Lisa Lu
Acting
71
Acting Credits
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
Filmography
Lisa Lu Plays Herself
2025
as Self
The Dream of the Red Chamber
2024
as Grandma Jia
Death and Other Details
2024
as Celia Chun
Rally Road Racers
2023
as Granny Bai (voice)
The Disappearance of Mrs. Wu
2023
as Lily Wu
American Born Chinese
2023
as Ni Yang
An Impossibly Small Object
2018
as Old lady
Crazy Rich Asians
2018
as Ah Ma
The 40th Anniversary of Chinese Film Since China's Reform and Opening-Up
2018
A Journey Through Time with Anthony
2015
12 Golden Ducks
2015
as Aunt May
Dangerous Liaisons
2012
as Madame Du Ruixue
Apart Together
2010
as Qiao Yu'e
Somewhere
2010
as Chinese Journalist
2012
2009
as Grandmother Sonam
Dim Sum Funeral
2008
as Mrs. Xiao
Orchestrated Mayhem: The Making of Invisible Target
2008
as Self
Lust, Caution
2007
as Mahjong Partner of Aunt
The Postmodern Life of My Aunt
2007
as TaiTai Shui / 水太太
Hollywood Chinese
2007
as Self
Invisible Target
2007
as Ho's Grandma
The Beauty Remains
2005
as Woman Gambler
Qianlong Dynasty
2003
as 孝圣宪皇后
The Tick
2001
as Bartender
Blindness
1998
as Mrs. Hong
I Love Trouble
1994
as Virgina Hervey
China: Beyond the Clouds
1994
as Narrator
All-American Girl
1994
as Mrs. Han
Temptation of a Monk
1993
as Shi's Mother
The Joy Luck Club
1993
as An-Mei Hsu
The Cold Mountain Temple
1991
as Hou Mengqin (as Yan Lu)
钟鸣寒山寺
1991
Hiroshima: Out of the Ashes
1990
as Mrs. Sato
The Last Aristocrats
1989
as Li Tong's mother
Guandong Heroine
1989
as Yi Pin-Hong
Noble House
1988
as Ah Tam
Harry's Hong Kong
1987
as Rose
The Last Emperor
1987
as Tzu Hsui
Lotus
1987
as Mother-in-Law
Tai-Pan
1986
Pledge in Quick Sand
1984
Sewing Woman
1982
as Narrator
Don't Cry, It's Only Thunder
1982
as Sister Marie
Hammett
1982
as Miss Cameron's Assistant
Saint Jack
1979
as Mrs. Yates
The Eternal Love
1978
Demon Seed
1977
as Soong Yen
The Last Tempest
1976
as Empress Dowager Tsz Hei
The Empress Dowager
1975
as Tsz Hei, Empress Dowager
Terror in the Wax Museum
1973
as Madame Yang
The 14 Amazons
1972
as Grand Dame / She Tai Chun
Anna and the King
1972
as Lady Thiang
The Odd Couple
1970
as Mrs. Lee
The Arch
1969
as Madame Tung
Mission: Impossible
1966
as Mioshi Kellem
Rider on a Dead Horse
1962
as Ming Kwai
Womanhunt
1962
Golden Horse Awards
1962
as Self
The Mountain Road
1960
as Sue-Mei Hung
Hong Kong
1960
as Mai Loo
Bonanza
1959
as Su Ling
Hawaiian Eye
1959
as Lili
China Doll
1958
as Tulips
Shirley Temple's Storybook
1958
as Lady Thousand Thrush
Yancy Derringer
1958
as Miss Mandarin
Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
1958
as Sue Wo Toi
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
as Kim Li
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
as Hey Girl
Cheyenne
1955
as Mei Ling Soong
General Electric Theater
1953
as Telephone Operator