Tsuru Aoki
Acting
September 9, 1892
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.
Movies
The Great Prince Shan
1924
The Bravest Way
1918
The Soul of Kura San
1916
Bonds of Honor
1919
The Dragon Painter
1919
The Courageous Coward
1919
The Death Mask
1914
The Last of the Line
1914
Night Life in Hollywood
1922
The Chinatown Mystery
1915
Black Roses
1921
The Honorable Friend
1916
His Birthright
1918
A Heart in Pawn
1919
Five Days to Live
1922
A Tokyo Siren
1920
Alien Souls
1916
Locked Lips
1920
The Gray Horizon
1919
The Battle
1923