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

Career

Mayama made 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 ''

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'' (1965), ''

I Spy I spy is a guessing game where one player (the ''spy'' or ''it'') chooses an object within sight and announces to the other players that "I spy with my little eye something beginning with...", naming the first letter of the object. Other players a ...

'' (1966), ''

Star Trek ''Star Trek'' is an American science fiction media franchise created by Gene Roddenberry, which began with the Star Trek: The Original Series, series of the same name and became a worldwide Popular culture, pop-culture Cultural influence of ...

'' (1967), '' It Takes a Thief'' (1968), ''

The Beverly Hillbillies ''The Beverly Hillbillies'' is an American television sitcom that was broadcast on CBS from 1962 to 1971. It had an ensemble cast featuring Buddy Ebsen, Irene Ryan, Donna Douglas, and Max Baer Jr. as the Clampetts, a poor backwoods family ...

'' (1971), '' Ironside'' (1971), '' Medical Center'' (1971-1972), ''

Hawaii Five-O Hawaii Five-O or Hawaii Five-0 may refer to: * ''Hawaii Five-0'' (2010 TV series), an American action police procedural television series * ''Hawaii Five-O'' (1968 TV series), an American police procedural drama series produced by CBS Productio ...

'' (1972), ''

Kojak ''Kojak'' is an American Action film, action Crime film, crime Drama (film and television), drama television series starring Telly Savalas as the title character, New York City Police Department Detective Lieutenant Theophilus "Theo" Kojak. Tak ...

'' (1974), ''

Mannix ''Mannix'' is an American detective television series that originally aired for eight seasons on CBS from September 16, 1967, to March 13, 1975. The show was created by Richard Levinson and William Link, and developed by executive producer ...

'' (1974), and ''

M*A*S*H ''M*A*S*H'' (an acronym for Mobile Army Surgical Hospital) is an American media franchise consisting of a series of novels, a film, several television series, plays, and other properties, and based on the semi-autobiographical fiction of Richa ...

'' (1979).small roll in Kojak 1973, Season 2, Ep.4. Her films include ''

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'' (1969), ''

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'' (1970), ''Amanda Fallon'' (1973), ''

That Man Bolt ''That Man Bolt'' is a 1973 American action film directed by David Lowell Rich and Henry Levin. It stars Fred Williamson in the title role of a courier and Byron Webster. The film combined several genres: blaxploitation, the martial arts film, ...

'' (1973) and '' Cage Without a Key'' (1975).

Personal life

Mayama met

Burt Reynolds Burton Leon Reynolds Jr. (February 11, 1936 – September 6, 2018) was an American actor most famous during the 1970s and 1980s. He became well known in television series such as ''Gunsmoke'' (1962–1965), '' Hawk'' (1966) and '' Dan Augus ...

in 1968 while working in Japan as a kabuki theater player. Reynolds was in Japan to film '' Impasse'' and Mayama signed on to the cast. They lived together from 1968 to 1971. She learned English by watching ''

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'' cartoons, according to Reynolds' autobiography ''But Enough About Me''.

Filmography

* 1965:

(Television series, a sequence) * 1965: Wendy and Me, a consequence (TV series) * 1965: Boeing Boeing * 1966:

(''I Spy'', the TV series, a consequence) * 1966:

Walk, Don't Run Walk, Don't Run may refer to: Music * "Walk, Don't Run" (instrumental), written and originally recorded by Johnny Smith, 1954; covered by Chet Atkins (1956) and the Ventures (1960) * ''Walk, Don't Run'' (The Ventures album), 1960 * ''Walk Don't ...

''(Walk Don't Run)'' : Waitress in pink kimono * 1966:

Hey, Landlord ''Hey Landlord!'' is an American sitcom that appeared on NBC during the 1966–1967 season, sponsored by Procter & Gamble in the 8:30-9pm Eastern time period on Sunday nights. It is notable for its casting director Fred Roos, who later became a ...

(TV series) * 1967:

F Troop ''F Troop'' is a satirical American television Western sitcom about U.S. soldiers and American Indians in the Wild West during the 1860s. The series originally aired for two seasons on ABC. It debuted in the United States on September 14, 1965 ...

(TV series), From Karate with Love * 1967: ''

'' (episode: "

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", character: Yeoman Tamura) * 1967:

The War Wagon ''The War Wagon'' is a 1967 American Western heist film directed by Burt Kennedy and starring John Wayne and Kirk Douglas. Released by Universal Pictures, it was produced by Marvin Schwartz and adapted by Clair Huffaker from his own novel. Th ...

''(The War Wagon)'' * 1968: '' It Takes a Thief'', the TV series, a sequence * 1969: ''

'' * 1969:

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(TV series) * 1969:

The Courtship of Eddie's Father ''The'' is a grammatical article in English, denoting nouns that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The ...

* 1970:

The Flying Nun ''The Flying Nun'' is an American fantasy television, fantasy sitcom television series about a community of nuns, which included one who could fly when the wind caught her cornette. It was produced by Screen Gems for American Broadcasting Comp ...

, a consequence (TV series) * 1970:

* 1970: Matt Lincoln (TV series), a sequence * 1971: To Rome with Love (TV series) * 1971:

, a sequence, three episodes (TV series) * 1971:

Ironside (1967 TV series) ''Ironside'' is an American television crime drama that aired on NBC over eight seasons from 1967 to 1975. The show starred Raymond Burr as Robert T. Ironside (usually addressed by the title "Chief Ironside"), a consultant to the San Francisco ...

'' (''Ironside, the TV series, a consequence) * 1971-1972: Medical Center (TV series), two consequences * 1972:

Hawaii Five-O (1968 TV series) ''Hawaii Five-O'' is an American police procedural drama series produced by CBS Productions and created by Leonard Freeman (not to be confused with the remake '' Hawaii Five-0,'' with a numeral 0 in the title). Set in Hawaii, the show aired f ...

Hawaii Five (''Hawaii Five-O'', the TV series, a consequence) * 1973: The Bold Ones: The New Doctors (TV series), a sequence * 1973: Amanda Fallon (TV movie) * 1973:

* 1974:

'' (''Kojak, the TV series, a consequence) * 1974:

(TV series), a sequence * 1975: Cage Without a Key (TV movie) * 1979:

(television series, episode 7-18)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mayama, Miko 1939 births Living people 20th-century American actresses American television actresses American film actresses American actresses of Japanese descent Actresses from Kyoto Western (genre) television actors Japanese emigrants to the United States 21st-century American women