Tsuru Aoki

Personal Info

Birthday

September 9, 1892

Day of Death

1961-10-18

(69 years old)

Place of Birth

Tokyo, Empire of Japan [now Tokyo, Japan]

Also Known As

青木鶴子

ツル・青木

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

A Heart in Pawn

The Honorable Friend

A Tokyo Siren

The Battle

The Wrath of the Gods

The Breath of the Gods

Each to His Kind

The Great Prince Shan

Filmography

1924
Sen Yan’s Devotion
as Sen Yan's Wife
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
A Tokyo Siren
as Asuti Hishuri
1919
Bonds of Honor
as Toku-ko (as Tsuri Aoki)
The Dragon Painter
as Ume-Ko
The Courageous Coward
as Rei Oaki
A Heart in Pawn
as Sada
1918
His Birthright
as Saki San
The Bravest Way
as Sat-u
1917
The Call of the East
as O'Mitsu, His Sister
Each to His Kind
as Princess Nada
1916
The Soul of Kura San
as Kura-San
The Honorable Friend
as Toki-Ye
1914
The Last of the Line
as Girl at Riverside
The Death Mask
as Princess Nona
The Wrath of the Gods
as Toya San
O Mimi san
as O Mimi San