特稿｜卢燕：从上海戏台到好莱坞星光大道 一位华人演员的八十年
2026年11月5日，洛杉矶将举行亚洲名人堂2026届入选典礼，99岁的华人演员卢燕（Lisa Lu）是本届入选者之一。对许多观众来说，她是《喜福会》里的许安梅、《摘金奇缘》里的阿嬷；对好莱坞来说，她是一位从黑白片时代一路演到流媒体时代的演员。从走向世界的起点算起，她的银幕生涯已经跨越了八十个年头。
起点：从上海到Honolulu，再到好莱坞
卢燕1927年1月19日生于北京，在上海长大，幼年便登台演出中国戏曲。赴美后，她入读夏威夷大学，其后进入好莱坞。1960年，她在战争片《山路》（The Mountain Road）中与奥斯卡影帝詹姆斯·斯图尔特搭档，出演受过美国教育的将军遗孀苏梅——这是她的电影首作。此后数年，她频繁出现在《Have Gun – Will Travel》等热门电视系列剧中，是1960年代美国荧屏上为数不多的华人面孔之一。
中坚岁月：从慈禧太后到许安梅
1970年代，她出演了科幻惊悚片《种子人魔》（Demon Seed，1977）与《圣徒杰克》（Saint Jack，1979）。1987年，60岁的卢燕在贝托鲁奇执导的《末代皇帝》中饰演慈禧太后——该片一举夺得包括最佳影片在内的九项奥斯卡奖。1993年，她在王颖执导、谭恩美同名小说改编的《喜福会》中饰演许安梅：一位把伤痛藏进沉默、最终托起女儿的母亲。这个角色让她成为一代北美华人观众共同的银幕记忆。她的官方介绍中写道，她曾三度获得金马奖，并获「活着的传奇」称誉。
九旬之后：没有停下的脚步
年过九旬，她没有停下。2018年，91岁的卢燕在《摘金奇缘》中饰演新加坡首富家族的大家长阿嬷；2021年在《吴太太的失踪》中担纲主演；2022年为动画电影配音；2024年出演流媒体剧集《死亡与其他细节》。舞台上，她多年主演赖声川的八小时长剧《如梦之梦》，随团巡演。2025年7月，纽约亚洲电影节同时授予她先锋奖与亚洲之星终身成就奖——该影展史上首次有人同获这两项荣誉，颁奖人是演员黄荣亮。
最年长的星：愿后辈的路更加闪亮
2025年5月5日，98岁的卢燕在好莱坞星光大道留下第2,811颗星，成为这条大道历史上最年长的留星者。她的星位于藤街1708号，紧挨着黄柳霜的星——后者是第一位在星光大道留星的亚裔女性。授星仪式上，美国电影艺术与科学学院主席杨燕子到场致辞，《摘金奇缘》的合作演员奥卡菲娜称她为开路先锋。卢燕曾数次婉拒这一荣誉，最终决定接受。她在声明中说：「我深感荣幸，能站出来支持新一代冉冉升起的亚裔演员，愿他们的道路比我的更加闪亮。」
2026：荣誉仍在继续
进入2026年，这份名单还在变长：6月，上海国际电影节授予她终身成就奖，她还出席了自己1968年主演的华语艺术电影经典《董夫人》修复版放映活动；9月30日，亚洲名人堂公布2026届入选名单，卢燕与鼎泰丰、台积电同届入选。11月5日的洛杉矶典礼上，这位明年1月将满100岁的演员将再次站到聚光灯下。从上海戏台上的小演员，到好莱坞星光大道上最年长的名字，卢燕用八十年走完的这条路，也正是几代海外华人演员一步步走进世界银幕中心的历史。（GSM特稿）
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Feature: Lisa Lu — From Shanghai Stages to the Hollywood Walk of Fame, an Eight-Decade Career
On November 5, 2026, the Asian Hall of Fame will hold its 2026 induction ceremony in Los Angeles, and 99-year-old Chinese-American actress Lisa Lu is among this year's honorees. To many viewers she is An-Mei Hsu in The Joy Luck Club and Ah Ma in Crazy Rich Asians; to Hollywood, she is an actress whose career stretches from the black-and-white era to the age of streaming — a screen life spanning eight decades.
