Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, California, USA, November 11th, 2020
by Maria Lim
This wonderful obit was posted in the LA Times shortly after Maria passed away on November 2nd of 2020.
Devoted sister, mother, wife, and aunt. Successful model and actress. Generous philanthropist and explorer of the world.
This wonderful obit was posted in the LA Times shortly after Maria passed away on November 2nd of 2020.
The society column mentions the arrival of Maria and Booker with their family on the SS President Cleveland.
Shipboard Travelers 30 Aug 1966, Tue The Honolulu Advertiser (Honolulu, Hawaii) Newspapers.com
This column describes and shows Maria and Booker being hosted by building contractor Herbert Hirano and his wife Gladys at the Mochizuki Tea House.
Maria is one of the models to appear at a fall fashion show in the Crystal Room of the Beverly Hills Hotel for the club season opening of the Los Angeles Jewish Home for the Aged.
Maria is listed as a cast member for the Summer Romance episode of Bachelor Father (Season 5 Episode 22) set to be broadcast that evening.
Maria has been named model of the year 1962 for Japan Airlines. After a photo shoot with photographer Hal Adams in San Diego she will fly to Tokyo to promote Warner Bros.’ A Majority Of One, in which she played alongside Alec Guinness.
10 Nov 1961, Fri Valley Times (North Hollywood, California) Newspapers.com
Maria appears in a brief blurb about her playing the role of a Japanese maid alongside Alec Guinness in A Majority Of One. For some reason her name is misspelled as “Maria Tsien McLay”. The blurb was printed, with the misspelling and all, in a number of newspapers throughout the month of May, 1961.
27 May 1961, Sat The Ithaca Journal (Ithaca, New York) Newspapers.com
Maria appears in a brief blurb about her playing the role of a Japanese maid alongside Alec Guinness in A Majority Of One. For some reason her name is misspelled as “Maria Tsien McLay”. The blurb was printed, with the misspelling and all, in a number of newspapers throughout the month of May, 1961.
Maria appears in a blurb about that night’s episode of the Groucho Marx Show on which she is set to appear as a contestant. The same blurb appeared in a column in the St. Petersburg Times and the Fort Lauderdale News on the same day.
Maria appears in a blurb about that night’s episode of the Groucho Marx Show on which she is set to appear as a contestant. The same blurb appeared in a column in the Miami Herald and the Fort Lauderdale News on the same day.
TV Scout Preview 02 Feb 1961, Thu Tampa Bay Times (St. Petersburg, Florida) Newspapers.com