Lisa Lu

Lisa Lu

Known for
Acting
Born
January 19, 1927 (age 99)
Birthplace
Beijing, China

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.

Known For

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Filmography

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The Joy Luck Club 2

The Joy Luck Club 2

Movie · as An-Mei Hsu

2026
See You Tomorrow Tomorrow Tomorrow poster

See You Tomorrow Tomorrow Tomorrow

Movie · as Nai Nai

2025
Lisa Lu Plays Herself poster

Lisa Lu Plays Herself

Movie · as Self

2024
The Dream of the Red Chamber poster

The Dream of the Red Chamber

Movie · as Grandma Jia

2024
Death and Other Details poster

Death and Other Details

TV · as Celia Chun · 9 eps

2023
Rally Road Racers poster

Rally Road Racers

Movie · as Granny Bai (voice)

2023
The Disappearance of Mrs. Wu poster

The Disappearance of Mrs. Wu

Movie · as Lily Wu

2023
American Born Chinese poster

American Born Chinese

TV · as Ni Yang · 1 ep

2018
An Impossibly Small Object poster

An Impossibly Small Object

Movie · as Old lady

2018
Crazy Rich Asians poster

Crazy Rich Asians

Movie · as Ah Ma

2018
The 40th Anniversary of Chinese Film Since China's Reform and Opening-Up poster

The 40th Anniversary of Chinese Film Since China's Reform and Opening-Up

TV · 1 ep

2015
A Journey Through Time with Anthony poster

A Journey Through Time with Anthony

Movie

2015
12 Golden Ducks poster

12 Golden Ducks

Movie · as Aunt May

2012
Dangerous Liaisons poster

Dangerous Liaisons

Movie · as Madame Du Ruixue

2010
Apart Together poster

Apart Together

Movie · as Qiao Yu'e

2010
Somewhere poster

Somewhere

Movie · as Chinese Journalist

2009
2012 poster

2012

Movie · as Grandmother Sonam

2008
Dim Sum Funeral poster

Dim Sum Funeral

Movie · as Mrs. Xiao

2008
Orchestrated Mayhem: The Making of Invisible Target poster

Orchestrated Mayhem: The Making of Invisible Target

Movie · as Self

2007
Lust, Caution poster

Lust, Caution

Movie · as Mahjong Partner of Aunt

2007
The Postmodern Life of My Aunt poster

The Postmodern Life of My Aunt

Movie · as TaiTai Shui / 水太太

2007
Hollywood Chinese poster

Hollywood Chinese

Movie · as Self

2007
Invisible Target poster

Invisible Target

Movie · as Ho's Grandma

2005
The Beauty Remains poster

The Beauty Remains

Movie · as Woman Gambler

2003
Qianlong Dynasty poster

Qianlong Dynasty

TV · as 孝圣宪皇后 · 40 eps

2001
The Tick poster

The Tick

TV · as Bartender · 1 ep

1998
Blindness poster

Blindness

Movie · as Mrs. Hong

1994
I Love Trouble poster

I Love Trouble

Movie · as Virgina Hervey

1994
China: Beyond the Clouds poster

China: Beyond the Clouds

Movie · as Narrator

1994
All-American Girl poster

All-American Girl

TV · as Mrs. Han · 1 ep

1993
Temptation of a Monk poster

Temptation of a Monk

Movie · as Shi's Mother

1993
The Joy Luck Club poster

The Joy Luck Club

Movie · as An-Mei Hsu

1991
The Cold Mountain Temple poster

The Cold Mountain Temple

Movie · as Hou Mengqin (as Yan Lu)

1991
钟鸣寒山寺 poster

钟鸣寒山寺

Movie

1990
Hiroshima: Out of the Ashes poster

Hiroshima: Out of the Ashes

Movie · as Mrs. Sato

1989
The Last Aristocrats poster

The Last Aristocrats

Movie · as Li Tong's mother

1989
Guandong Heroine poster

Guandong Heroine

Movie · as Yi Pin-Hong

1988
Noble House poster

Noble House

TV · as Ah Tam · 4 eps

1987
Harry's Hong Kong poster

Harry's Hong Kong

Movie · as Rose

1987
The Last Emperor poster

The Last Emperor

Movie · as Tzu Hsui

1987
Lotus poster

Lotus

Movie · as Mother-in-Law

1986
Tai-Pan poster

Tai-Pan

Movie

1984
Pledge in Quick Sand poster

Pledge in Quick Sand

Movie

1982
Sewing Woman poster

Sewing Woman

Movie · as Narrator

1982
Don't Cry, It's Only Thunder poster

Don't Cry, It's Only Thunder

Movie · as Sister Marie

1982
Hammett poster

Hammett

Movie · as Miss Cameron's Assistant

1979
Saint Jack poster

Saint Jack

Movie · as Mrs. Yates

1978
The Eternal Love poster

The Eternal Love

Movie

1977
Demon Seed poster

Demon Seed

Movie · as Soong Yen

1976
The Last Tempest poster

The Last Tempest

Movie · as Empress Dowager Tsz Hei

1975
The Empress Dowager poster

The Empress Dowager

Movie · as Tsz Hei, Empress Dowager

1973
Terror in the Wax Museum poster

Terror in the Wax Museum

Movie · as Madame Yang

1972
The 14 Amazons poster

The 14 Amazons

Movie · as Grand Dame / She Tai Chun

1972
Anna and the King poster

Anna and the King

TV · as Lady Thiang · 3 eps

1970
The Odd Couple poster

The Odd Couple

TV · as Mrs. Lee · 1 ep

1969
The Arch poster

The Arch

Movie · as Madame Tung

1966
Mission: Impossible poster

Mission: Impossible

TV · as Mioshi Kellem · 1 ep

1962
Rider on a Dead Horse poster

Rider on a Dead Horse

Movie · as Ming Kwai

1962
Womanhunt poster

Womanhunt

Movie

1962
Golden Horse Awards poster

Golden Horse Awards

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1960
The Mountain Road poster

The Mountain Road

Movie · as Sue-Mei Hung

1960
Hong Kong poster

Hong Kong

TV · as Mai Loo · 1 ep

1959
Bonanza poster

Bonanza

TV · as Su Ling · 1 ep

1959
Hawaiian Eye poster

Hawaiian Eye

TV · as Lili · 1 ep

1958
China Doll poster

China Doll

Movie · as Tulips

1958
Shirley Temple's Storybook poster

Shirley Temple's Storybook

TV · as Lady Thousand Thrush · 1 ep

1958
Yancy Derringer poster

Yancy Derringer

TV · as Miss Mandarin · 1 ep

1958
Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer poster

Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer

TV · as Sue Wo Toi · 1 ep

1957
Have Gun, Will Travel poster

Have Gun, Will Travel

TV · as Kim Li, Hey Girl · 1 ep

1955
Cheyenne poster

Cheyenne

TV · as Mei Ling Soong · 1 ep

1953
General Electric Theater poster

General Electric Theater

TV · as Telephone Operator · 1 ep