Lady Tsen Mei

Josephine Augusta Moy (March 28, 1888 – July 1985), known professionally as Lady Tsen Mei, was an American actress and singer.

She was later raised by a foster father, Jin Fuey Moy, who was born in China, trained as a physician in the United States, and faced repeated legal difficulties involving his personal relationships, narcotics, and human trafficking.

[12][13] In The Letter (1929), an early talking picture, Lady Tsen Mei appears alongside Jeanne Eagels, in a pre-Code murder drama set in Singapore.

[16] Lady Tsen Mei was the first actress of color given a full-page feature in Photoplay magazine;[17][non-primary source needed] the 1918 feature, and similar accounts, included various stories fabricated to increase her exotic appeal, such as a mentions of her being born in China, and attending medical school (or law school, or, in some accounts, both).

In recent years, American film scholar Ramona Curry has reconstructed the life and career of Lady Tsen Mei.