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Lisa Lu

Stage Actress / Television Actress / Film Actress | * 01/19/1927 (97) | Beijing (People's Republic of China)
Lisa Lu Yan (born Lu Pingxiang; January 19, 1927) is a Chinese-American actress. She has worked extensively in Hong Kong, American, and mainland Chinese film and television since her debut in 1958. She won the Golden Horse Awards three times, twice for Best Leading Actress and once for Best Supporting Actress, in the 1970s. She is the only person who is a member of both the Hollywood Foreign Press Association and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. ()

Lisa Lu Yan (simplified Chinese: 卢燕; traditional Chinese: 盧燕; pinyin: Lú Yàn; born July 8, 1927) is a Chinese-born American actress and singer. She won the Golden Horse Awards three times in the 1970s.

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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Romance / Love | Comedies

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Dr. Adrian Helmsley, part of a worldwide geophysical team investigating the effect on the earth of radiation from unprecedented solar storms, learns that the earth's core is heating up. He warns U.S. ...

2012

PG-13

2009 | 2.9/5 | 2h 38min
Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
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This dragon lady of the Ching Dynasty was the power behind the throne for 50 years, and hew vast tapestry of palace intrigues is vividly brought to the screen in this memorable epic. ...

The Empress Dowager

Certification unknown

1975 | 3.5/5 | 2h 45min
Action, Adventure, Drama
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A dramatic history of Puyi, the last of the Emperors of China, from his lofty birth and brief reign in the Forbidden City, the object of worship by half a billion people; through his abdication, his d ...

The Last Emperor

PG-13

1987 | 3.8/5 | 2h 43min
Drama, History
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An American-born Chinese economics professor accompanies her boyfriend to Singapore for his best friend's wedding, only to get thrust into the lives of Asia's rich and famous. ...

Crazy Rich Asians

PG-13

2018 | 3.5/5 | 2h 1min
Comedy, Drama, Romance / Love
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Awards & Nominations for Lisa Lu

2x Golden Horse Award for Best Leading Actress
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Movies with Lisa Lu as Actress(42)

as Lily Wu2023 The Disappearance of Mrs. Wu
as Granny Bai (voice)2023 Rally Road Racers
as Grandma Jia2021 The Story of the Stone
as Shang Su Yi2018 Crazy Rich Asians
as Old lady2018 An Impossibly Small Object
2015 A Journey Through Time with Anthony
as Aunt May2015 12 Golden Ducks
as Madame Du Ruixue2012 Dangerous Liaisons
as Chinese Journalist2010 Somewhere
as Qiao Yu'e2010 Apart Together
as Grandma Sonam2009 2012
as Mrs. Xiao2008 Dim Sum Funeral
as herself2007 Hollywood Chinese
as Wai King Ho's Grandma2007 Invisible Target
as Mahjong Partner of Aunt2007 Lust, Caution
as TaiTai Shui / 水太太2007 The Postmodern Life of My Aunt
as Woman Gambler2005 The Beauty Remains
as Narrator1994 China: Beyond the Clouds
as Virgina Hervey1994 I Love Trouble
as An-Mei Hsu1993 The Joy Luck Club
as Shi's Mother1993 Temptation of a Monk
as Mrs. Sato1990 Hiroshima: Out of the Ashes
1989 Guandong Heroine
as Li Tong's mother1989 The Last Aristocrats
as Rose1987 Harry's Hong Kong
as Tzu Hsui1987 The Last Emperor
as Mother-in-Law1987 Lotus
1986 Tai-Pan
as Sister Marie1982 Don't Cry, It's Only Thunder
as Miss Cameron's Assistant1982 Hammett
as Narrator1982 Sewing Woman
as Mrs. Yates1979 Saint Jack
as Soong Yen1977 Demon Seed
as Empress Dowager Tsz Hei1976 The Last Tempest
as Tsz Hei, Empress Dowager1975 The Empress Dowager
as Madame Yang1973 Terror in the Wax Museum
as Grand Dame / She Tai Chun1972 The 14 Amazons
as Madame Tung1969 The Arch
as Ming Kwai1962 Rider on a Dead Horse
1962 Womanhunt
as Sue-Mei Hung1960 The Mountain Road
as Tulips1958 China Doll

TV Shows/Series with Lisa Lu as Actress(5)

1972 Anna and the King
as Mrs. Lee1970 The Odd Couple
as Su Ling1959 Bonanza
as Lili1959 Hawaiian Eye
1957 Have Gun, Will Travel

Movies with Lisa Lu as Crew(2)

Production/Executive Producer1987 Lotus
Production/Producer's Assistant1979 Saint Jack

Full Name: Lisa Lu
Born: Wednesday, 01/19 1927 (January) in Beijing (People's Republic of China) (current age: 97 years + 98 days)
Zodiac sign: Capricorn (Chinese zodiac sign: Rabbit)
Educated at: National Chiao Tung University, St. John's University, University of Hawaiʻi
Other names for Lisa Lu (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Lisa Lu Yan"
"盧燕"
"Lo Yin"
"Yan Lu"
"Lu Yan"
"卢燕"
Lisa Lu frequently works together with these people:
Arthur Dong (13x, Crew)
Richard Stahl (7x, Actor)
Eddie Garrett (7x, Actor)
Morgan Woodward (6x, Actor)
Ford Rainey (6x, Actor)
Claude Akins (5x, Actor)
Joan Chen (5x, Actress)
Garry Marshall (5x, Actor)
Louis Guss (5x, Actor)
Edward Platt (5x, Actor)
Billy Sands (5x, Actor)
Don Barry (5x, Actor)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:12231, Added: 05/06/2018, Last updated: 04/12/2024