Lisa Lu

Lisa Lu

  • Born: 1927-1-19
  • Birthplace: Beijing
  • Height: 5' 8" (1.73 m)
  • Profession: Actor, producer
  • Nationality: America
  • Graduate School: University of Hawaii
  • Representative Works: The Last Tempest, Allure, Fourteen Amazons, The Last Emperor, The Joy Luck Club
  • Lisa Lu (Lisa Lu), born in Beijing on January 19, 1927, is a Chinese American actress.
    In 1960, he starred in his first movie "Mountain Road" [1]  . In 1971, with the movie "The Arch" won the 9th Golden Horse Awards Best Actress Award [1]  . In 1973, Lisa Lu won The 11st Golden Horse Awards for Best Supporting Actress with the war movie " Fourteen Amazons " [1] . In 1975, she won the Best Actress Award at The 12nd Golden Horse Awards for starring in the drama "Allure" . [1] In 1976, he won the Outstanding Achievement Award at the Asian Film Festival for his costume film " The Last Tempest ". In 1988, he served as the executive committee member of the best foreign language film at the Oscar Awards in the United States [2] .   
    In 1993, played An Mei in the drama " The Joy Luck Club ". In 1994, as the first Chinese to serve as a lifetime judge of the American Academy Awards [3]  . In 2000, he won the International Peace Culture Award from the United Nations Association of the United States [1]  . In 2005, he won the Centennial Movie Star Award at the 5th Chinese Film Media Awards [4]  . In 2006, he was awarded the "Lifetime Achievement Award" by the Asian American Music Performing Arts Foundation [5]  . In 2011, he won the Best Actress Award at the 3rd Vientiane Chinese Film Festival in London, UK with the feature film " Apart Together " [6]  . In 2015, he won the Lifetime Achievement Award of the 16th Huading Award and the 2nd Golden Screen Award [7]  . In 2016, he won the 6th Chinese List Awards Ceremony and the Lifetime Achievement Award of the 49th American The Houston international film festival [8]  .

    Early Experience

    In 1945, Lisa Lu graduated from Shanghai Piwen Girls' High School and was admitted to Shanghai St. John's University . In the same year, he transferred to Shanghai Jiaotong University and studied in the Department of Financial Management. In 1947, he moved to Honolulu, USA, where he studied financial management at the University of Hawaii, majoring in drama and speech. For her livelihood, she constantly switched between various roles such as librarian, newspaper reporter, Mandarin teacher, etc., and then found a job as a cashier in a hospital in Honolulu, and was eventually promoted to the hospital's financial director   . In 1956, he moved to Los Angeles and studied in the Acting Department of the Pasadena Academy of Drama in California. During this period, she grew up to be the best student of the Pasadena School of Drama, starring in the graduation drama   .

    Performing Experience

    In 1959, Lisa Lu participated in the first stage play of her life, "August Tea Room", in which she played a geisha. In 1960, she starred in her first personal film "Mountain Road", in which she collaborated with James Stewart to play a passionate and ill-fated widow   . In 1961, the American movie " Cyclops " in which he participated was released, but the film did not include his name on the list of actors.
    In 1967, the starring Hong Kong film " The Arch " was released. In the film, she played a widow   who wandered between chastity and love ; and she also won the 9th Golden Horse Awards for Best Actress for her performance in the film. Award   . In 1972, the starring Hong Kong war drama film " Fourteen Amazons " was released; and she also won the Best Supporting Actress Award in The 11st Golden Horse Awards for her performance in the film   . In 1973, the Hong Kong drama film "Allure" was released; she won the Best Actress Award in The 12nd Golden Horse Awards for her performance in the film   .
    In 1976, the Hong Kong drama film " The Last Tempest " starring in the film was released. In the film, she played Empress Dowager Empress Empress Empress of the Qing Dynasty, who was all over the world. She also won the Asian Film Festival Outstanding Achievement Award for her performance in the film. . In 1977, the American movie " Demon Seed " she starred in was released, in which she played a scientist dedicated to scientific research. In 1979, he participated in the American movie " Saint Jack " directed by Peter Bogdanovich . In 1987, the starring Hong Kong drama film " The Last Emperor " was released, once again playing the role of Empress Dowager Cixi. In 1988, he served as the executive committee member of the Best Foreign Language Film Jury for the Oscar Awards in the United States . In 1989, he participated in the movie "The Last Nobleman " directed by Xie Jin . 
    In 1992, Lisa Lu translated the American playwright Neil Simon 's work "Plaisal Hotel" and adapted it into a drama to perform in Shanghai. In the play, she played a triangle role, playing three female roles of different ages and different personalities; and she also won the 4th Shanghai Magnolia Drama Performing Arts Award for her performance in the film   . In 1993, the starring Hong Kong movie " The Joy Luck Club " was released. In the film, she played the survivor and one of the four mothers, "An Mei". In 1994, as the first Chinese to serve as a lifetime judge of the Oscars in the United States   . In 1998, she participated in the Lunar New Year TV series " Be blessed with double happiness " directed by Peisi Chen , in which she played a returning overseas Chinese.
    In 2000, he won the "International Peace Culture Award" from the United Nations Association of the United States   . In 2001, the Hong Kong film "The Secret of Spilling Blood", which starred in the Japanese army's crimes of aggression against China, was released, and she played the leading role in the film   . In 2002 , she starred in the Qingzhuang drama " Qianlong Dynasty ", in which she played the empress dowager. On November 25, 2006, she participated in the Hong Kong Repertory's original court drama "De Ling and Empress Dowager", and this was the third time she played the role of Empress Dowager in her acting career   . On January 12, 2007, he attended the live broadcast ceremony of Dragon TV's star opera program " Very Dramatic " and performed the Peking Opera segment "Dingjun Mountain"   .
    In September 2011, Lisa Lu won the Best Actress Award at the 3rd London Vientiane Chinese Film Festival by starring in the feature film " Apart Together "   . In September 2013, the starring movie "Apart Together" was released in China. In the film, she played Qiao Yu'e, who was eager to reunite with her ex-husband and get rid of her husband   . She also won the 49th American The Houston International for her artistic direction. Film festival Remy Gold Award for Best Art Direction Award   . In May 2015, he won the 16th Huading Award for Lifetime Achievement. In August, the guest-star movie " A Journey, through Time, with Anthony " was released   . In October, won the 2nd Golden Screen Award for Lifetime Achievement Award   . In June 2016, he won the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 6th Chinese List (Hua Award) Award Ceremony at the United Nations Headquarters   .
    In November 2017, the movie " The Grand Song " she starred in was released, in which she played the old man Alian   . In March 2018, she starred in the drama "Dream Like a Dream" directed by Shengchuan Lai, in which she played the socialite Gu Xianglan   . In November, the American movie " Crazy Rich Asians ", which she starred in, was released in China. She played the role of Ama in the film   . On February 24, 2019, participated in the third "Hollywood China Night" awards ceremony held by the US-China Entrepreneurs Chamber of Commerce in Los Angeles   .

