Lisa Lu

Acting

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.

Filmography 70

Movies (51)

Lisa Lu Plays Herself
2025
Self
The Dream of the Red Chamber
2024
Grandma Jia
Rally Road Racers
2023
Granny Bai (voice)
The Disappearance of Mrs. Wu
2023
Lily Wu
Crazy Rich Asians
2018
Ah Ma
An Impossibly Small Object
2018
Old lady
A Journey Through Time with Anthony
2015
12 Golden Ducks
2015
Aunt May
Dangerous Liaisons
2012
Madame Du Ruixue
Somewhere
2010
Chinese Journalist
Apart Together
2010
Qiao Yu'e
2012
2009
Grandmother Sonam
Dim Sum Funeral
2008
Mrs. Xiao
Orchestrated Mayhem: The Making of Invisible Target
2008
Self
Lust, Caution
2007
Mahjong Partner of Aunt
The Postmodern Life of My Aunt
2007
TaiTai Shui / 水太太
Invisible Target
2007
Ho's Grandma
Hollywood Chinese
2007
Self
The Beauty Remains
2005
Woman Gambler
Blindness
1998
Mrs. Hong
I Love Trouble
1994
Virgina Hervey
China: Beyond the Clouds
1994
Narrator
Temptation of a Monk
1993
Shi's Mother
The Joy Luck Club
1993
An-Mei Hsu
The Cold Mountain Temple
1991
Hou Mengqin (as Yan Lu)
钟鸣寒山寺
1991
Hiroshima: Out of the Ashes
1990
Mrs. Sato
The Last Aristocrats
1989
Li Tong's mother
Guandong Heroine
1989
Yi Pin-Hong
The Last Emperor
1987
Tzu Hsui

Shows (19)

Death and Other Details
2024
Celia Chun
American Born Chinese
2023
Ni Yang
The 40th Anniversary of Chinese Film Since China's Reform and Opening-Up
2018
Qianlong Dynasty
2003
孝圣宪皇后
The Tick
2001
Bartender
All-American Girl
1994
Mrs. Han
Noble House
1988
Ah Tam
Anna and the King
1972
Lady Thiang
The Odd Couple
1970
Mrs. Lee
Mission: Impossible
1966
Mioshi Kellem
Golden Horse Awards
1962
Self
Hong Kong
1960
Mai Loo
Hawaiian Eye
1959
Lili
Bonanza
1959
Su Ling
Yancy Derringer
1958
Miss Mandarin
Shirley Temple's Storybook
1958
Lady Thousand Thrush
Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
1958
Sue Wo Toi
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
Cheyenne
1955
Mei Ling Soong