Lisa Lu

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Lisa Lu
盧燕
Lisa Lu en una celebración.jpg
Lu in 2007
Born
Lu Pingxiang (盧萍香)[citation needed]

(1927-07-08) July 8, 1927 (age 94)
Beijing, China
NationalityAmerican
OccupationActress, documentary producer
Years active1958–present
Spouse(s)Shelling Hwong
Children3
RelativesLucia Hwong (daughter), Michael Hwong (grandson)
AwardsFull list
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese盧燕
Simplified Chinese卢燕

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. 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[1]

Lisa Lu in 1960

Early life[]

On July 8, 1927, Lu was born in Beijing, China.[2][3]

Career[]

During Lu's teen years, she was active in Chinese opera, or Kunqu, before emigrating to the United States, where, beginning in the 1950s, she enjoyed a long career in television.

During the 1958–59 television season, she had a recurring role as Miss Mandarin on the cult western show Yancy Derringer, set in New Orleans in 1868. In 1961 she had a recurring role as "Hey Girl" on the television series Have Gun – Will Travel. She made numerous other appearances on television, with guest starring roles on Bonanza, The Big Valley, The Richard Boone Show, The Virginian, Hawaiian Eye, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., The Rebel, Cheyenne, Bat Masterson, Kentucky Jones, and other shows.

In 1960, she was the female lead in the antiwar film The Mountain Road, which starred James Stewart and which was based on the novel of the same name by the China war correspondent Theodore H. White. Her film career took off in the 1970s with supporting roles in films like Demon Seed and Peter Bogdanovich's Saint Jack. During this time, she received three Best Actress Golden Horse Awards for her Chinese-language films The Arch, The Empress Dowager, and The Fourteen Amazons.

For the remainder of her career, Lu alternated between theater and film. She may be best known by English-speaking audiences for her roles in the 1988 TV miniseries Noble House, and the films The Last Emperor (1987), The Joy Luck Club (1993), and Crazy Rich Asians (2018).[4]

Filmography[]

Film[]

Year Title Role Notes
1958 Panda and the Magic Serpent Bai-Niang
1960 The Mountain Road Madame Sue-mei Hung [5]
1962 Rider on a Dead Horse Ming Kwai
Womanhunt Li Sheng [6]
1970 The Arch (董夫人) Madame Tung or Madam Dong Won—Golden Horse Award for Best Actress.[7][8]
1972 The 14 Amazons (十四女英豪) She Saihua Won—Golden Horse Award for Best Supporting Actress
1973 Terror in the Wax Museum Madame Yang
1975 The Empress Dowager (傾國傾城) Empress Dowager Cixi Won—Golden Horse Award for Best Actress
1976 The Last Tempest (瀛台泣血) Empress Dowager Cixi
The Star (星語) Chen Lianyu
1977 The Eternal Love (永恆的愛)
Demon Seed Soon Yen
1979 Saint Jack Mrs. Yates
1982 Hammett Miss Cameron's Assistant
Don't Cry, It's Only Thunder Sister Marie
1983 Sewing Woman Narrator Short.[9]
1986 Tai-Pan Ah Gip
1987 The Last Emperor (末代皇帝溥儀) Empress Dowager Cixi
1989 The Last Aristocrats (最後的貴族) Li' mother [10]
The Heroine in Northeast (關東女俠) Yi Pinhong
1990 Hiroshima: Out of the Ashes Mrs. Sato
1993 The Joy Luck Club An-mei Hsu [4]
Temptation of a Monk (誘僧) Shi's Mother
1994 I Love Trouble Mrs. Virginia Hervey [11]
1998 Blindness Mrs. Hong
2000 Sworn Revenge (撞鬼你之血光之災) Ling
2002 Tomato and Eggs Mrs. Wang
2005 Beauty Remains (美人依舊) Woman gambler
2006 The Postmodern Life of My Aunt (姨媽的後現代生活) Mrs. Shui Nominated—Chinese Film Media Award for Best Supporting Actress
2007 Invisible Target (男兒本色) Wai King-ho's grandmother
Lust, Caution (色，戒) Mahjong partner of Aunt
2009 Dim Sum Funeral Mrs. Xiao
2012 Grandmother Sonam
2010 Somewhere Chinese journalist [12]
Apart Together (團圓) Qiao Yu'e
2012 Dangerous Liaisons (危險關係) Madam Du Ruixue
2018 Crazy Rich Asians Shang Su Yi

