Maria Yi

Name: Maria Yi
Native name: 衣依
Also Known as: Yi Yi, Yi Dut,
Nationality: Chinese
Gender: Female
Born: July 29, 1953
Age: 73

Yi began acting as a teenager, and though she made only a handful of films, she received top billing in most of them. 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. Edit Biography

Year	Title	Role	Rating
1976	Tiger of Northland Hong Kong Movie, 1976, (Main Role)	Main Role	0.0
1974	The Tournament Hong Kong Movie, 1974, [cameo] (Guest Role)	[cameo] Guest Role	0.0
1973	Seaman No. 7 Hong Kong Movie, 1973, Hsiao Fang (Main Role)	Hsiao Fang Main Role	0.0
1972	Fist of Fury Hong Kong Movie, 1972, Yen (Support Role)	Yen Support Role	7.6
1972	Bandits from Shantung Hong Kong Movie, 1972, (Support Role)	Support Role	6.0
1971	The Big Boss Hong Kong Movie, 1971, Chow Mei (Main Role)	Chow Mei Main Role	7.4
1971	The Chase Hong Kong Movie, 1971, Chi Fang Fang (Main Role)	Chi Fang Fang Main Role	7.0

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