Maria Mori
Encyclopedia
is a former singer and actress from Sapporo, Japan
. She was also known as Maria Elizabeth. The daughter of an American FBI
agent and a Japanese mother, she was a member of the Golden Half singing group, whose other members all had Japanese mothers and fathers from other countries. The group was active from 1970 to 1974 and appeared as regulars on the Tokyo Broadcasting System
Saturday prime-time variety show Hachiji da yo! Zen'in Shūgō which also featured the comedy group The Drifters and idol singers The Candies.
Individually, Maria appeared in the television jidaigeki
series Edo o Kiru
and Yuki-hime Onmitsu Dōchūki and from 1988 to 1993 as Oryū in the TBS television series in Ōoka Echizen
. She made guest appearances on Abarenbō Shōgun
as well as in contemporary dramas including G-men 75, and co-hosted Chibikko Avec Utagassen.
Japan
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. She was also known as Maria Elizabeth. The daughter of an American FBI
Federal Bureau of Investigation
The Federal Bureau of Investigation is an agency of the United States Department of Justice that serves as both a federal criminal investigative body and an internal intelligence agency . The FBI has investigative jurisdiction over violations of more than 200 categories of federal crime...
agent and a Japanese mother, she was a member of the Golden Half singing group, whose other members all had Japanese mothers and fathers from other countries. The group was active from 1970 to 1974 and appeared as regulars on the Tokyo Broadcasting System
Tokyo Broadcasting System
, TBS Holdings, Inc. or TBSHD, is a stockholding company in Tokyo, Japan. It is a parent company of a television network named and radio network named ....
Saturday prime-time variety show Hachiji da yo! Zen'in Shūgō which also featured the comedy group The Drifters and idol singers The Candies.
Individually, Maria appeared in the television jidaigeki
Jidaigeki
is a genre of film, television, and theatre in Japan. The name means "period drama" and is usually the Edo period of Japanese history, from 1603 to 1868. Some, however, are set much earlier—Portrait of Hell, for example, is set during the late Heian period—and the early Meiji era is also a popular...
series Edo o Kiru
Edo o Kiru
Edo o Kiru or Slashing Edo was a popular jidaigeki on Japan's Tokyo Broadcasting System. During the decades from its September 24, 1973 premiere until the July 25, 1994 finale, 214 episodes aired. It lasted through eight series, with several casts and settings...
and Yuki-hime Onmitsu Dōchūki and from 1988 to 1993 as Oryū in the TBS television series in Ōoka Echizen
Ooka Tadasuke
was a Japanese samurai in the service of the Tokugawa shogunate. During the reign of Tokugawa Yoshimune, as a magistrate of Edo, his roles included chief of police, judge and jury, and Yamada Magistrate prior to his tenure as South Magistrate of Edo...
. She made guest appearances on Abarenbō Shōgun
Abarenbo Shogun
is a Japanese television program on the TV Asahi network. Set in the eighteenth century, it showed fictitious events in the life of Yoshimune, the eighth Tokugawa shogun. The program started in 1978 under the title Yoshimune Hyōbanki: Abarenbō Shōgun...
as well as in contemporary dramas including G-men 75, and co-hosted Chibikko Avec Utagassen.
Source
This article incorporates material from 森マリア (Mori Maria), ゴールデンハーフ (Gōruden Hāfu), and 8時だョ!全員集合 (Hachiji da yo! Zen'in Shūgō) in the Japanese Wikipedia, retrieved on February 12, 2008.External links
- Elizabeth Maria Mori at IMDB
- Ōoka Echizen at C.A.L