Lisa Lu
Biography
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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Acting History
2025
Lisa Lu Plays Herself as Self
2024The Dream of the Red Chamber as Grandma Jia
2024Death and Other Details as Celia Chun
2023American Born Chinese as Ni Yang
2023Rally Road Racers as Granny Bai (voice)
2023The Disappearance of Mrs. Wu as Lily Wu
2018The 40th Anniversary of Chinese Film Since China's Reform and Opening-Up
2018Crazy Rich Asians as Ah Ma
2018An Impossibly Small Object as Old lady
2015A Journey Through Time with Anthony
201512 Golden Ducks as Aunt May
2012Dangerous Liaisons as Madame Du Ruixue
2010Somewhere as Chinese Journalist
2010Apart Together as Qiao Yu'e
20092012 as Grandmother Sonam
2008Dim Sum Funeral as Mrs. Xiao
2008Orchestrated Mayhem: The Making of Invisible Target as Self
2007Lust, Caution as Mahjong Partner of Aunt
2007The Postmodern Life of My Aunt as TaiTai Shui / 水太太
2007Invisible Target as Ho's Grandma
2007Hollywood Chinese as Self
2005The Beauty Remains as Woman Gambler
2003Qianlong Dynasty as 孝圣宪皇后
2001The Tick as Bartender
1998Blindness as Mrs. Hong
1994All-American Girl as Mrs. Han
1994I Love Trouble as Virgina Hervey
1994China: Beyond the Clouds as Narrator
1993Temptation of a Monk as Shi's Mother
1993The Joy Luck Club as An-Mei Hsu
1991The Cold Mountain Temple as Hou Mengqin (as Yan Lu)
1991钟鸣寒山寺
1990Hiroshima: Out of the Ashes as Mrs. Sato
1989The Last Aristocrats as Li Tong's mother
1989Guandong Heroine as Yi Pin-Hong
1988Noble House as Ah Tam
1987The Last Emperor as Tzu Hsui
1987Harry's Hong Kong as Rose
1987Lotus as Mother-in-Law
1986Tai-Pan
1984Pledge in Quick Sand
1982Sewing Woman as Narrator
1982Hammett as Miss Cameron's Assistant
1982Don't Cry, It's Only Thunder as Sister Marie
1979Saint Jack as Mrs. Yates
1978The Eternal Love
1977Demon Seed as Soong Yen
1976The Last Tempest as Empress Dowager Tsz Hei
1975The Empress Dowager as Tsz Hei, Empress Dowager
1973Terror in the Wax Museum as Madame Yang
1972Anna and the King
1972The 14 Amazons as Grand Dame / She Tai Chun
1970The Odd Couple as Mrs. Lee
1969The Arch as Madame Tung
1966Mission: Impossible as Mioshi Kellem
1962Golden Horse Awards as Self
1962Womanhunt
1962Rider on a Dead Horse as Ming Kwai
1960The Mountain Road as Sue-Mei Hung
1960Hong Kong as Mai Loo
1959Hawaiian Eye as Lili
1959Bonanza as Su Ling
1958Yancy Derringer as Miss Mandarin
1958China Doll as Tulips
1958Shirley Temple's Storybook as Lady Thousand Thrush
1957Have Gun, Will Travel
1957Have Gun, Will Travel as Kim Li
1957Have Gun, Will Travel as Hey Girl
—The Joy Luck Club 2 as An-Mei Hsu