Adele Yoshioka Movies, TV Shows, and Filmography

Adele Yoshioka

Adele Yoshioka

Acting

Biography

Born in San Diego, California, Yoshioka has started her career as an actress in the late 1960s. Following her appearance on Star Trek, she also worked on episodes of Mannix (1970, with John Wheeler), Laugh-In (1972, with Frank Welker), Anna and the King (1972, with Samantha Eggar, Keye Luke, and Brian Tochi), Banacek (1972, with Ned Romero, Kermit Murdock, Louise Sorel, Peter Brocco, and Bob Harks), The Magician (1974, with France Nuyen and Bob Harks and directed by Alexander Singer), Kung Fu (1975, with Keye Luke and Clyde Kusatsu), The Paper Chase (1978, with Earl Boen and Charles Hallahan), and Night Court (1984, with Karen Austin, John Larroquette, John Staible, Juan De Villa, and Tony Rocco). Her appearance from Kung Fu was later re-used in the film version, Kung Fu: The Movie in 1986. Yoshioka had memorable appearances as Suzuki in Gaily, Gaily (1969, with Brian Keith, Harvey Jason, Peter Brocco, and Don Keefer), as Mai-Ling Chan in The Return of Charlie Chan (1973, with Louise Sorel), and as Sunny in Magnum Force (1973, with Mitchell Ryan, David Soul, and Wayne Grace). Other film work include Sweet Charity (1969, with Ricardo Montalban, Ben Vereen, John Wheeler, Jimmy Fields, Lance LeGault, and Buddy Joe Hooker), the television drama They Only Come Out at Night (1975, with Tim O'Connor and Barbara Luna), Swashbuckler (1976, with Genevieve Bujold, Sid Haig, Harry Basch, Henry Kingi, Sr., Anthony De Longis, and Bob Minor), the exercise video Maximum Potential (1987, with Mark DeAlessandro), the television thriller The Perfect Bride (1991, with Marilyn Rockafellow and directed by Terrence O'Hara), the thriller Distant Cousins (1993, with Mary Crosby, Brian Bonsall, and Cyndi Pass), the horror thriller The Nurse (1997, with Jay Underwood and Richard Penn), and the thriller A Table for One (1999, with Mark Rolston). Yoshioka is a founding member and co-chairperson of the Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment where she also served on the Board of Directors. Other boards she serves on include the Association of Asian Pacific American Artists and East West Players. Yoshioka has held several executive positions at Image Organization, Behaviour Worldwide, CineTel Films, and World International Network.

Filmography Movies

Acting

Magnum Force movie poster
MOVIE

Magnum Force

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Magnum Force
Sunny
Sweet Charity movie poster
MOVIE

Sweet Charity

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Sweet Charity
Dancer (uncredited)
Wicked Ways movie poster
MOVIE

Wicked Ways

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Wicked Ways
Lab Assistant
The Return of Charlie Chan movie poster
MOVIE

The Return of Charlie Chan

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The Return of Charlie Chan
Mai-Ling Chan
Gaily, Gaily movie poster
MOVIE

Gaily, Gaily

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Gaily, Gaily
Suzuki
They Only Come Out at Night movie poster
MOVIE

They Only Come Out at Night

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They Only Come Out at Night
Pharmacy Clerk
Dolph Lundgren: Maximum Potential movie poster
MOVIE

Dolph Lundgren: Maximum Potential

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Dolph Lundgren: Maximum Potential
Girl On Bench
The Nurse movie poster
MOVIE

The Nurse

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The Nurse
Nurse
Distant Cousins movie poster
MOVIE

Distant Cousins

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Distant Cousins
Cashier
The Perfect Bride movie poster
MOVIE

The Perfect Bride

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The Perfect Bride
Nurse

Production

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Adele Yoshioka portrait