Tsuru Aoki

Tsuru Aoki

1892-09-09 – 1961-10-18 (age 69) Tokyo, Empire of Japan [now Tokyo, Japan]
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Biography

From Wikipedia

Tsuru Aoki (September 9, 1892 – October 18, 1961) was a popular Japanese stage and screen actress whose career was most prolific during the silent film era of the 1910s through the 1920s. Aoki may have been the first Asian actress to garner top-billing in American motion pictures.

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Known For

Locked Lips
Locked Lips

1920

as Lotus Blossom

A Tokyo Siren
A Tokyo Siren

1920

as Asuti Hishuri

Night Life in Hollywood
Alien Souls
Alien Souls

1916

as Yuri Chan

The Typhoon
The Honorable Friend
The Honorable Friend

1916

as Toki-Ye

His Birthright
His Birthright

1918

as Saki San

The Chinatown Mystery
The Courageous Coward
The Courageous Coward

1919

as Rei Oaki

The Call of the East
The Call of the East

1917

as O'Mitsu, His Sister

Black Roses
Black Roses

1921

as Blossom (as Tsura Aoki)

The Breath of the Gods
The Breath of the Gods

1920

as Yuki Onda

The Gray Horizon
The Gray Horizon

1919

as O Haru San

Decasia: The State of Decay
Decasia: The State of Decay

2002

as Self - Geisha (archive footage)

The Soul of Kura San
The Soul of Kura San

1916

as Kura-San

The Dragon Painter
The Dragon Painter

1919

as Ume-Ko

O Mimi san
O Mimi san

1914

as O Mimi San

The Wrath of the Gods
The Wrath of the Gods

1914

as Toya San

The Danger Line
The Danger Line

1924

as Marquise Yorisaka

Each to His Kind
Each to His Kind

1917

as Princess Nada