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  1. Miyoshi Umeki. Miyoshi Umeki (梅木 美代志, Umeki Miyoshi, or ミヨシ・ウメキ Miyoshi Umeki, May 8, 1929 – August 28, 2007) was a Japanese-American singer and actress. [2] Umeki was nominated for the Tony Award and Golden Globe Award and was the first East Asia-born woman to win an Academy Award for acting. [3][4]

  2. 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.

  3. Sept. 6, 2007. Miyoshi Umeki, an expressive actress of innocent charm who in 1957 was the first Asian performer to win an Oscar, as best supporting actress in her first Hollywood film, “Sayonara ...

  4. Miyoshi Umeki. Actress: Sayonara. Miyoshi Umeki was born as the youngest of 9 children. The daughter of a prominent Japanese iron factory owner, she developed an early passion for music, learning to play the mandolin, harmonica & piano. She also enjoyed singing American-styled tunes, much to the chagrin of her parents. This propensity for Americanized pop songs later paid off. Although she ...

    • May 8, 1929
    • August 28, 2007
  5. Feb 22, 2018 · In 1958, Miyoshi Umeki won the Academy Award for her supporting role in 'Sayonara.' Sixty years later, she remains the only Asian actress to win an Oscar. ... Lamorne Morris shares his 4-year-old ...

  6. Feb 9, 2018 · Miyoshi Umeki, the Oscar Winning Actress, Remains Unique After 60 Years. …The memory of all that. No, no, they can’t take that away from me…. —George and Ira Gershwin, “They Can’t Take That Away from Me,” (1937) In Hollywood leading male and leading female roles were historically written, assigned, and awarded based on criteria ...

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  8. Sep 6, 2007 · PUBLISHED: September 6, 2007 at 1:00 a.m. | UPDATED: August 21, 2021 at 7:50 p.m. Miyoshi Umeki, the Japanese-born singer and actress who became the first Asian performer to win an Academy Award ...

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