Eiko Ando
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| Occupation | Film actress |
Eiko Ando (born c. 1935; first name pronounced "Ay - eeko") was a Japanese actress best known for appearing opposite John Wayne in The Barbarian and the Geisha in 1958.
Ando was born in Harbin, in northeastern China, to a Japanese industrialist. When the Communist took over the family fled back to Japan. After her father died in 1953 she went to work as a singer and then burlesque dancer. At the time of filming The Barbarian and the Geisha she was 5-feet, 7-inches tall and weighed 115 pounds. When director John Houston was looking for an actress for the part of Okichi, a friend of Ando's who worked in the Tokyo office of 20th Century-Fox recommended Ando to Houston. Once Houston saw her, after testing 33 girls, he and producer Eugene Frenke were done looking, mainly because of her height over the other girls.[1][2]
[edit] References
- ^ Thomas, Bob (March 18, 1958), "Try In First Hollywood Role", The Portsmouth Times (United Press International): 15
- ^ Durgin, Cyrus (October 2, 1958), "Asiatic Beauty Won First Role In Films With No Experience", Daily Boston Globe: 24
[edit] External links
- Eiko Ando at the Internet Movie Database
- Eiko Ando at AllRovi
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