Lisa Lu

ActorProducerProduction Jan 19 (age 99) Beijing, China 1957–2025 (68 year career)

6.3 avg rating

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

Film

Crazy Rich Asians

Ah Ma

Film

The Last Emperor

Tzu Hsui

Film

2012

Grandmother Sonam

Film

Lust, Caution

Mahjong Partner of Aunt

Film

Somewhere

Chinese Journalist

Film

The Joy Luck Club

An-Mei Hsu

Film

Demon Seed

Soong Yen

Film

Invisible Target

Ho's Grandma

Filmography

Acting (68)

Movies (50)

Lisa Lu Plays Herself

2025

as Self

The Dream of the Red Chamber

2024

as Grandma Jia

4.0

Rally Road Racers

2023

as Granny Bai (voice)

6.5

The Disappearance of Mrs. Wu

2023

as Lily Wu

An Impossibly Small Object

as Old lady

Crazy Rich Asians

as Ah Ma

12 Golden Ducks

as Aunt May

A Journey Through Time with Anthony

Dangerous Liaisons

as Madame Du Ruixue

Somewhere

as Chinese Journalist

Apart Together

as Qiao Yu'e

2012

as Grandmother Sonam

Dim Sum Funeral

as Mrs. Xiao

Orchestrated Mayhem: The Making of Invisible Target

2008

as Self

7.0

Lust, Caution

2007

as Mahjong Partner of Aunt

7.3

The Postmodern Life of My Aunt

as TaiTai Shui / 水太太

Invisible Target

as Ho's Grandma

Hollywood Chinese

as Self

The Beauty Remains

as Woman Gambler

Blindness

as Mrs. Hong

I Love Trouble

as Virgina Hervey

China: Beyond the Clouds

1994

as Narrator

The Joy Luck Club

as An-Mei Hsu

Temptation of a Monk

as Shi's Mother

钟鸣寒山寺

The Cold Mountain Temple

1991

as Hou Mengqin (as Yan Lu)

Hiroshima: Out of the Ashes

as Mrs. Sato

The Last Aristocrats

as Li Tong's mother

Guandong Heroine

as Yi Pin-Hong

The Last Emperor

1987

as Tzu Hsui

7.6

Lotus

1987

as Mother-in-Law

Harry's Hong Kong

1987

as Rose

Tai-Pan

Pledge in Quick Sand

Sewing Woman

as Narrator

Hammett

as Miss Cameron's Assistant

6.2

Don't Cry, It's Only Thunder

as Sister Marie

Saint Jack

as Mrs. Yates

The Eternal Love

Demon Seed

as Soong Yen

The Last Tempest

as Empress Dowager Tsz Hei

5.8

The Empress Dowager

1975

as Tsz Hei, Empress Dowager

7.0

Terror in the Wax Museum

1973

as Madame Yang

5.1

The 14 Amazons

1972

as Grand Dame / She Tai Chun

The Arch

as Madame Tung

Womanhunt

Rider on a Dead Horse

as Ming Kwai

The Mountain Road

as Sue-Mei Hung

China Doll

as Tulips

The Joy Luck Club 2

as An-Mei Hsu

Television (18)

Death and Other Details

2024

as Celia Chun

6.4

American Born Chinese

2023

as Ni Yang

6.6

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

2018

Qianlong Dynasty

2003

as 孝圣宪皇后

The Tick

as Bartender

All-American Girl

as Mrs. Han

Noble House

as Ah Tam

Anna and the King

The Odd Couple

as Mrs. Lee

Mission: Impossible

as Mioshi Kellem

Golden Horse Awards

as Self

Hong Kong

as Mai Loo

Bonanza

as Su Ling

Hawaiian Eye

as Lili

Shirley Temple's Storybook

1958

as Lady Thousand Thrush

6.2

Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer

as Sue Wo Toi

Yancy Derringer

as Miss Mandarin

Have Gun, Will Travel

1957

as Kim Li

7.3

Crew (2)

Movies (2)

Lotus

1987

Executive Producer

Saint Jack

1979

Producer's Assistant

6.5