Tsuru Aoki
Acting
Born: 1892-09-09 in Tokyo, Empire of Japan [now Tokyo, Japan]
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
The Battle
La Marquise Yorisaka
His Birthright
Saki San
Locked Lips
Lotus Blossom
Alien Souls
Yuri Chan
Five Days to Live
Ko Ai
The Breath of the Gods
Yuki Onda
Black Roses
Blossom (as Tsura Aoki)
The Courageous Coward
Rei Oaki
A Tokyo Siren
Asuti Hishuri
The Gray Horizon
O Haru San
The Honorable Friend
Toki-Ye
The Soul of Kura San
Kura-San
Night Life in Hollywood
Self
O Mimi san
O Mimi San
The Call of the East
O'Mitsu, His Sister
The Chinatown Mystery
Woo
The Typhoon
A Heart in Pawn
Sada
Decasia: The State of Decay
Self - Geisha (archive footage)
The Danger Line
Marquise Yorisaka
The Dragon Painter
Ume-Ko
The Curse of Iku
Omi San
Each to His Kind
Princess Nada
The Wrath of the Gods
Toya San
The Last of the Line
Girl at Riverside
The Bravest Way
Sat-u
Bonds of Honor
Toku-ko (as Tsuri Aoki)
The Great Prince Shan
Nita
The Death Mask
Princess Nona