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was a Japanese singer and actress. She was born in
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was a Japanese singer and actress. She was born in Tokyo
Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, with an estimated 37.468 ...
and studied music at University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna
The University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna (german: link=no, Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien, abbreviated MDW) is an Austrian university located in Vienna, established in 1817.
With a student body of over three thousa ...
, lived and worked mainly in Europe and US, later she married German actor and singer Viktor de Kowa
Viktor de Kowa (also spelled Victor de Kowa, born Victor Paul Karl Kowalczyk; 8 March 1904 – 8 April 1973) was a German stage and film actor, chanson singer, director, narrator, and comic poet.
Life
He was born the son of a farmer and engineer ...
in 1939 and died in Munich
Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the States of Germany, German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the List of cities in Germany by popu ...
.
Selected filmography
* '' Dschainah, das Mädchen aus dem Tanzhaus'' (1935) * '' Last Love'' (1935) * ''Yoshiwara
was a famous (red-light district) in Edo, present-day Tokyo, Japan. Established in 1617, Yoshiwara was one of three licensed and well-known red-light districts created during the early 17th century by the Tokugawa shogunate, alongside Shima ...
'' (1937)
* '' Storm Over Asia'' (1938)
* ''Scandal at the Embassy
''Scandal at the Embassy'' (german: Skandal in der Botschaft) is a 1950 West German comedy film directed by Erik Ode and starring Viktor de Kowa, Jeanette Schultze and Michiko Tanaka.Bock & Bergfelder p. 33
It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in ...
'' (1950)
* ''Madame Butterfly
''Madama Butterfly'' (; ''Madame Butterfly'') is an opera in three acts (originally two) by Giacomo Puccini, with an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa.
It is based on the short story "Madame Butterfly" (1898) by John Luther ...
'' (1954)
* ''Girl from Hong Kong
''Girl from Hong Kong'' (german: Bis zum Ende aller Tage) is a 1961 West German romance film directed by Franz Peter Wirth and starring Hanns Lothar, Helmut Griem and Akiko Wakabayashi.Schrader & Winkler p. 175
The film's sets were designed by th ...
'' (1961)
Bibliography
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External links
* 1909 births 1988 deaths Japanese film actresses Singers from Tokyo 20th-century Japanese actresses 20th-century Japanese women singers 20th-century Japanese singers {{Japan-film-actor-stub