Born Machie Takigawa, she was active as a dancer at the Asakusa Rock Theater under the stage name Mary Rose in the early 1950s. Due to her appearance, she was affectionately nicknamed Daruma-chan and Jumbo-chan. Soon after moving to the Nichigeki Music Hall, she was scouted by the film industry and made her acting debut in "Gurama-to no yuwaku/The Temptation of Grama Island." Memorable in Japan for her regular role in eight of the ten Toei film series " Trucker Rascals," playing the wife of the series co-star Aikawa Kinya, among appearances in other popular cinematic serials such as Zatoichi and Tora-san. International audiences would be more familiar with her work with avant-garde directors Shōhei Imamura & Shūji Terayama. 春川ますみ(1935년생, Utsunomiya, Tochigi, Japan) 는 배우로, 대표작으로 하치 이야기, 붉은 살의, 전원에 죽다가 있으며, 그 외에도 おやじ太鼓, 모래그릇, わが子は他人, あにき, 닌자무예첩 모모치산다유, 望郷, シルクハットの大親分, 喜劇　女は度胸, 복서, 일본곤충기, 여자들만의 밤, 팬티 구멍 등 다양한 작품에 출연했다. (오뜨랑에서 실시간으로 번역된 한글 프로필도 확인할 수 있어요) 1993년 望郷에 출연했다. 1992년 わが町에 출연했다. 1991년 カルロス에 출연했다.