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Lotus Long
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Lotus Long
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1909-07-18,Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA
Gender
Female
Biography
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.

Filmography

Phantom of Chinatown

6.1

Phantom of Chinatown
1940-11-18

Mysterious Mr. Moto

5.735

Mysterious Mr. Moto
1938-09-17

The Mysterious Mr. Wong

4.2

The Mysterious Mr. Wong
1935-01-25

Think Fast, Mr. Moto

5.94

Think Fast, Mr. Moto
1937-07-23

Mr. Wong in Chinatown

5.4

Mr. Wong in Chinatown
1939-08-01

The Mystery of Mr. Wong

6

The Mystery of Mr. Wong
1939-03-08

6.5

Eskimo
1933-11-14

Sing Sing Nights

3.3

Sing Sing Nights
1934-12-14

The Peacock Fan

0

The Peacock Fan
1929-08-01

Rose of the Yukon

0

Rose of the Yukon
1949-01-05

6.2

Flying Tigers
1942-10-08

5

Tokyo Rose
1946-02-08

Last of the Pagans

6

Last of the Pagans
1935-12-20

4.5

Sea Spoilers
1936-09-30

Flight Into Nowhere

4

Flight Into Nowhere
1938-04-19

5.5

China Passage
1937-03-12

For Beauty's Sake

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For Beauty's Sake
1941-06-06