Miko Mayama

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

Career

Mayama made several 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 she was working in Japan as a kabuki theater player. Reynolds was in Japan to film Impasse and Mayama signed on as a fellow cast member. They lived together from 1968 to 1971 and she learned English by watching Bugs Bunny cartoons, according to Reynolds' autobiography But Enough About Me.[1]

Filmography

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.
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