Tsuru Aoki
Birthday
1892/09/09
Day of death
1961/10/18 (69 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Tokyo, Empire of Japan [now Tokyo, Japan]
Also know as
青木鶴子, ツル・青木
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.
Acting
(1916) The Honorable Friend
as Toki-Ye
(1919) The Dragon Painter
as Ume-Ko
(1914) The Wrath of the Gods
as Toya San
(1914) The Last of the Line
as Girl at Riverside
(1914) The Death Mask
as Princess Nona
(1918) His Birthright
as Saki San
(1919) The Courageous Coward
as Rei Oaki
(1914) The Typhoon
as ---
(1917) The Call of the East
as O'Mitsu, His Sister
(1924) The Great Prince Shan
as Nita
(1923) The Battle
as La Marquise Yorisaka
(1920) A Tokyo Siren
as Asuti Hishuri
(1920) The Breath of the Gods
as Yuki Onda
(1919) Bonds of Honor
as Toku-ko (as Tsuri Aoki)
(1921) Black Roses
as Blossom (as Tsura Aoki)
(1914) O Mimi san
as O Mimi San
(1924) Sen Yan’s Devotion
as Sen Yan's Wife
(1919) A Heart in Pawn
as Sada
(1918) The Bravest Way
as Sat-u
(1922) Night Life in Hollywood
as Self
(1920) Locked Lips
as ---
(1916) The Soul of Kura San
as Kura-San
(1917) Each to His Kind
as Princess Nada