Acting

Lisa Lu

Born 1927-01-19 · Beijing, China

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.

Credits

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Lisa Lu Plays Herself
as Self
2025
The Dream of the Red Chamber
as Grandma Jia
2024
Death and Other Details
as Celia Chun
2024
American Born Chinese
as Ni Yang
2023
Rally Road Racers
as Granny Bai (voice)
2023
The Disappearance of Mrs. Wu
as Lily Wu
2023
The 40th Anniversary of Chinese Film Since China's Reform and Opening-Up
2018
Crazy Rich Asians
as Ah Ma
2018
An Impossibly Small Object
as Old lady
2018
A Journey Through Time with Anthony
2015
12 Golden Ducks
as Aunt May
2015
Dangerous Liaisons
as Madame Du Ruixue
2012
Somewhere
as Chinese Journalist
2010
Apart Together
as Qiao Yu'e
2010
2012
as Grandmother Sonam
2009
Dim Sum Funeral
as Mrs. Xiao
2008
Orchestrated Mayhem: The Making of Invisible Target
as Self
2008
Lust, Caution
as Mahjong Partner of Aunt
2007
The Postmodern Life of My Aunt
as TaiTai Shui / 水太太
2007
Invisible Target
as Ho's Grandma
2007
Hollywood Chinese
as Self
2007
The Beauty Remains
as Woman Gambler
2005
Qianlong Dynasty
as 孝圣宪皇后
2003
The Tick
as Bartender
2001
Blindness
as Mrs. Hong
1998
All-American Girl
as Mrs. Han
1994
I Love Trouble
as Virgina Hervey
1994
China: Beyond the Clouds
as Narrator
1994
Temptation of a Monk
as Shi's Mother
1993
The Joy Luck Club
as An-Mei Hsu
1993
The Cold Mountain Temple
as Hou Mengqin (as Yan Lu)
1991
钟鸣寒山寺
1991
Hiroshima: Out of the Ashes
as Mrs. Sato
1990
The Last Aristocrats
as Li Tong's mother
1989
Guandong Heroine
as Yi Pin-Hong
1989
Noble House
as Ah Tam
1988
The Last Emperor
as Tzu Hsui
1987
Harry's Hong Kong
as Rose
1987
Lotus
as Mother-in-Law
1987
Lotus
Executive Producer
1987
Tai-Pan
1986
Pledge in Quick Sand
1984
Sewing Woman
as Narrator
1982
Hammett
as Miss Cameron's Assistant
1982
Don't Cry, It's Only Thunder
as Sister Marie
1982
Saint Jack
as Mrs. Yates
1979
Saint Jack
Producer's Assistant
1979
The Eternal Love
1978
Demon Seed
as Soong Yen
1977
The Last Tempest
as Empress Dowager Tsz Hei
1976
The Empress Dowager
as Tsz Hei, Empress Dowager
1975
Terror in the Wax Museum
as Madame Yang
1973
Anna and the King
as Lady Thiang
1972
The 14 Amazons
as Grand Dame / She Tai Chun
1972
The Odd Couple
as Mrs. Lee
1970
The Arch
as Madame Tung
1969
Mission: Impossible
as Mioshi Kellem
1966
Golden Horse Awards
as Self
1962
Womanhunt
1962
Rider on a Dead Horse
as Ming Kwai
1962
The Mountain Road
as Sue-Mei Hung
1960
Hong Kong
as Mai Loo
1960
Hawaiian Eye
as Lili
1959
Bonanza
as Su Ling
1959
Yancy Derringer
as Miss Mandarin
1958
China Doll
as Tulips
1958
Shirley Temple's Storybook
as Lady Thousand Thrush
1958
Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
as Sue Wo Toi
1958
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
Have Gun, Will Travel
as Kim Li
1957
Have Gun, Will Travel
as Hey Girl
1957
Cheyenne
as Mei Ling Soong
1955
General Electric Theater
as Telephone Operator
1953
The Joy Luck Club 2
as An-Mei Hsu
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See You Tomorrow Tomorrow Tomorrow
as Nai Nai
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