Maria Yi

Maria Yi is an Actress from Shanghai who appeared in films by in the early 1970s, The most notable of which being The Big Boss and Fist of Fury, both starring Bruce Lee.

Career

Maria Yi began acting as a teenager and while making only six films, received top billing in most of them. After appearing in with in 1971, both her and Tien were cast in Bruce Lee's breakout 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 go on to co-star in two more films directed by Lo Wei with another star of the time, Jimmy Wang Yu. She then married a young wealthy gentleman in June 1974 before making her final film, Tiger of Northland, in 1976.

Filmography