Grace Lem

Grace Lem

Born: August 24, 1898
Died: August 12, 1959
in Oakland, California, USA

Movies for Grace Lem...

Title: The Millionaire
Character: Sulu - Japanese Woman
Released: January 19, 1955
Type: TV
An anthology series that explored the ways sudden and unexpected wealth changed life for better or for worse. It told the stories of people who were given one million dollars from a benefactor who insisted they never know him, with one exception.
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South Sea Woman
Title: South Sea Woman
Character: Mama Ching
Released: June 27, 1953
Type: Movie
Marine Sergeant James O'Hearn is being tried at the San Diego Marine base for desertion, theft, scandalous conduct and destruction of property in time of war. He refuses to testify or plead guilty or not guilty to the charges. Showgirl Ginger Martin takes the stand against his protest. She testifies O'Hearn won't talk because he is protecting the name of his pal, Marine Private Davey White. Ginger tells how she, broke and stranded, met the two marines in Shanghai two weeks before Pearl Harbor.
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The Lady from Shanghai
Title: The Lady from Shanghai
Character: Chinese Woman (uncredited)
Released: December 24, 1947
Type: Movie
A romantic drifter gets caught between a corrupt tycoon and his voluptuous wife.
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Tokyo Rose
Title: Tokyo Rose
Character: Soon Hee
Released: February 8, 1946
Type: Movie
Lotus Long plays the title role, an American-educated Japanese woman broadcasting enemy propaganda to American troops. Captured GI Pete Sherman is one of a group of POWS slated to be interviewed on Tokyo Rose's radio program. Instead of advising his comrades to surrender (as ordered), Sherman uses his innate Yankee knowhow to hoist the treacherous deejay on her own petard. Managing to make his escape, Sherman hooks up with the Japanese Underground, convincing anti-militarist Charlie Otani to aid in a kidnapping plot aimed at Tokyo Rose.
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Blood on the Sun
Title: Blood on the Sun
Character: Amah
Released: April 26, 1945
Type: Movie
Nick Condon, an American journalist in 20s Tokyo, publishes the Japanese master plan for world domination. Reaction from the understandably upset Japanese provides the action, but this is overshadowed by the propaganda of the time.
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Betrayal from the East
Title: Betrayal from the East
Character: Restaurant Fortune Teller
Released: April 24, 1945
Type: Movie
A carnival showman tries to keep Japanese spies from sabotaging the Panama Canal.
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Passport to Suez
Title: Passport to Suez
Character: Chinese Lady at Nightclub
Released: August 19, 1943
Type: Movie
The Lone Wolf goes undercover in Egypt to foil a Nazi plot to bomb and disable the Suez canal, which is vital to England's war effort.
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Destination Unknown
Title: Destination Unknown
Character: Farmer's Wife
Released: October 9, 1942
Type: Movie
Foreign spies and police pursue an attractive Dutch spy throughout Peking.
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Somewhere I'll Find You
Title: Somewhere I'll Find You
Character: Chinese Woman
Released: August 27, 1942
Type: Movie
Journalist brothers feud over a woman they both fall for while covering World War II in the far east.
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Pacific Rendezvous
Title: Pacific Rendezvous
Character: Japanese Woman
Released: May 21, 1942
Type: Movie
A code expert working for Naval Intelligence is assigned to decode enemy messages despite his desire for active duty.
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Escape from Hong Kong
Title: Escape from Hong Kong
Character: Newspaper Vendor
Released: May 15, 1942
Type: Movie
Three American vaudeville entertainers become involved with spies in Hong Kong, just before Pearl Harbor.
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The Tuttles of Tahiti
Title: The Tuttles of Tahiti
Character: Woman in Dress Shop
Released: May 1, 1942
Type: Movie
After a long absense from the island, Chester Tuttle returns to Tahiti to find that little has changed. His large family, particularly his scheming Uncle Jonas, would rather dance and romance than earn a living. When Jonas loses the family plantation in a cockfight, Chester saves the day by towing in a large ship abandoned at sea and claiming the salvage. But opening a joint bank account in the name of the Tuttle clan may not have been a wise decision.
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Burma Convoy
Title: Burma Convoy
Character: Mrs. Wong Lee (uncredited)
Released: October 16, 1941
Type: Movie
A truck convoy traveling the Burma Road is menaced by a group of smugglers.
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Charlie Chan in Honolulu
Title: Charlie Chan in Honolulu
Character: Mama Chan (uncredited)
Released: December 30, 1938
Type: Movie
While Charlie is distracted with the birth of his first grandchild, son Jimmy impersonates his father in order to investigate a murder aboard a freighter in the harbor.