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Maria Yi

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.

Born
July 29, 1953 (73)
From
Hong Kong, China
Works as
Actor
Titles
4 on MovieCove · 8 credits in all
TMDB popularity, last 38 days to Oct 27Up 4% in 30 days

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.

What they feel like to watch

their average across 4 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

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

Resolved 4 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0

Roles they play

1 analyzed role

Moods and endings

endings shown from 5 titles

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
3
Thrilling
3
Melancholic
3
Triumphant
1
Absurd
1

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)

    as Xue Mei

  • The Tournament(1974)

    as Lanying

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films
  • Seven Magnificent Fights(1973)

    as Hsiao Fang

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
  • A Man Called Tiger (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    as Emi Nagatami

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

    Actor

  • Fist of Fury(1972)

    as Yen

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films
  • The Big Boss(1971)

    as Chiao Mei

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films
  • The Chase (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    as Chi Fang-Fang

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

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting8 of 8: 8 only acting, 0 with another role

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.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

59thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Approval · how many liked their films

64thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Reach · how many have seen their films

56thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Midcredits score across 4 titles, by percentile

  • 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

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers