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