Shizuko Hoshi
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Shizuko Hoshi is a Japanese and American actress, theater director, dancer and choreographer. Born in Japan,[1] she is a graduate of Tokyo Women's College and University of Southern California.[2] She was married to actor Mako, the founding artistic director of East West Players in Los Angeles, and worked closely with the Asian-American theatre company from 1965 to 1989.
Career
Shizuko Hoshi arrived in the United States in 1957 and enrolled at the University of Southern California. Hoshi won the US Open women's singles titles in table tennis in 1958 and 1959. She stopped tournament play following her marriage to Mako.[2]
While at East West Players, Hoshi received many awards for performance, directing and choreography, including a Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for Featured Performance in Wakako Yamauchi's And the Soul Shall Dance,[3] as well as Drama-Logue Awards for Best Director for Hokusai Sketchbooks, Asa ga Kimashita, A Chorus Line and Mishima.[4] Her film credits include Memoirs of a Geisha, Come See the Paradise and M. Butterfly.
She appeared in the indie film, Charlotte Sometimes and narrated the Academy Award-winning Live Action Short Film, Visas and Virtue. She has also appeared on television, in such shows as Chicago Hope and M*A*S*H*. In 1995, Hoshi co-directed the English language premiere of the Japanese comedy The Fall Guy off-Broadway in New York City.
Personal life
Hoshi was married to Mako until his death in 2006. They have two daughters (both of whom are actresses) and two grandchildren.[5]
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Sylvester | Mrs. Daniels | |
| 1990 | Come See the Paradise | Mrs. Kawamura | |
| 1993 | M. Butterfly | Comrade Chin | |
| 1997 | Visas and Virtue | Narrator (as Elderly Mrs. Sugihara) | Voice role, short filmTemplate:Efn |
| 2002 | Charlotte Sometimes | Aunt | |
| 2005 | Memoirs of a Geisha | Sayuri Narration | Voice role |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1972, 1973 | The Bob Newhart Show | Hostess/The Waitress | 2 episodes |
| 1974 | Fer-de-lance | Suan Kuroda | TV movie |
| 1975 | Police Story | Bin Han | Episode: "Year of the Dragon: Part 2" |
| The Six Million Dollar Man | Japanese Woman | Episode: "The Wolf Boy" | |
| 1977 | Quincy M.E. | Mom Kamura | Episode: Touch of Death |
| Starsky and Hutch | Mrs. Hong | Episode: Manchild on the Streets | |
| 1978 | My Husband Is Missing | Vice Consul | TV movie |
| 1974, 1976, 1979 | M*A*S*H | Mrs.Li/Mother/The Mother | 4 episodes |
| 1982 | Dangerous Company | Mrs. Hikaru | TV movie |
| 1983 | Baby Sister | Mrs. Chang | TV movie |
| 1990 | Hiroshima: Out of the Ashes | Nurse Yama | TV movie |
| 1996 | Chicago Hope | Baby Doctor | Episode: The Parent Rap |
| 1998 | C-16: FBI |
Notes
References
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External links
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- Living people
- American female table tennis players
- American sportspeople of Japanese descent
- American theatre directors of Japanese descent
- American actresses of Japanese descent
- American film actresses
- American stage actresses
- American television actresses
- University of Southern California alumni
- Japanese emigrants to the United States
- 20th-century American sportswomen
- 20th-century American actresses
- 21st-century American actresses
- American dancers of Asian descent