Tsuru Aoki

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.

Known For

His Birthright

The Chinatown Mystery

A Tokyo Siren

The Breath of the Gods

The Honorable Friend

The Death Mask

The Dragon Painter

The Typhoon

All Movies (30)

• Decasia: The State of Decay2002 · as Self - Geisha (archive footage)
• Sen Yan’s Devotion1924 · as Sen Yan's Wife
• The Danger Line1924 · as Marquise Yorisaka
• The Great Prince Shan1924 · as Nita
• The Battle1923 · as La Marquise Yorisaka
• Night Life in Hollywood1922 · as Self
• Five Days to Live1922 · as Ko Ai
• Black Roses1921 · as Blossom (as Tsura Aoki)
• The Breath of the Gods1920 · as Yuki Onda
• A Tokyo Siren1920 · as Asuti Hishuri
• Locked Lips1920 · as Lotus Blossom
• Bonds of Honor1919 · as Toku-ko (as Tsuri Aoki)
• The Dragon Painter1919 · as Ume-Ko
• The Gray Horizon1919 · as O Haru San
• The Courageous Coward1919 · as Rei Oaki
• A Heart in Pawn1919 · as Sada
• His Birthright1918 · as Saki San
• The Bravest Way1918 · as Sat-u
• The Curse of Iku1918 · as Omi San
• The Call of the East1917 · as O'Mitsu, His Sister
• Each to His Kind1917 · as Princess Nada
• The Soul of Kura San1916 · as Kura-San
• The Honorable Friend1916 · as Toki-Ye
• Alien Souls1916 · as Yuri Chan
• The Chinatown Mystery1915 · as Woo
• The Last of the Line1914 · as Girl at Riverside
• The Typhoon1914
• The Death Mask1914 · as Princess Nona
• The Wrath of the Gods1914 · as Toya San
• O Mimi san1914 · as O Mimi San