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Nobu McCarthy
Highest Rated: 82% Love With the Proper Stranger (1963)
Lowest Rated: 47% The Karate Kid Part II (1986)
Birthday: Nov 13, 1934
Birthplace: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Born in Canada, but raised in Japan, Nobu McCarthy was a model and actress. Discovered in Los Angeles by a talent scout, McCarthy landed her first film role while in her 20s, appearing in the 1958 Jerry Lewis comedy "The Geisha Boy." During the late '50s, she was featured in episodes of various popular TV series, including the comedy show "The Red Skelton Hour," the legal drama "Perry Mason," and the adventure program "Sea Hunt," starring Lloyd Bridges. In the 1960s, McCarthy could be spotted in numerous major television series, turning up in installments of various Westerns, including "Wagon Train," as well as the campy superhero show "Batman" and two episodes of the hit talking-horse comedy "Mr. Ed." McCarthy was less active during the 1970s, making only a handful of TV appearances, including guest spots on the adventure series "Kung Fu" and the popular sitcom "Happy Days." However, in the 1980s, she had a boost to her career with a supporting role in "The Karate Kid, Part II," starring Ralph Macchio and Pat Morita, and the lead part in the lauded independent drama "The Wash." McCarthy continued to do more film work in the following decade, appearing in the 1990 thriller "Pacific Heights" and the drama "Painted Desert." She was still regularly acting when she died suddenly in 2002 of an aneurysm while shooting a film in Brazil.
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Filmography
Movies
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Last Chance | Miss Bea (Character) | - | 1999 |
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The Last Cigarette | Mama-San (Character) | $9.5K | 1999 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Painted Desert | Sari Hatano (Character) | - | 1993 |
52% |
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Pacific Heights | Mira Watanabe (Character) | $27.9M | 1990 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Wash | Masi Matsumoto (Character) | $13.5K | 1988 |
47% |
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The Karate Kid Part II | Yukie (Character) | $112.1M | 1986 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Farewell to Manzanar |
Misa/ |
- | 1976 |
82% |
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Love With the Proper Stranger | Yuki (uncredited) (Character) | - | 1963 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Two Loves | Whareparita (Character) | - | 1961 |
No Score Yet |
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Wake Me When It's Over | Ume Tanaka (Character) | - | 1960 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Walk Like a Dragon | Kim Sung (Character) | - | 1960 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Five Gates to Hell | Chioko (Character) | - | 1959 |
No Score Yet |
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The Geisha Boy | Kimi Sikita (Character) | - | 1958 |
TV
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Tracey Ullman Show | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1988 |
No Score Yet | 95% | Magnum, P.I. | Barbara Ikeda (Guest Star) | 1987 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Diff'rent Strokes | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1982 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Barney Miller | Miss Dorothy Murakami (Guest Star) | 1976 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Happy Days | Momo (Guest Star) | 1976 |
No Score Yet | 100% | Kung Fu | Unknown (Character) | 1973 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Felony Squad | Irene Namura (Guest Star) | 1968 |
100% | No Score Yet | The Man From U.N.C.L.E. | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1967 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tarzan | Dr. Haru (Guest Star) | 1966 |
No Score Yet | 100% | The Wild, Wild West | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1966 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Wackiest Ship in the Army | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1965 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Perry Mason | Mitsou Kamuri (Guest Star) | 1959 1965 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Wagon Train | Mayleen (Guest Star) | 1962 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Laramie | Haru (Guest Star) | 1961 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Johnny Staccato | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1959 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sea Hunt | Sandra 'Sandy' Chung (Guest Star) | 1959 |