Tsuru Aoki

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 Honorable Friend
The Honorable Friend
The Dragon Painter
The Dragon Painter
The Wrath of the Gods
The Wrath of the Gods
The Last of the Line
The Last of the Line
The Death Mask
The Death Mask
His Birthright
His Birthright
The Courageous Coward
The Courageous Coward
The Typhoon
The Typhoon
The Call of the East
The Call of the East
The Great Prince Shan
The Great Prince Shan

Filmography

1924 Sen Yan’s Devotion
as Sen Yan's Wife
1924 The Great Prince Shan
as Nita
1923 The Battle
as La Marquise Yorisaka
1922 Night Life in Hollywood
as Self
1921 Black Roses
as Blossom (as Tsura Aoki)
1920 The Breath of the Gods
as Yuki Onda
1920 A Tokyo Siren
as Asuti Hishuri
1920 Locked Lips
as
1919 Bonds of Honor
as Toku-ko (as Tsuri Aoki)
1919 The Dragon Painter
as Ume-Ko
1919 The Courageous Coward
as Rei Oaki
1919 A Heart in Pawn
as Sada
1918 His Birthright
as Saki San
1918 The Bravest Way
as Sat-u
1917 The Call of the East
as O'Mitsu, His Sister
1917 Each to His Kind
as Princess Nada
1916 The Soul of Kura San
as Kura-San
1916 The Honorable Friend
as Toki-Ye
1914 The Last of the Line
as Girl at Riverside
1914 The Typhoon
as