Nobu McCarthy

About Nobu McCarthy

Who is it?: Actress
Birth Day: November 13, 1934
Birth Place:  Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Cause of death: Aortic aneurysm
Years active: 1958–2000
Spouse(s): David McCarthy (m. 1955; div. 1970) William Cuthbert (m. 1976; d. 2002)

Nobu McCarthy

Nobu McCarthy was born on November 13, 1934 in  Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, is Actress. 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 The Geisha Boy (1958) alongside a slapstick Jerry Lewis, the comedy Wake Me When It's Over (1960) with Dick Shawn and Ernie Kovacs, and Love with the Proper Stranger (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).
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As per our current Database, Nobu McCarthy has been died on April 6, 2002(2002-04-06) (aged 67)\nLondrina, Brazil.

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When Nobu McCarthy die, Nobu McCarthy was 67 years old.

Popular As Nobu McCarthy
Occupation Actress
Age 67 years old
Zodiac Sign Sagittarius
Born November 13, 1934 ( Ottawa, Ontario, Canada)
Birthday November 13
Town/City  Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Nationality Canada

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Nobu McCarthy’s zodiac sign is Sagittarius. According to astrologers, Sagittarius is curious and energetic, it is one of the biggest travelers among all zodiac signs. Their open mind and philosophical view motivates them to wander around the world in search of the meaning of life. Sagittarius is extrovert, optimistic and enthusiastic, and likes changes. Sagittarius-born are able to transform their thoughts into concrete actions and they will do anything to achieve their goals.

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Biography/Timeline

1955

McCarthy was born Nobu Atsumi in Ottawa, Ontario, the daughter of Masaji and Yuki Atsumi. Nobu's father was a Japanese fashion designer and diplomatic attaché stationed in Canada at the time. Nobu was raised in Japan, where she studied ballet. A modeling career eventually led to a beauty pageant in which she won the title of "Miss Tokyo". She married army sergeant David McCarthy in 1955 and moved to the United States.

1966

While shopping in the Little Tokyo district of Los Angeles, she was discovered by talent agent Fred Ishimoto, which led to her film debut in The Geisha Boy (1958). In 1960, she appeared in the comedy film Wake Me When It's Over (1960). She starred with Lloyd Bridges in a 1959 Sea Hunt television episode as a Hawaiian woman fighting to protect pearl-beds from poachers. In 1962 she appeared in the television series Wagon Train in the episode "The John Augustus Story" as Mayleen. For the next decade, McCarthy continued acting, appearing in smaller roles in a number of films as well as guest spots on television, including the title role in the 1960 episode "Princess of Crazy Creek" of the syndicated western series Pony Express, starring Grant Sullivan. In 1961, she appeared as Haru in the Laramie series episode "Dragon at the Door". She also appeared in the ABC adventure dramas Adventures in Paradise and The Islanders, both set in the South Pacific. During this time she made two guest appearances on Perry Mason: in 1959 she played defendant Mitsou Kamuri in "The Case of the Blushing Pearls," and in 1965 she played Sally Choshi in "The Case of the Wrongful Writ." She also guest starred on ABC's The Bing Crosby Show in the 1964-1965 season. She starred with Robert Conrad in the final episode of the First Season of The Wild Wild West, dated April 22, 1966 "The Night of the Sudden Plague" as a Chinese woman "Anna Kirby", who is the daughter of a mad professor breeding bacteria for a serum that causes temporary paralysis. She also made appearances in The Man From U.N.C.L.E., Hawaii Five-O and Love, American Style.

1970

In 1970, the McCarthys divorced; they had two children.

1971

In 1971, McCarthy joined East West Players, an Asian American theatre group in Los Angeles. In 1976, she appeared in an episode of Barney Miller as prostitute/robbery victim Dorothy Murakami. She then starred in the television movie Farewell to Manzanar, based on the novel of the same title. That year she also married attorney william J. Cuthbert, though she kept McCarthy as her stage name. She made an appearance in an episode of the television sitcoms Happy Days and Diff'rent Strokes. She appeared in three episodes of The Love Boat. In 1986 she had a supporting role opposite Pat Morita in the film The Karate Kid Part II. Her starring role in the indie feature The Wash, opposite Mako, earned her an Independent Spirit Award nomination in 1989. That same year she replaced Mako as artistic Director of East West Players, a position she held until 1993. During this time, McCarthy also taught theatre at California State University, Los Angeles and UCLA. In 1996 East West Players presented McCarthy with a lifetime achievement award. McCarthy also did the voice-overs at the beginning and end of Picture Bride.

2002

In 1976, six years after her divorce from David McCarthy, Nobu married william Cuthbert. She kept working throughout her remaining years, some of which work has been described above, but those years came to an end on April 6, 2002, when she died at the age of 67 from the rupture of an aortic aneurysm while she was on location in Brazil, filming Gaijin - Ama-me Como Sou, starring Tamlyn Tomita.

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