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Lucille Soong is a Actor American born on 15 august 1938

Lucille Soong

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Birth name Sòng Jìngxiù (宋靜秀)
Nationality USA
Birth 15 august 1938 (85 years)

Lucille Soong (born August 15, 1938) is a Chinese American film and television actress. She has guest starred on several present-day television series which include a recurring role on the ABC prime time soap Desperate Housewives as Gabrielle Solis' former maid, Yao Lin. Soong has also appeared on Passions, All About the Andersons, Huff, Dharma & Greg and According to Jim.

In 1969, she starred in Coronation Street playing the role of Billy Walker's girlfriend, and suffered racist abuse from his mother Annie Walker, she soon breaks up with him. This is the first time racist abuse was felt in the show.

She held a minor role in The Prisoner as the flower girl.

Soong has also acted in the 2003 remake of Freaky Friday as Pei-Pei's mom. Other credits include Genghis Khan, The Joy Luck Club, The Corruptor, Chasing Destiny and Nine Dead. Soong currently is in the main cast as Grandma Huang on ABC's Fresh Off the Boat.

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Filmography of Lucille Soong (20 films)

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Raya and the Last Dragon
Directed by Don Hall, Carlos López Estrada
Origin USA
Genres Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Animation, Western
Themes Feminist films, Films about magic and magicians, Politique, Political films, Children's films
Actors Kelly Marie Tran, Cassie Steele, Awkwafina, Gemma Chan, Daniel Dae Kim, Benedict Wong
Roles Dang Hu (voice)
Rating73% 3.6603153.6603153.6603153.6603153.660315
Dans un pays appelé Kumandra, divisé en cinq régions différentes, une guerrière nommée Raya cherche le dernier dragon du monde.
Nine Dead
Nine Dead (2010)
, 1h26
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror, Crime, Politic
Themes Serial killer films
Actors Melissa Joan Hart, John Terry, Marc Macaulay, Lucille Soong, William Lee Scott, Emily Hart
Roles Chan
Rating53% 2.6995752.6995752.6995752.6995752.699575
The nine characters are revealed to be: 1 — a petty criminal (Christian), 2 — a police officer (Jackson), 3 — an illegal gun seller (Leon), 4 — a strip club owner and loan shark (Sully), 5 — an Assistant District Attorney for LA County (Kelley), 6 — a pedophile and rapist (Coogan), 7 — a priest (Father Francis), 8 — a health insurance executive (Eddie), and 9 — a Chinese store owner who does not know English (Nhung Chan).
Nora's Hair Salon II: A Cut Above, 1h21
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Tatyana Ali, Bobby Brown, Stacey Dash, Donn Swaby, Mekhi Phifer, Lucille Soong
Roles Ming
Rating36% 1.809461.809461.809461.809461.80946
Beauty salon owner Nora has willed her business to her two estranged nieces and both are at odds as to what do with their inheritance.
Mission: Impossible III, 2h5
Directed by J. J. Abrams
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action, Adventure, Spy
Themes Spy films
Actors Tom Cruise, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ving Rhames, Billy Crudup, Michelle Monaghan, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers
Rating68% 3.448593.448593.448593.448593.44859
Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) has retired from field work for the IMF and instead trains new recruits while settling down with his fiancée, Julia Meade (Michelle Monaghan), a nurse who is unaware of Ethan's true job. Ethan is approached by fellow IMF agent John Musgrave (Billy Crudup) about a mission to rescue one of Ethan's protégés, Lindsey Farris (Keri Russell), who was captured while investigating arms dealer Owen Davian (Philip Seymour Hoffman). Musgrave has already prepared a team for Ethan: Declan Gormley (Jonathan Rhys Meyers), Zhen Lei (Maggie Q), and his old partner Luther Stickell (Ving Rhames).
Sky High
Sky High (2005)
, 1h40
Directed by Mike Mitchell
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Adventure
Themes Superhero films, Children's films
Actors Michael Angarano, Danielle Panabaker, Kelly Preston, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Steven Strait, Nicholas Braun
Roles Cook
Rating62% 3.148843.148843.148843.148843.14884
Will Stronghold (Michael Angarano) is beginning grade nine at Sky High, a high school that teaches super powered children. Will's parents are The Commander (Kurt Russell) and Jetstream (Kelly Preston), the world's most famous superheroes. Will's best friend is Layla (Danielle Panabaker), who has the power to manipulate plant life.
Just Like Heaven, 1h35
Directed by Mark Waters
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Themes Ghost films
Actors Reese Witherspoon, Mark Ruffalo, Donal Logue, Jon Heder, Dina Spybey, Ivana Miličević
Roles Chinese Exorcist
Rating67% 3.35223.35223.35223.35223.3522
Elizabeth Masterson (Witherspoon), a young emergency medicine physician whose work is her whole life, is in a serious car accident while on her way to a blind date. Three months later, David Abbott (Ruffalo), a landscape architect recovering from the sudden death of his wife, moves into the apartment that had been Elizabeth's, after 'discovering' it in what seems to be a 'fateful' happenstance.
Nora's Hair Salon, 1h24
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Jenifer Lewis, Tamala Jones, Jean-Claude La Marre, Tatyana Ali, Bobby Brown, Lil' Kim
Roles Ming
Rating44% 2.2273052.2273052.2273052.2273052.227305