Television[]

1960 "Four and Twenty Buddhas" "Coronado 9
Year Title Role Notes
1958 Have Gun - Will Travel - "Hey Boy's Revenge" Kim Li Hey Boy's sister
1959 Bachelor Father - "Peter Meets his Match" & "Peter Gets Jury Notice" Linda Toy Love interest for Peter Tong (Sammee Tong)
1960 The Rebel - "Blind Marriage" Quong Lia Played daughter of Quong Lee (Philip Ahn)
1960 Have Gun - Will Travel - Recurring Role (Season 4) Hey Girl Unknown if this character is still Hey Boy's sister
1961 Bonanza - "Day of the Dragon" Su Ling Appeared alongside Philip Ahn, Benson Fong, Richard Loo, and Victor Sen Yung
1961 The Dick Powell Show - "Three Soldiers" The Prisoner
1961 Bat Masterson - "Terror of the Trinity " Hsieh-Lin
1962 Cheyenne - "Pocket Full of Stars" Mei Ling
1965 Kentucky Jones - "The Victim" Su Ling
1968 The Big Valley - "Run of the Cat" Chinese girl
1970 Mission: Impossible - "Butterfly" Mioshi Kellem
1986 China Hand
1988 Noble House Ah Tam
2001 NYPD Blue - "Fools Russian"
2002 Qianlong Dynasty (乾隆王朝) Empress Dowager Chongqing
2011
2012
2015		 General Hospital Mrs. Yi

Chinese opera[]

Lu attempted to popularize Chinese opera in the United States, touring universities and performing in English.[13]

Recordings[]

  • The Reunion, a Peking Opera. with Lisa Lu and K.S. Chen, Lyrichord, 1972

Awards[]

Year Award Category Nominated work Result
1970 8th Golden Horse Awards Best Actress The Arch Won
1972 10th Golden Horse Awards Best Supporting Actress The 14 Amazons Won
1975 12th Golden Horse Awards Best Actress The Empress Dowager Won
2018 4th Annual Asian World Film Festival Snow Leopard Life Achievement Award Herself Won[3]
2019 9th The Asian Awards Outstanding Achievement in Cinema Crazy Rich Asians Won[14]

Personal life[]

Lu's husband was Shelling Hwong.[2]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Golden Globes Analysis: Plenty of Wins and Controversy to Go Around". March 2021.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "Lisa Lu". tcm.com. Retrieved August 22, 2019.(incorrect birth date of December 5, 1931)
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b Xu, Ting Ting (November 2, 2018). "Lisa Lu Honored with Lifetime Achievement at Asian World Film Festival". goldenglobes.com. Retrieved August 22, 2019.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b Passafiume, Andrea (August 8, 2017). "The Joy Luck Club". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved May 20, 2018.
  5. ^ "The Mountain Road (1960)". tcm.turner.com. 1960. Retrieved August 23, 2019.
  6. ^ "Woman Hunt (1962)". tcm.com. 1962. Retrieved August 22, 2019.
  7. ^ "Film - The Arch". sffs.org. Retrieved August 22, 2019.
  8. ^ "The Arch (1970)". hkmdb.com. October 14, 1970. Retrieved August 22, 2019.
  9. ^ "Sewing Woman". deepfocusproductions.com. 1982. Retrieved August 23, 2019.
  10. ^ "The Last Aristocrats (1989)". IMDb. 1989. Retrieved August 22, 2019.
  11. ^ "I Love Trouble (1994)". IMDb. 1994. Retrieved August 23, 2019.
  12. ^ "Somewhere (2010)". IMDb. 2010. Retrieved August 22, 2019.
  13. ^ Lisa Odham Stokes, Historical Dictionary of Hong Kong Cinema (2007), pg. 295.
  14. ^ "Outstanding Achievement in Cinema – CRAZY RICH ASIANS". The Asian Awards. Retrieved 28 October 2019.

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