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

• Death and Other Details — Celia Chun
• 2024The Dream of the Red Chamber — Grandma Jia
• American Born Chinese — Ni Yang
• 2023Rally Road Racers — Granny Bai (voice)
• 2023The Disappearance of Mrs. Wu — Lily Wu
• 2018An Impossibly Small Object — Old lady
• 2018Crazy Rich Asians — Ah Ma
• The 40th Anniversary of Chinese Film Since China's Reform and Opening-Up
• 201512 Golden Ducks — Aunt May
• 2015A Journey Through Time with Anthony
• 2012Dangerous Liaisons — Madame Du Ruixue
• 2010Apart Together — Qiao Yu'e
• 2010Somewhere — Chinese Journalist
• 20092012 — Grandmother Sonam
• 2008Dim Sum Funeral — Mrs. Xiao
• 2007Invisible Target — Ho's Grandma
• 2007Lust, Caution — Mahjong Partner of Aunt
• 2007The Postmodern Life of My Aunt — TaiTai Shui / 水太太
• 2005The Beauty Remains — Woman Gambler
• Qianlong Dynasty — 孝圣宪皇后
• The Tick — Bartender
• 1998Blindness — Mrs. Hong
• All-American Girl — Mrs. Han
• 1994China: Beyond the Clouds — Narrator
• 1994I Love Trouble — Virgina Hervey
• 1993Temptation of a Monk — Shi's Mother
• 1993The Joy Luck Club — An-Mei Hsu
• 1991The Cold Mountain Temple — Hou Mengqin (as Yan Lu)
• 1991钟鸣寒山寺
• 1990Hiroshima: Out of the Ashes — Mrs. Sato
• 1989Guandong Heroine — Yi Pin-Hong
• 1989The Last Aristocrats — Li Tong's mother
• Noble House — Ah Tam
• 1987Harry's Hong Kong — Rose
• 1987Lotus — Mother-in-Law, Executive Producer
• 1987The Last Emperor — Tzu Hsui
• 1986Tai-Pan
• 1984Pledge in Quick Sand
• 1982Don't Cry, It's Only Thunder — Sister Marie
• 1982Hammett — Miss Cameron's Assistant
• 1982Sewing Woman — Narrator
• 1979Saint Jack — Mrs. Yates, Producer's Assistant
• 1978The Eternal Love
• 1977Demon Seed — Soong Yen
• 1976The Last Tempest — Empress Dowager Tsz Hei
• 1975The Empress Dowager — Tsz Hei, Empress Dowager
• 1973Terror in the Wax Museum — Madame Yang
• Anna and the King — Lady Thiang
• 1972The 14 Amazons — Grand Dame / She Tai Chun
• The Odd Couple — Mrs. Lee
• 1969The Arch — Madame Tung
• Mission: Impossible — Mioshi Kellem
• 1962Rider on a Dead Horse — Ming Kwai
• 1962Womanhunt
• Hong Kong — Mai Loo
• 1960The Mountain Road — Sue-Mei Hung
• Bonanza — Su Ling
• Hawaiian Eye — Lili
• 1958China Doll — Tulips
• Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer — Sue Wo Toi
• Shirley Temple's Storybook — Lady Thousand Thrush
• Yancy Derringer — Miss Mandarin
• Have Gun, Will Travel — Kim Li, Hey Girl
• Cheyenne — Mei Ling Soong
• General Electric Theater — Telephone Operator
• See You Tomorrow Tomorrow Tomorrow — Nai Nai
• The Joy Luck Club 2 — An-Mei Hsu

Appearances as themselves (4)

• 2025Lisa Lu Plays Herself — Self
• 2008Orchestrated Mayhem: The Making of Invisible Target — Self
• 2007Hollywood Chinese — Self
• Golden Horse Awards — Self