lee.^[1]

Career

Yi began acting as a teenager, and though she made only a handful of films, she received top billing in most of them.^[1] After appearing in The Chase with James Tien in 1971, both she and Tien were cast in Bruce Lee's 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 co-star in two more films directed by Lo Wei, appearing with another star of the time, Jimmy Wang Yu.

Yi married a wealthy businessman in June 1974 (one of the guests at her wedding was Big Boss and Fist of Fury co-star Nora Miao). She made her final film, Tiger of Northland, in 1976.^[1]

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
1973	Story of Mother
1974	The Tournament
1976	Tiger of Northland

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} Maria Yi | Hong Kong Movie World filmography, pictures, biography

External links

• Maria Yi Bio
• Maria Yi at the Internet Movie Database

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