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person_profile-Lotus Long

Lotus Long Died at age: 81

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Lotus Long

Date of Birth:

Jul 18, 1909

Country of birth:

USA

Died:

Sep 14, 1990

Biography of

Lotus Long

    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    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 American citizens, during World War II.

    She appeared in the MGM docudrama Eskimo (1933) as wife of the main character. Under the stage name Lotus Long as Moonflower in the 1934 film The Mysterious Mr. Wong and as the murder victim, Princess Lin Hwa, in 1939's Mr. Wong in Chinatown. She also starred alongside Keye Luke in Phantom of Chinatown as Win Len, Dr. Benton's secretary, whereas Keye Luke played Mr. Wong, this time known as Detective James Lee Wong.

    She was also credited under the name Karen Sorrell in the films Flight into Nowhere (1938) starring Jack Holt and Mysterious Mr. Moto (1938) starring Peter Lorre. She was uncredited as a "native girl" in the film The Real Glory (1939) starring Gary Cooper and David Niven.

    One of her more infamous roles would be as Tokyo Rose in Lew Landers' film, Tokyo Rose (1946), which also starred Keye Luke, Edwin Luke, Richard Loo, Byron Barr, and Osa Massen.

    Long had one writing and producing credit, for the film The Tahitian (1956) made with her husband, James Knott. The Tahitian was filmed on location with a largely native cast.

    In Timothy Tau's short film bio-pic Keye Luke, Lotus Long is portrayed by Mei Melancon, who is also of mixed ancestry (Japanese, Chinese and French), and who was inspired by the real-life figure of Tokyo Rose (Iva Toguri) to get into acting.

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Lotus Long

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Filmography of

Lotus Long

Found 18 Movies in total

Rose of the Yukon

Eskimo girl ( Actor )

... 1949

Tokyo Rose

Tokyo Rose ( Actor )

... 1946

Flying Tigers

Children's Matron (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1942

For Beauty's Sake

Ann Kuo ( Actor )

... 1941

Phantom of Chinatown

Win Lee, Benton's Secretary ( Actor )

... 1940

The Real Glory

Young Native Woman ( Actor )

... 1939

Mr. Wong in Chinatown

Princess Lin Hwa ( Actor )

... 1939

... 1939

Mysterious Mr. Moto

Lotus Liu ( Actor )

... 1938

Flight Into Nowhere

L-Ana ( Actor )

... 1938

Think Fast, Mr. Moto

Lela Liu ( Actor )

... 1937

China Passage

Lia Sen ( Actor )

... 1937

Sea Spoilers

Marie ( Actor )

... 1936

Last of the Pagans

Lilleo ( Actor )

... 1935

The Mysterious Mr. Wong

Moonflower ( Actor )

... 1935

Sing Sing Nights

Li Sung ( Actor )

... 1934

Eskimo

Iva (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1933

The Peacock Fan

Feliti--prologue ( Actor )

... 1929