
Maria Yi
Actor · Born July 29, 1953 (73) · Hong Kong, China
Maria Yi, also known as Yi Yi (Chinese: 衣依) and Maria Yi Dut Wei Lina, ;( born 29 July 1953) is a retired Chinese actress from Shanghai. She appeared in films by Hong Kong's Golden Harvest Productions in the 1970s, most notably in The Big Boss and Fist of Fury, both starring Bruce Lee.
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Biography from TMDB.
- July 29, 1953 (73)
- Hong Kong, China
- Actor
- 4 on MovieCove · 8 credits in all
What are Maria Yi's films like?
Across a limited sample of 4 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Survival.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 4
Light 1 · Serious 0 · Dark 3
Grounded 1 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 0
Gentle 0 · Charged 1 · Intense 3
Steady 0 · Shifting 4 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 3 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0
Slow burn 0 · Even-paced 4 · Relentless 0
Casual 3 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 1 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 1
Resolved 4 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0
Roles they play
- Allyas Chiao Mei in The Big Boss (1971)
Moods and endings
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Maria Yi's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 2 of their 4 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Maria Yi's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
8 credits, 4 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.

Tiger of Northland (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

The Tournament(1974)
Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films
Seven Magnificent Fights(1973)
Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
A Man Called Tiger (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

Story of Mother (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

Fist of Fury(1972)
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films
The Big Boss(1971)
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films
The Chase (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)
Career shape
Star power in the 82nd percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 8 titles from 1971 to 1976.
Film career
- 1971Screen debut· The Big Boss
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it.
How do Maria Yi's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 62nd percentile, the median of all 4; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 59th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up2
- 25th to 49th2
Shape of the crowd
None of their 4 titles divides audiences: 3 are Crowd Pleasers.
- Crowd Pleaser3
- Mixed1
Reviewers score the acting 67/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles; fans 71, detractors 40. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Maria Yi work with?
People who share at least 2 of Maria Yi's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Raymond Man-Wai Chow shares the most, 4.
Directors
- Wei LoShared titles: Seven Magnificent Fights (1973), Fist of Fury (1972), The Big Boss (1971)See all 3 shared titles with Wei Lo

Actors
- James TienShared titles: Seven Magnificent Fights (1973), Fist of Fury (1972), The Big Boss (1971)See all 3 shared titles with James Tien

- Kun LiShared titles: Seven Magnificent Fights (1973), Fist of Fury (1972), The Big Boss (1971)See all 3 shared titles with Kun Li

- Ying-Chieh HanShared titles: Seven Magnificent Fights (1973), Fist of Fury (1972), The Big Boss (1971)See all 3 shared titles with Ying-Chieh Han

- Hsiang-Ting KoShared titles: The Tournament (1974), Seven Magnificent Fights (1973)See all 2 shared titles with Hsiang-Ting Ko

Composers, cinematographers and editors
- Peter CheungShared titles: The Tournament (1974), Seven Magnificent Fights (1973), Fist of Fury (1972)See all 3 shared titles with Peter Cheung
- Ching-Chu ChenShared titles: Seven Magnificent Fights (1973), Fist of Fury (1972), The Big Boss (1971)See all 3 shared titles with Ching-Chu Chen

- Joseph KooShared titles: Seven Magnificent Fights (1973), Fist of Fury (1972)See all 2 shared titles with Joseph Koo

Producers
- Raymond Man-Wai ChowShared titles: The Tournament (1974), Seven Magnificent Fights (1973), Fist of Fury (1972), The Big Boss (1971)See all 4 shared titles with Raymond Man-Wai Chow

- Liang Hua LiuShared titles: Fist of Fury (1972), The Big Boss (1971)See all 2 shared titles with Liang Hua Liu


