Question: Facts: - simpchinesename: - birth name: yoshiko yamaguchi - birth date: 12 february 1920 - parents: fumio -rrb- yamaguchi -lrb- -rrb- ai yamaguchi -lrb- - voicetype: soprano - death date: 7 september 2014 - genre: popular - spouse: isamu -lrb- 1958 -- 2001 -rrb- noguchi -lrb- 1951 -- 1956 -rrb- hiroshi otaka - name: yoshiko yamaguchi - death place: tokyo , japan - birth place: fushun , manchuria , china - pinyinchinesename: li xianglan - yearsactive: 1938 -- 1958 - occupation: singer , actress , politician - othername: yoshiko -rrb- shirley yamaguchi Otaka -lrb- -rrb- pan shuhua -lrb- - tradchinesename: - image: li_xianglan . jpg - ancestry: kishima district , saga , japan Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of yoshiko yamaguchi .
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yoshiko yamaguchi -lrb- 12 february 1920 -- 7 september 2014 -rrb- was a chinese-born japanese actress and singer who made a career in china , japan , hong kong , and the united states .early in her career , she played a chinese woman and used the stage name li xianglan , rendered in japanese as ri koran .this allowed her to represent china in japanese propaganda movies .after the war , she appeared in japanese movies under her real name , as well as in several english-language movies under the stage name shirley yamaguchi .she was elected as a member of the japanese parliament in the 1970s and served for 18 years .after retiring from politics , she served as vice president of the asian women 's fund .