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Tsuru Aoki

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Tsuru Aoki

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Japanese actress (1892–1961)

Film & TV

Tokyo, Empire of Japan [now Tokyo, Japan]

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

  • Decasia: The State of Decay — Self - Geisha (archive footage)2002
  • The Great Prince Shan — Nita1924
  • Sen Yan’s Devotion — Sen Yan's Wife1924
  • The Danger Line — Marquise Yorisaka1924
  • The Battle — La Marquise Yorisaka1923
  • Night Life in Hollywood — Self1922
  • Five Days to Live — Ko Ai1922
  • Black Roses — Blossom (as Tsura Aoki)1921
  • The Breath of the Gods — Yuki Onda1920
  • A Tokyo Siren — Asuti Hishuri1920

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Family name
Aoki
Gender
female
Citizenship
Japan
Place of birth
Fukuoka
Place of death
Tokyo
Occupation
film actor
Languages spoken
English language
Image
Tsuru Aoki 002.JPG
Work location
United States
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date of death
1961-10-18
date of birth
1892-09-09
name in kana
あおき つるこ
manner of death
natural causes
cause of death
peritonitis
start of work period
1913-00-00
Commons category
Tsuru Aoki
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