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ミヨシ・ウメキ（Miyoshi Umeki、1929年 5月8日 - 2007年 8月28日）は、日本のジャズ歌手、女優である。 本名は 梅木 美代志 、他界時の合衆国連邦政府登録名は Miyoshi Hood 、日本では ナンシー梅木 の 芸名 で知られる [2] [3] 。
Miyoshi Umeki and Red Buttons in ”Sayonara” (1957). Throughout her tragically short career — she only made five movies in Hollywood — Miyoshi was the victim of typecasting. On both the big and small screen , Miyoshi portrayed sweet, submissive butterflies that spoke broken English, and eagerly doted on white people.
Sep 6, 2007 · Miyoshi Umeki, a Japanese-born singer and actress who became the first Asian performer to win an Academy Award, for “Sayonara” (1957), distinguished herself onstage in “Flower Drum Song ...
Birthday: May 8, 1929. Birthplace: Otaru, Hokkaido, Japan. As a teenager in her native Japan, Miyoshi Umeki began her show business career as a singer and dancer. She often performed on radio ...
Sep 6, 2007 · Miyoshi Umeki, the Japanese-born singer and actress who became the first Asian performer to win an Academy Award, for her touching role as Red Buttons' wife in the 1957 film "Sayonara," has died.
Aug 28, 2007 · Added: Sep 5, 2007. Find a Grave Memorial ID: 21382379. Source citation. Actress. She is best remembered for her role as Katsumi, the doomed Japanese wife of an American serviceman played by Red Buttons, in the 1957 film Sayonara. It earned her an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, making her the first Asian performer to win an Oscar ...
Aug 28, 2007 · Japanese-born, American-naturalized singer and actress Miyoshi Umeki (b.Otaru, Japan, 8 May 1929; d. Licking, MO, 28 August 2007), best known for her roles as Mei Li in Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Flower Drum Song (1958) on Broadway, and Katsumi in the Joshua Logan film Sayonara (1957) with Marlon Brando and Red Buttons, was the first Asian (and the only Asian woman) ever to win an Academy ...
