People
Lotus Long
Biography:
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Lotus Long (born Lotus Pearl Shibata, July 18, 1909 – September 14, 1990) was an American actress.
Long was born in New Jersey to a father of Japanese ancestry and a mother of Hawaiian ancestry. She came to Southern California during the 1920s to act in Hollywood films, and usually portrayed ethnic Asian female characters in supporting roles. She used the name "Lotus Long" for stage and film. Because of her adopted surname, people generally assumed that she was of Chinese ancestry – something she later relied on to avoid mass incarceration in American internment camps with other persons of Japanese ancestry, both legal permanent residents and... Read More
Movies:
Title | Release date |
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Rose of the Yukon as Eskimo girl | 1949-01-05 |
Tokyo Rose as Tokyo Rose | 1946-02-08 |
Flying Tigers as Children's Matron (uncredited) | 1942-10-08 |
For Beauty's Sake as Ann Kuo | 1941-06-06 |
Phantom of Chinatown as Win Lee, Benton's Secretary | 1940-11-18 |
Mr. Wong in Chinatown as Princess Lin Hwa | 1939-08-01 |
The Mystery of Mr. Wong as Drina | 1939-03-08 |
Mysterious Mr. Moto as Lotus Liu | 1938-09-17 |
Flight Into Nowhere as L-Ana | 1938-04-19 |
Think Fast, Mr. Moto as Lela Liu | 1937-07-23 |
China Passage as Lia Sen | 1937-03-12 |
Sea Spoilers as Marie | 1936-09-30 |
Last of the Pagans as Lilleo | 1935-12-20 |
The Mysterious Mr. Wong as Moonflower | 1935-01-25 |
Sing Sing Nights as Li Sung | 1934-12-14 |
Eskimo as Iva (uncredited) | 1933-11-14 |
The Peacock Fan as Feliti--prologue | 1929-08-01 |