Honolulu Advertiser, Honolulu Hawaii, USA, August 30th, 1966
(Unknown Author)
The society column mentions the arrival of Maria and Booker with their family on the SS President Cleveland.
Shipboard Travelers
The McClays at Mochizuki Tea House
Honolulu Advertiser, Honolulu Hawaii, USA, January 10th, 1965
(Unknown Author)
This column describes and shows Maria and Booker being hosted by building contractor Herbert Hirano and his wife Gladys at the Mochizuki Tea House.
S01 E20 – Who Killed Carrie Cornell? (1964)
Burke’s Law
| Director | Byron Paul |
| Producer | Aaron Spelling |
| Production Company | Four Star Television, Barbety |
| Aired | February 14th, 1964, ABC |
| Cast | Gene Barry (Cpt. Amos Burke), Gary Conway (Det. Tim Tilson), Regis Toomey (Sergeant Les Hart), Leon Lontoc (Chauffeur Henry), Michael Ansara (Big Bwana Smith), Jim Backus (Pork Pie Hannigan), Fernando Lamas (El Greco), Diana Lynn (Marion Van Martin), William Shatner (Arthur Reynolds), Joanie Sommers (Pee Wee Wilson), Fred Barry (Robert), Percy Helton (Hudkins), Amzie Strickland (Woman), Michael Fox (Coroner), Diana Birk (Annabelle), James Secrest (Jennings), Bill Catching (Keeler), Maria Tsien McClay (Madam Butterfly/Amiko, a Japanese girl), Lou Byrne (Woman) |
Carrie Cornell, singer and model, is found murdered on a beach. A photograph of her in “Girlicue” magazine links her to sleazy millionaire Martin Van Martin and he has disappeared.
As always, almost-but-not-quite-James-Bond, captain of the LAPD homicide division and millionaire Amos Burke must leave a beautiful woman and hop into his waiting Rolls Royce to investigate a terrible crime. In this case the beautiful woman is Maria McClay in the role of a Japanese girl who left a message for Amos in lipstick on a mirror, signed “Madam Butterfly” and then another, signed “Amiko”.
Maria had played alongside Gene Barry 5 years earlier, in 1959, in the episode “To The Manner Born” of the Western television series “Bat Masterson”, in which Gene played the main character of the same name. Here her scene culminates in the exchange “You’re flitting away like butterfly?” – “I have to. Butterfly have short mating season.” “If it got any shorter butterflies will become extinct!”.
Other notable appearances in this episode include Diana Lynn as drunk millionaire’s wife Marion van Martin, trying to use one of those strange Walton Belt Vibrator machines that were supposed to shake loose and disappear body fat. And a strange beatnik folk performance in a dark club with everybody wearing sunglasses. And also William Shatner (yes, that William Shatner) as crazy artist and sculptor Arthur Reynolds.
Scenes Featuring Maria
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Junior Auxiliary Fashion Show To Open Season
Independent, Los Angeles, California, USA, September 6th, 1962
(Unknown Author)
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.
S01 E24 – Square Cop (1962)
87th Precinct
| Director | James Sheldon |
| Producer | Winston Miller, Boris D. Kaplan |
| Production Company | Hubbell Robinson Productions, Revue Studios, MCA TV |
| Aired | March 12th, 1962, NBC |
| Cast | Robert Lansing (Det. Steve Carella), Ron Harper (Det. Bert Kling), Gregory Walcott (Det. Roger Havilland), Norman Fell (Det. Meyer Meyer), Lee Tracy (Otto Forman), Jack Hogan (Johnny Forman), Dennis McCarthy (Joe), Paul Genge (The Lieutenant), Paul Smith (Ed), Victor Creatore (Edward), Faye Nuell (Millie Haines), Allen Jung (Mike), James Hong (Mike II), Maria Tsien McClay (Mary), Gene Roth (Cassidy), William Bakewell (Mr. Somers), Dorothy Kingston (Mrs. Somers) |
Veteran patrolman Pat Forman, who is due to retire in a few days, is out on the beat showing the ropes to his replacement, Eddie Haines. A jangling burglar alarm sends them running to a
supermarket where Eddie is gunned down by the fleeing thief. What does Pat Forman know and how is he involved in this crime?
Maria plays Mary, a shop clerk and reluctant eye witness to a murder, being interviewed by the detectives. Understandably she is rather worried about retribution from the mob and about having to go to court and testifying in public. The detectives try to reassure her.
Scenes Featuring Maria
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S05 E22 – Summer Romance (1962)
Bachelor Father
| Director | Earl Bellamy |
| Producer | Everett Freeman |
| Production Company | Bachelor Productions, Revue Studios (later Universal Television) |
| Aired | February 20th, 1962, ABC |
| Cast | John Forsythe (Bentley Gregg), Noreen Corcoran (Kelly Gregg), Sammee Tong (Peter Tong), Allison Hayes (Loretta), Maria Tsien McClay (Lin Sing), Gary Clarke (Bruce Dalton) |
Bentley (John Forsythe) and Peter (Sammee Tong) panic when they hear from Kelly (Noreen Corcoran), who is waitressing in Yellowstone, and who informs them she’s getting married. They immediately head to the park to put a stop to her wedding to budding forest ranger Bruce Dalton (Gary Clarke).
While in Yellowstone both Bentley and Peter find themselves in the company of attractive and interesting women, Loretta Prentice (Allison Hayes), who manages the waitresses, and lepidopterist Lin Sing (Maria McClay). All three couples independently decide to spend some time in a near by mountain lodge, leading to all manners of confusion and hijinks and an encounter with a large bear.
Scenes Featuring Maria
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Bachelor Father in TV Program Schedule
Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, California, USA, February 18th, 1962
(Unknown Author)
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.