Beginnings: Shanghai, Honolulu, Hollywood
Lisa Lu was born on January 19, 1927, in Beijing and raised in Shanghai, where she performed Chinese opera on stage as a child. After moving to the United States, she studied at the University of Hawaii before entering Hollywood. In 1960 she made her film debut in the war drama The Mountain Road, playing Madame Su-Mei Hung, the American-educated widow of a general, opposite Oscar winner James Stewart. Through the following years she appeared repeatedly in hit television series such as Have Gun – Will Travel, one of very few Chinese faces on American screens in the 1960s.
The middle years: from the Empress Dowager to An-Mei
In the 1970s she appeared in the science-fiction thriller Demon Seed (1977) and Saint Jack (1979). In 1987, at 60, Lu played the Empress Dowager Cixi in Bernardo Bertolucci's The Last Emperor, which went on to win nine Academy Awards including Best Picture. In 1993, in Wayne Wang's The Joy Luck Club, adapted from Amy Tan's novel, she played An-Mei Hsu, a mother who buries her pain in silence and ultimately lifts up her daughter — a role that made her part of the shared screen memory of a generation of North American Chinese audiences. Her official biography notes three Golden Horse Awards and the title of "Living Legend."
Past ninety: still working
She did not stop in her nineties. In 2018, at 91, Lu played Ah Ma, the matriarch of Singapore's richest family, in Crazy Rich Asians; she took the title role in The Disappearance of Mrs. Wu in 2021, voiced an animated feature in 2022, and appeared in the streaming series Death and Other Details in 2024. On stage, she starred for years in Stan Lai's eight-hour epic A Dream Like a Dream on tour. In July 2025, the New York Asian Film Festival gave her both its Vanguard Award and its Star Asia Lifetime Achievement Award — the first time in the festival's history that one artist received both — presented by actor BD Wong.
The oldest star: "paths that shine even brighter"
On May 5, 2025, at 98, Lisa Lu received the 2,811th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, becoming the oldest honoree in its history. Her star, at 1708 Vine Street, sits beside that of Anna May Wong, the first Asian woman honored on the Walk. Academy president Janet Yang welcomed her at the ceremony, and Crazy Rich Asians co-star Awkwafina praised her as a pioneer. Lu had declined the honor several times before accepting. "I am deeply honored to stand in support of the next generation of rising Asian actors, whose paths I hope will shine even brighter," she said in a statement.
2026: the honors continue
The list kept growing in 2026. In June, the Shanghai International Film Festival presented her with its Lifetime Achievement Award, and she attended a screening of the restored The Arch, the 1968 Chinese-language art-house classic in which she starred. On September 30, the Asian Hall of Fame announced its class of 2026, with Lu inducted alongside Din Tai Fung and TSMC. At the November 5 ceremony in Los Angeles, the actress — who turns 100 next January — will step into the spotlight once again. From a child performer on Shanghai stages to the oldest name on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, the road Lisa Lu has traveled over eighty years is also the story of generations of overseas Chinese actors making their way to the center of the world's screens. (GSM Feature)
Related:
Lisa Lu Named to the Asian Hall of Fame Class of 2026, Alongside Din Tai Fung and TSMC
Lisa Lu, 99, Receives Lifetime Achievement Award at the Shanghai Film Festival
来源：GSM·美国（原文链接）
图片来源：图：卢燕1960年留影（资料图）——她于同年在电影《山路》中完成银幕首秀。图片来源：Wikimedia Commons，公共领域。Photo: Lisa Lu in 1960 (file photo), the year of her film debut in The Mountain Road. Source: Wikimedia Commons, public domain.
