Born Machie Takigawa, she was active as a dancer at the Asakusa Rock Theater under the stage name Mary Rose in the early 1950s. Due to her appearance, she was affectionately nicknamed Daruma-chan and Jumbo-chan. Soon after moving to the Nichigeki Music Hall, she was scouted by the film industry and made her acting debut in "Gurama-to no yuwaku/The Temptation of Grama Island."
Memorable in Japan for her regular role in eight of the ten Toei film ...
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Japan's No. 1 Disconnected Man
As Koyama's Wife
Hachiko
As Okichi
Pineapple Butai
As Betty
The Insect Woman
As Midori
Neon taiheiki
Intentions of Murder
As Sadako Takahashi
Color
A Cheerful Yakuza
Dynamite Doctor Returns
As Otoki
Zatoichi's Cane Sword
As Oryu
Zatoichi in Desperation
As Ohama
Crocodile, Parrot and Fur Seal
As Nanako's mather
Futari no Koibito
Otoko Ippiki Gaki Daisho
Pastoral: To Die in the Country
As Air woman
The Human Bullet
Hito mo arukeba
As Namiko
How to Be the Worst of Office Workers
Silk Hat Boss
As Choko
Hajimete no Tabi
Sotsugyou -GRADUATION-
Code of Ruffians
Sodachi zakari
Onna yajikita-tatchi ryokō
Nami kage
House of Terrors
As Akemi Yokota
Samurai Banners
As Buhei's wife
Utamaro, Painter of the Woman
幻の殺意
Carlos
Shogun's Ninja
As Lady Yodo
Onna Ikitemasu: Sakariba Wataridori
As Tomiko
The Gate of Youth
Truck Rascals: No One Can Stop Me
As Jonathan's Wife
Boxer
As Harumi
Bokyo
The Wild Trucker
Curse of the Blood
As Okuma
The Young Eagles of the Kamikaze
Play it, Boogie-Woogie
As Haruyo Kobayashi
Life of Hishakaku 3
The Glamorous Ghost
As Sugie Asami
Tokyo Pop
As Mother
The Threat
As Hiroko
Truckster Goes to Hokkaido
Run Truck Rascal, Run!
Truck Rascals in Fever Heat
I Am A Man of Honor
Truckster of Guts
The Truck Rascals Go to The North
Truck Rascals: Another Odyssey of Momojiro
A 5,000 Kilometer Run under The Scorching Sun
Our Marriage
As Rinko Arishima
Golden Ninja
As Okiku
Wicked Priest 2: Ballad of Murder
Sex Peddlers
Bloody Shuriken
How to Make Money
Wolf Escort
Obon, The Moll Dipper
The Black Cat
Shiro and Marilyn
As Katsue Nakazato
Sleepy Eyes of Death 4: Sword of Seduction
Where Spring Comes Late
As Passengers on Nemuro Main Line
The Marked Man
Desperate Hoodlum
Ellie My Love
Girls of the Night
As Harada
The Abalone Gals
Makeup
Tora-san, His Tender Love
As Komako
Madcap Mixup
As Mamechiyo
The Cola Game
Boys Meet Girls
The Spying Sorceress
As Kara
Women Can't Be Beaten
Tora-san's Lullaby
Michi
As Matsuyo
My Voiceless Friends
Human Revolution II
Yanagase Blues
As Sumie Yato
Temptation on Glamour Island
As Masa Uchida
The Castle of Sand
As Naka Sumie
Hobo General
To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2
As Akemi
Yakuza Vassal
Zoku shachōtaiheiki
Tetsuro Tamba's Great Spirit World: What Happens When You Die
As 五十嵐玉緒
Kigeki-otoko no ude dameshi
Bridal Cruise
Women Doing Time
Chained Bitch
Pink Lady's Motion Picture
Tokyo Gambler
School for Thieves
As Kuriko
The Killing Game
Edo wo Kiru
Older brother
As Saeko
Waga Machi
Oyaji Daiko
Wagako wa Tanin
姫君捕物控