Nora Harper (Jenifer Lewis) is an African-American businesswoman who owns a hair salon in Los Angeles, California. She keeps watch over her employees, friends, relatives, and regular customers. Lilleana (Tatyana Ali) is a new employee from the Dominican Republic, and she is also in an abusive relationship with her wants-more-than friend, Bennie (Bobby Brown). Chloe (Tamala Jones) is a hair stylist who has aspirations of a career in show business. Ming (Lucille Soong) does manicures and has problems with her temper, and loves offering her opinions. Devin (Jean-Claude LaMarre) is a bisexual man who is uncertain about his relationship with Delicious (Donn Swaby). Later in the film, Nora has a heart attack. Her friends from the salon hope for her recovery but she dies shortly before the end of the film. In the end the salon remains open, selling Nora's hairstyling products.
Freaky Friday, 1h37
Directed by Mark Waters
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Themes Children's films
Actors Jamie Lee Curtis, Lindsay Lohan, Mark Harmon, Harold Gould, Chad Michael Murray, Stephen Tobolowsky
Roles Pei-Pei's Mom
Rating63% 3.152323.152323.152323.152323.15232
Anna Coleman (Lindsay Lohan) is an average teenager who constantly fights with her stodgy widow mother Tess (Jamie Lee Curtis) and annoying younger brother Harry (Ryan Malgarini). The two often fight about Anna's rock band which Tess hates because she thinks that they are all noise, Tess's upcoming second marriage to Ryan (Mark Harmon) which Anna is not emotionally ready for because her father died three years ago, and Anna's claims about her archrival Stacey Hinkhouse (Julie Gonzalo) who doesn't stop torturing her and has Tess convinced that she and Anna are still best friends like they used to be and sadistic English teacher, Mr. Bates (Stephen Tobolowsky) who gives her an "F" on everything she does no matter how hard she tries. Tess also disapproves of Anna's crush, Jake (Chad Michael Murray), and refuses to let Anna see him.
The Corruptor, 1h46
Directed by James Foley
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Mafia films, Sports films, Martial arts films, Buddy films, Gangster films
Actors Chow Yun-fat, Mark Wahlberg, Brian Cox, Byron Mann, Kim Chan, Ric Young
Roles Elderly Immigrant
Rating60% 3.049993.049993.049993.049993.04999
New York City Police Department Lieutenant Nick Chen (Chow) is head of the Asian Gang Unit. His job is to keep the peace in Chinatown from a turf war that has broken out between the Triads and the Fukienese Dragons, a problem complicated by the fact that he is also an informant for the Tongs under "uncle" Benny Chan (Chan) and his lieutenant Henry Lee (Young). After a bombing in downtown Chinatown in broad daylight, Chen is reluctantly teamed up with Danny Wallace (Wahlberg), who is unaware of this situation. Wallace was also secretly tasked by Internal Affairs to monitor Chen for corruption. Danny lied to Chen and the Asian Gang Unit by claiming that he took the job as a means to gain his Detective shield the fastest.
The Joy Luck Club, 2h19
Directed by Wayne Wang
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Feminist films, Films about sexuality, Political films
Actors Ming-Na Wen, Rosalind Chao, Lauren Tom, France Nuyen, Tamlyn Tomita, Kieu Chinh
Roles Popo
Rating76% 3.8471453.8471453.8471453.8471453.847145
The Joy Luck Club was formed by four women in San Francisco: Lindo Jong (Tsai Chin), Ying-Ying St. Clair (France Nuyen), An-Mei Hsu (Lisa Lu), and Suyuan Woo (Kieu Chinh). The members have mainly played mahjong and told each other's stories over the years. They emigrated from their native country, China, remarried, and gave birth to children in America. Suyuan's daughter June (Ming-Na Wen) replaced her when Suyuan died four months before the time the film is set. The mothers have high hopes for their daughters' success, but the daughters struggle through "anxieties, feelings of inadequacy, and failures." Throughout the film, the mothers and daughters bond by learning to understand each other and by overcoming their conflicts.
One More Time, 1h32
Directed by Jerry Lewis
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Action
Actors Sammy Davis Jr., Peter Lawford, John Wood, Dudley Sutton, Esther Anderson, Percy Herbert
Roles Kim Lee
Rating50% 2.511382.511382.511382.511382.51138
Chris Pepper (Peter Lawford) and Charlie Salt (Sammy Davis Jr.) lose their nightclub and turn to Pepper's aristocratic twin brother for help. He refuses to help them, and is then found murdered. Pepper assumes his identity, and soon discovers that he was a diamond smuggler, and was murdered by his accomplices. Salt and Pepper band together to put the criminals behind bars.
The File of the Golden Goose, 1h49
Directed by Sam Wanamaker
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Yul Brynner, Edward Woodward, Charles Gray, Adrienne Corri, John Barrie, Bernard Archard
Roles Fille dans le bain (non crédité)
Rating54% 2.709332.709332.709332.709332.70933
A trail of counterfeit hundred dollar bills has been discovered in several places around the world. When this comes to the attention of the Secret Service, they assign one of their top men, Pete Novak (Yul Brynner), to the case of finding out who is producing and distributing them.
The Brides of Fu Manchu, 1h34
Directed by Don Sharp
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Science fiction, Action, Adventure, Horror, Crime
Themes Films based on science fiction novels
Actors Christopher Lee, Marie Versini, Douglas Wilmer, Roger Hanin, Tsai Chin, Rupert Davies
Roles Ling / Bride (uncredited)
Rating54% 2.7074852.7074852.7074852.7074852.707485
In 1924, Fu Manchu, his army of henchmen and his vicious daughter Lin Tang are kidnapping the daughters of prominent scientists and taking them to his remote island, where he demands that the fathers help him to build a death ray, which he intends to use to take over the world. He plans to keep (even wed) the girls in question. But Fu's archenemy, Nayland Smith of Scotland Yard, is determined not to let that happen...