Liane Haid

Liane Haid died in Bern, Switzerland, in 2000, aged 105. Hu resides in Brentwood, California where she is co-owner of a restaurant Basic Bites. She made her last film appearance in 1953. Her subsequent movie appearances include The Scorpion King (2002), Cradle 2 the Grave (2003) and X2 (2003). Her notable films include Lady Hamilton (1921; her breakthrough role); Lucrezia Borgia (1926); Die Csardasfürstin (1927, based on the operetta by Emmerich Kálmán); and the talkies Das Lied ist aus (The Song Is Ended) (1930) and Ungeküsst soll man nicht schlafen gehn (1936). Afterwards, Hu was cast as police officers Michelle Chan in the television series Nash Bridges (1997-1998) and Chen Pei Pei on Martial Law (1998-2000). She got married and also ended her film career. Rae Chang on Sunset Beach for six months in 1997.

Having refused several offers from Hollywood, she escaped from Nazi Germany to Switzerland in 1942 "because of the regime, because everything was bombed, and because all the good directors had left". She was then cast as Dr. Her first motion picture was a propaganda film made during the First World War, Mit Herz und Hand fürs Vaterland (1916). She worked for UFA and, as a trained singer, easily made the transition to the sound era, appearing in comedy films alongside German stars such as Willi Forst, Georg Alexander, Theo Lingen, and Heinz Rühmann. While the movie was not a major success it opened a new career direction for Hu in action adventure roles. Born in Vienna, Haid trained both as a dancer and singer and became the epitome of the Süßes Wiener Mädel ("Sweet Viennese Girl") and a popular pin-up throughout the 1920s and 30s. In 1995, Hu played an undercover police officer in the movie No Way Back. Haid as Lucrezia Borgia and Conrad Veidt as Cesare Borgia (1926). Hu also won the title of Miss Hawaii USA in 1993.

Liane Haid (August 16, 1895 - November 28, 2000) was an Austrian actress who has often been referred to as Austria's first movie star. Hu followed this with appearances on series such as Night Court, Tour of Duty, 21 Jump Street, and Melrose Place and her first movie role in Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan. List of centenarians. After working in Japan and Italy (where she became well-known as the star of a series of ads for Philadelphia brand cream cheese), Hu moved to Los Angeles and began her acting career in 1987 with a guest starring role on the sitcom Growing Pains. Ironically she found out after winning that she was prohibited from appearing in non-contest related activities for the year of her reign. To gain publicity, she entered Miss Teen USA contest in 1985 and became the first Asian American to win the title.

Hu's cousin was a successful model in Japan and Hu decided to follow her example. She has also been interested in martial arts since her early childhood, when her older brother would arrange for her to fight neighbourhood boys. Hu has had a lifelong interest in singing and dancing. Her ethnic background is a mixture of Chinese, Hawaiian, and English.

Hu was born in Honolulu, Hawaii. Kelly Ann Hu (born February 13, 1968) is an American actress.