Tsuru Aoki
Tsuru Aoki | |
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Portrait in a newspaper, c. 1916 | |
| Born | September 9, 1892 |
| Died | October 18, 1961 (aged 69) Tokyo, Japan |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1913–1924, 1960 |
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Tsuru Aoki (青木 鶴, Aoki Tsuru, 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. Aoki may have been the first Asian actress to garner top billing in American motion pictures.