Miko Mayama

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Miko Mayama (born August 15, 1939 in Kyoto, Japan) is a Japanese-American actress. She was active in the 1960s and 1970s.

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Career

Mayama made film and television appearances from the mid 1960s to the late 1970s. She had a supporting role in Hey Landlord! (1966); her guest appearances on series television include Valentine's Day (1965), I Spy (1966), Star Trek (1967), It Takes a Thief (1968), The Beverly Hillbillies (1971), Ironside (1971), Medical Center (1971-1972), Hawaii Five-O (1972), Kojak (1974), Mannix (1974), and M*A*S*H (1979).

Her films include Impasse (1969), The Hawaiians (1970), Amanda Fallon (1973), That Man Bolt (1973) and Cage Without a Key (1975).

Personal life

Mayama met Burt Reynolds in 1968 while working in Japan as a kabuki theater player.[ dubious ] Reynolds was in Japan to film Impasse and Mayama signed on to the cast. They lived together from 1968 to 1971. She learned English by watching Bugs Bunny cartoons, according to Reynolds' autobiography But Enough About Me. [1]

Filmography

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References

  1. "Tales of the Unknown Redshirt".
  2. Limited, Alamy. "Stock Photo - The actor Kirk Douglas with Miko Mayama and Midori in a scene from the film "The War Wagon", USA". Alamy. Retrieved 2021-09-08.
  3. Limited, Alamy. "Stock Photo - THE HAWAIIANS, Miko Mayama, 1970". Alamy. Retrieved 2021-09-08.