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Evelyn Guerrero
1994 - 2005- Yukiye Kitahara1970 - 1989
- Kathleen Yamachi1953 - 1967
Feb 4, 2021 · Evelyn Guerrero is an actress, model, and writer who married Pat Morita in 1994. She met him when she was 15, executive produced a documentary about his life, and is a clairvoyant who speaks to the dead.
- Kevin Dineen
- Morita’s Daughters Did Not Agree to Be in the ‘More Than Miyagi’ Documentary. The 2021 documentary “More Than Miyagi: The Pat Morita Story” looks closely at the actor’s childhood and his struggles with alcoholism.
- Morita Was Married 3 Times. According to a 2010 essay in Hyphen magazine by daughter Aly Morita, Pat Morita married his first wife, Kathleen Yamachi, in 1953, at the age of 21; his wife was 27.
- Morita’s Father Died in a Car Accident. While Morita and his family were living in Sacramento, his father, Tamaru Morita, was killed in a hit-and-run accident, the Los Angeles Times reported.
- Morita Was Actually Raised by His Aunt. According to Guerrero, the woman Morita thought was his mother for most of his life was actually his aunt. “More than Miyagi” presents a clip of Guerrero on the talk show “Table for 5 with Felicia and Annette.”
Morita was born on June 28, 1932, in Isleton, California, to Japanese immigrant parents. Morita's father, Tamaru, born in 1897, immigrated to California from Kumamoto Prefecture on the Japanese island of Kyushu in 1915. Tamaru's wife, Momoe, born in 1903, immigrated to California in 1913.
YearTitleRole1964Jidôsha dorobô / Car ThievesKomugi1967Bun Foo / Oriental No. 21968Wong1971Charlie LeeGuerrero met Pat Morita when she was 15. They reunited almost 30 years later and were married in 1994 until his death in 2005. She assisted him in producing More than Miyagi, The Pat Morita Story .
Feb 5, 2021 · Evelyn Guerrero, Morita’s most recent wife, married the actor in 1994. Guerrero worked as an actress, model, and writer over the course of her career. The two met when Guerrero was just 15.
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- S.M. Walsh
Evelyn Guerrero is an American actress and producer, known for Star Trek: The Next Generation, Blood In, Blood Out and The Next Karate Kid. She was born in 1949 in East Los Angeles and married to Pat Morita from 1993 to 2005.
Evelyn Guerrero is an actress and producer who was born in East Los Angeles, California. She was married to Pat Morita, the actor who played Mr. Miyagi in The Karate Kid, from 1993 until his death in 2005.
