Trivia

The only non-Caucasian to be selected as a WAMPAS Baby Star (1932)

In her later years allegedly worked as a researcher for Robert Ripley on "Believe It Or Not".

According to contemporary publicity, she was 'discovered' by the director Frank Capra working in a Los Angeles curiosity shop.

Best known as the Oriental bad girl of La grande muraille (1932). Following her marriage to the Chinese actor Allen Jung, Toshia Mori later changed her name to 'Shia Jung', possibly because more work could be found in 1930's Hollywood for Chinese actors.

Born in Kyoto,Toshia Mori came to America when she was ten years old.

Upon her death, she was cremated at The Woodlawn Cemetery in The Bronx, NY, and her ashes scattered at sea.

Her manager in the late 1920s was Bill Dunn.

One of a small number of non-caucasian actors to be under regular contract with a Hollywood studio. She was a contract player for Columbian Pictures in 1934.