Tsuru Aoki
Born: 1892-09-09 in Tokyo, Empire of Japan [now Tokyo, Japan]
Died: 1961-10-18
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
1924
- The Great Prince Shan as Nita
- Sen Yan’s Devotion as Sen Yan's Wife
- The Danger Line as Marquise Yorisaka
1923
- The Battle as La Marquise Yorisaka
1922
- Five Days to Live as Ko Ai
- Night Life in Hollywood as Self
1921
- Black Roses as Blossom (as Tsura Aoki)
1920
- A Tokyo Siren as Asuti Hishuri
- The Breath of the Gods as Yuki Onda
- Locked Lips as Lotus Blossom
1919
- Bonds of Honor as Toku-ko (as Tsuri Aoki)
- The Courageous Coward as Rei Oaki
- The Dragon Painter as Ume-Ko
- A Heart in Pawn as Sada
- The Gray Horizon as O Haru San
1918
- His Birthright as Saki San
- The Bravest Way as Sat-u
- The Curse of Iku as Omi San
1917
- The Call of the East as O'Mitsu, His Sister
- Each to His Kind as Princess Nada
1916
- Alien Souls as Yuri Chan
- The Soul of Kura San as Kura-San
- The Honorable Friend as Toki-Ye
1915
- The Chinatown Mystery as Woo
1914
- The Last of the Line as Girl at Riverside
- The Typhoon
- The Wrath of the Gods as Toya San
- O Mimi san as O Mimi San
- The Death Mask as Princess Nona