Tsuru Aoki

Tsuru Aoki

Known For

Acting

Born

September 9, 1892

Died

October 18, 1961 (aged 69)

Birthplace

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.