Nobu McCarthy

Nobu McCarthy was born on Nov 13, 1934 in Canada. Nobu McCarthy's big-screen debut came with The Hunters directed by Dick Powell in 1958. Nobu McCarthy is known for The Wash directed by Michael Toshiyuki Uno, Mako stars as Nobu Matsumoto and Nobu McCarthy as Masi Matsumoto. The upcoming new movie Nobu McCarthy plays is Gaijin - Ama-me Como Sou which will be released on Sep 02, 2005.

Lovely, demure actress Nobu McCarthy, born Nobu Atsumi in Ottawa Canada, was raised in Japan and studied ballet. A modeling career eventually led to her winning the "Miss Tokyo" beauty title. She married a US serviceman and returned to the States in 1955. Discovered by a talent agent, she made a gentle, touching impression in such films as Le Kid en kimono (1958) alongside a slapstick Jerry Lewis, the comedy L'île des sans soucis (1960) with Dick Shawn and Ernie Kovacs, and Une certaine rencontre (1963) starring Steve McQueen and Natalie Wood. She also graced episodic TV with a number of guest spots. Most appreciated as an unassuming girl-next-door type, she more or less shied away from her career following a painful divorce, but returned to acting in 1971 as a member of the East West Players, a small L.A.-based theater group. She eventually became their artistic director from 1989 to 1993. She died at age 67 in 2002 of an aneurysm while on film location in Brazil for the movie Gaijin - Ama-me Como Sou (2005).