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  1. 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.

  2. The youngest of nine children whose father owned a successful iron factory, Umeki was born May 8, 1929, in Otaru on the large Japanese island of Hokkaido. Educated at a finishing school for...

  3. 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.

  4. Born on May 8, 1929, in Otaru, Hokkaido, Ms. Umeki began her career as a nightclub singer in Japan, billing herself as Nancy Umeki.

  5. 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 movie “Sayonara,” has died....

  6. Feb 9, 2018 · Her name was Miyoshi Umeki (Her first name, “Miyoshi,” means “beautiful life” in Japanese). Born on May 8, 1929, in Otaru, Hokkaido, Japan, Miyoshi was the youngest of nine children raised within the Umeki family.

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  8. Sep 6, 2007 · The youngest of nine children whose father owned a successful iron factory, Umeki was born May 8, 1929, in Otaru on the large Japanese island of Hokkaido. Educated at a finishing school for...

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