---
name: "Yvonne Shima"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/yvonne-shima"
roles: []
born: "1 January 1935"
died: "1 September 2023"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-18T10:58:33.303813+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Yvonne Shima

Actor. Born 1 January 1935 in British Columbia. Died 1 September 2023.

## Details

- **Born:** 1 January 1935, British Columbia
- **Died:** 1 September 2023
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yvonne_Shima, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q125208174, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0793553/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2415643

## Biography

Yvonne Shima (1935–2023) was a Canadian-born British actress and singer of Japanese descent. Born in British Columbia, she later settled in Toronto before moving to the United Kingdom in 1958.

She began her career on stage in London, appearing in *The Teahouse of the August Moon*. Her film roles included Lulik in *The Savage Innocents* (1960), Minnie Ho in *The World of Suzie Wong* (1960), Sister Lily in *Dr. No* (1962), Anna in the television series *The Avengers* (1963), and a concubine in *Genghis Khan* (1965). She was married to Barry Ransom.

Shima retired from acting in the late 1960s following a car accident.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, jamesbond007.se.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Dr. No* (1962), Fi1m 77, as Sister Lily — [page](https://film.one/film/dr-no.md)

## Complete filmography (9)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Genghis Khan* (1965), as Concubine
- *The Cool Mikado* (1963), Acting
- *Dr. No* (1962), as Sister Lily — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/dr-no.md)
- *The Road to Hong Kong* (1962), Acting
- *The Sinister Man* (1961), as Tamaya
- *The Avengers* (1961), series, as Anna — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-avengers-1961.md)
- *Visa to Canton* (1960), as Liong Ti  (uncredited)
- *The World of Suzie Wong* (1960), as Minnie Ho
- *The Savage Innocents* (1960), as Lulik

---
© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/yvonne-shima