Tsuru Aoki
Acting
Born 1892-09-09
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
Popular credits
Decasia: The State of Decay
Self - Geisha (archive footage)
The Dragon Painter
Ume-Ko
The Wrath of the Gods
Toya San
The Last of the Line
Girl at Riverside
His Birthright
Saki San
The Death Mask
Princess Nona
The Courageous Coward
Rei Oaki
The Great Prince Shan
Nita
The Battle
La Marquise Yorisaka
The Breath of the Gods
Yuki Onda
A Tokyo Siren
Asuti Hishuri
Bonds of Honor
Toku-ko (as Tsuri Aoki)
Black Roses
Blossom (as Tsura Aoki)
Sen Yan’s Devotion
Sen Yan's Wife
A Heart in Pawn
Sada
Night Life in Hollywood
Self
Locked Lips
Lotus Blossom
The Soul of Kura San
Kura-San
The Chinatown Mystery
Woo
Five Days to Live
Ko Ai