Michiko Tanaka (田中 路子, Tanaka Michiko, July 15, 1909 – May 18, 1988) was a Japanese singer and actress.

Portrait by Leo Perlberger [de]

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Tanaka was born in Tokyo and studied music at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna.

She lived and worked mainly in Europe and US. She married German actor and singer Viktor de Kowa in 1939. She died in Munich in 1988.

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Bibliography edit

  • Bacher, Lutz (1996). Max Ophuls in the Hollywood Studios. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press. ISBN 978-0-8135-2291-3.
  • Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim, eds. (2009). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. New York: Berghahn Books. ISBN 978-1-57181-655-9.

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