Aoki, Tsuru (1892–1961)
Aoki, Tsuru (1892–1961)
Japanese actress. Name variations: Mrs. Sessue Hayakawa. Born Sept 9, 1892, in Tokyo, Japan; died Oct 18, 1961, in Tokyo; attended St. Margaret's Hall Boarding School in San Francisco; m. Sessue Hayakawa (actor), 1914.
After costarring with husband in The Typhoon (1914), starred in The Wrath of the Gods (1914), The Call of the East (1917), Five Days to Life (1922), and The Danger Line (1924); was the 1st Japanese leading lady in American films.
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