
Tsuru Aoki
Department: Acting
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
1916

The Dragon Painter
1919

The Wrath of the Gods
1914

The Last of the Line
1914

The Death Mask
1914

His Birthright
1918

The Courageous Coward
1919

The Typhoon
1914

The Call of the East
1917

The Great Prince Shan
1924

The Battle
1923

A Tokyo Siren
1920

The Breath of the Gods
1920

Bonds of Honor
1919

Black Roses
1921

O Mimi san
1914

Sen Yan’s Devotion
1924

A Heart in Pawn
1919

The Bravest Way
1918

Night Life in Hollywood
1922

Locked Lips
1920

The Soul of Kura San
1916

Each to His Kind
1917

The Chinatown Mystery
1915

Five Days to Live
1922

Alien Souls
1916

The Curse of Iku
1918

The Danger Line
1924

The Gray Horizon
1919