    Personal Life

    family background
    Born in Zhongshan, Guangdong, Lisa Lu was born in Beijing in 1927 and grew up in Shanghai. Lisa Lu's mother is Peking opera actor Li Guifen , and Peking opera actor Mei Lan is her adoptive father. Lisa Lu lived in Mei Lan's house for nine years, and Mei Lan taught her to sing Kunqu opera   .
    Love life
    Lisa Lu's husband, Huang Xilin, is a Chinese American and a former diplomat of the Nationalist Government; after marriage, the two have three children   .

    Character Evaluation

    Lisa Lu's performance combines beauty, charm, luxury, and solemnity, allowing Hollywood to see a different face of Chinese actor   . She collaborated with American actors such as James Stewart and Marlon Brando in filming and became a resident actor in American dramas at the time, creating a new era of Chinese actors in Hollywood. In the era of cultural estrangement between the East and the West, Lisa Lu did not succumb to stylized performances, and often fought for the objective shaping of the Chinese image   . She is calm and natural, cute and vivid, which has made Americans change their stereotypes of Chinese women. Her achievements in performing arts and contributions to cultural exchanges between the East and the West have enabled her to gain a reputation and status in the international film industry   . Lisa Lu has a mother-like gentleness, tolerance and kindness, exuding orchids from the inside out. She was supposed to have children and grandchildren around her knees and enjoy family happiness, but she was like a never-ending traveler, reflecting the beautiful sunset red with the demeanor of a young man   .
    Extended Reading
    • Vinnie 2022-04-19 09:02:43

      mother's way

      Each story is the embodiment of mother's love, and they educate their children with their own youth, experience and life. Three generations have shown us what maternal love is. Living in old China, they were limited by the generation gap between times and cultures and made some behaviors that...

    • Braeden 2022-04-21 09:03:04

      Educating children to become an independent, self-respecting person

      The Joy Luck Club is a movie which talk about the difference between China and the United States in the education of children and the difference in the form of maternal love.

      China's maternal love is deep and always about sacrifice. Becoming a good mother is especially difficult in the old Chinese...

    • Casey 2022-03-28 09:01:11

      It's really thunderous in some places. . The fate of women is really not my thing

    • Josie 2022-03-20 09:02:37

      "All of us are like stairs, one step after another, going up and down, but all going the same way." "Everytime u hoped for something I couldn't deliver, it hurt. It hurt me, Mommy. And no matter what u hope for, I'll never be more than what I am. And u never see that, what I really am.」

    The Joy Luck Club quotes

    • Waverly Jong: Even at that age, I knew I had an amazing gift: this power, this belief in myself, to be better than anyone else. If someone was bigger than me, older than me, it didn't matter. And if they were mean, I could make 'em sorry.

    • Waverly (Age 6-9): I've decided to play chess again.

      Lindo Jong: You think it is so easy. One day quit, next day play. Everything for you is this way: so smart, so easy, so fast. Not so easy anymore.

      Waverly Jong: What she said, it was like a curse. This power I had, this belief in myself, I could actually feel it draining away. I could feel myself becoming ordinary. All the secrets I once saw, I couldn't see them anymore. All I could see was, were my mistakes, my weaknesses. The best part of me just disappeared. But I can't put it all on my mother. I did it to myself. I never played chess again.