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Full Name
  
Toshia Ichioka

Role
  
Actress

Name
  
Toshia Mori


Years active
  
1927–1937

Occupation
  
Actress

Spouse
  
Allen Jung (m. 1930)

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Born
  
January 1, 1912 (
1912-01-01
)
Kyoto, Japan

Other names
  
Toshiye Ichioka, Toshi Ichioka, Toshi Mori, Tashia Mori, Shia Jung

Died
  
November 26, 1995, The Bronx, New York City, New York, United States

People also search for
  
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Movies
  
The Bitter Tea of General, Charlie Chan on Broadway, Roar of the Dragon

Toshia Mori (January 1, 1912 – November 26, 1995) was a Japanese born actress, who had a brief career in American films during the 1930s. Born as Toshia Ichioka in Kyoto, Mori moved to the United States when she was ten years old.

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Early life and career

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Mori began her film career in silent films in the late 1920s. In Mr. Wu (1927) she was credited as Toshia Ichioka. In Streets of Shanghai (1927), she was credited as Toshiye Ichioka. In The Man Without a Face she was also credited as Toshiye Ichioka. (The film is presumed lost.) Finally, she entered the sound era as Toshia Mori.

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Mori played Miss Ling, in The Hatchet Man (1932). In the same year, she played another Chinese character, "Butterfly", in Roar of the Dragon, an action-melodrama produced by David O. Selznick. The storyline consisted of a group of Occidentals turning to an alcoholic riverboat captain Chauncey Carson (Richard Dix) for help when they are trapped at a hotel in a Mandarin town under siege.

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In 1932, Toshia became the only Asian and non-Caucasian actress to be selected as a WAMPAS Baby Star, an annual list of young and promising film actresses. WAMPAS may have led to the most significant film role of her career, for shortly afterwards she appeared in Frank Capra's film The Bitter Tea of General Yen (1933), a role which was scheduled for Anna May Wong at first. The story involved the erotically charged relationship between a missionary (Barbara Stanwyck) and a Chinese warlord (Nils Asther). The script also featured a vital character, "Mah-Li", a concubine whose scheming throws a spanner into the plots and plans of those around her. Capra and Columbia Pictures, both extremely happy with Mori's work, awarded her third billing. Time magazine's favorable review read: "Stanwyck is satisfactory … but the most noteworthy female member of the cast is Toshia Mori, a sloe-eyed Japanese girl…"

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Mori returned to minor characters in her subsequent films, in The Painted Veil (1934), starring Greta Garbo, she materializes as the centerpiece of "The Moon Festival" sequence. In Chinatown Squad (1935) she played "Wanda". In Charlie Chan on Broadway in 1937. Lee (Keye Luke) becomes involved with Ling Tse (Toshia Mori), an employee of the Hottentot Club.

Post-cinema life

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In 1930, Mori married Allen Jung, a Chinese-American from San Francisco. After her film career ended, Mori worked as a researcher for Robert Ripley on his short films, Ripley's Believe It or Not. She died in The Bronx, New York, aged 83. She is interred at the Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx, New York.



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Filmography

Actress
1937
Charlie Chan on Broadway as
Ling Tse (as Tashia Mori)
1936
Charlie Chan at the Circus as
Su Toy (as Shai Jung)
1935
Chinatown Squad as
Wanda - Telephone Operator (uncredited)
1935
George White's 1935 Scandals as
Japanese Girl - Old Southern Custom (uncredited)
1934
The Painted Veil as
Specialty Dancer - the Maiden (uncredited)
1934
Hollywood on Parade No. B-7 (Short)
1933
Fury of the Jungle as
Chita
1933
Blondie Johnson as
Lulu
1932
The Bitter Tea of General Yen as
Mah-Li
1932
The Secrets of Wu Sin as
Miao Lin
1932
Tiger Shark as
Oriental Lady Barber (uncredited)
1932
Roar of the Dragon as
Chinese Proprietor's Daughter (as Toshi Mori)
1932
Young Bride as
Chop Suey Restaurant Hostess (uncredited)
1932
The Hatchet Man as
Miss Ling - Wong's Secretary (uncredited)
1932
Union Depot as
Chinese Woman Wanting Sedan (uncredited)
1931
Peeking in Peking (Short)
1931
Ambassador Bill as
Dinner Guest (uncredited)
1930
Reaching for the Moon as
Coat Girl (uncredited)
1930
Way for a Sailor as
Singapore Party Girl (uncredited)
1928
The Man Without a Face (as Toshiye Ichioka)
1927
Streets of Shanghai as
Girl Wife (as Toshyie Ichioka)
1927
Mr. Wu as
The Mandarin's Daughter - Nang Ping's Mother (uncredited)
1926
The Non-Stop Flight as
Extra (uncredited)
Self
1933
Hollywood on Parade No. A-9 (Short) as
Self
1932
Screen Snapshots (Series 12, No. 2) (Documentary short) as
Self

References

Toshia Mori Wikipedia


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