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Tsuru Aoki (青木 鶴子, Aoki Tsuruko, September 9, 1892 – October 18, 1961) was a Japanese stage and screen actress whose career was most prolific in the United States during the silent film era of the 1910s through the 1920s.
Tsuru Aoki. Actress: The Dragon Painter. Born Tsuru Kawakami, Tsuru emigrated to the U.S. in 1903 with her aunt and uncle, who were in the theater business. She found work on stage before moving to film. She worked in L.A., then moved to San Francisco and New York before returning to California.
Tsuru Aoki is best remembered as the wife of Sessue Hayakawa, and certainly Aoki’s role as adoring wife on- and off-screen was extremely important to the remarkable success of Hayakawa as a romantic lead in the teens and early twenties.
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.
Festival 2023. Tsuru Aoki: Sketch of an Artist. Feature by SFSFF Editor. Published in conjunction with the screening of The Dragon Painter at SFSFF 2023. Her career often overshadowed by her husband’s, Tsuru Aoki has a legacy of her own as one of the first Japanese actresses on film and the first to become a star.
Tsuru Aoki (青木 鶴子) foi uma atriz japonesa de teatro e palco popular cuja carreira foi mais prolífica durante a era do cinema mudo, de 1910 até 1920. Aoki pode ter sido a primeira atriz asiática a obter alto faturamento em filmes americanos.
Tsuru Aoki. Actress: The Dragon Painter. Born Tsuru Kawakami, Tsuru emigrated to the U.S. in 1903 with her aunt and uncle, who were in the theater business. She found work on stage before moving to film. She worked in L.A., then moved to San Francisco and New York before returning to California.
