Tsuru Aoki

Tsuru Aoki
Portrait in a newspaper, c. 1916
Born	(1892-09-09)September 9, 1892 Tokyo, Empire of Japan
Died	October 18, 1961(1961-10-18) (aged 69) Tokyo, Japan
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1913–1924, 1960
Spouse	Sessue Hayakawa ​ (m. 1914)​
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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. Aoki may have been the first Asian actress to garner top billing in American motion pictures.