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” and played a ...

Actress Miyoshi Umeki, who won an Oscar for her performance as the doomed wife of an American serviceman in “Sayonara” and later starred in the Broadway musical “Flower Drum Song,” has died of cancer.

Miyoshi Umeki, the first Asian to win an Academy Award for her role in the 1957 romantic drama Sayonara, has died of cancer. She was 78. Umeki began her career as a nightclub singer in Japan and ...

Miyoshi Umeki, who took the supporting actress Oscar for “Sayonara” in 1958 to become the first Asian to win a performance Academy Award, died Aug. 28 in Licking, Mo. She was 78. Umeki also starred in ...

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Miyoshi Umeki, actress: born Otaru, Japan 8 May 1929; married 1958 Frederick W. Opie (marriage dissolved 1967), 1968 Randall Hood (died 1976; one son); died Licking, Missouri 28 August 2007. Miyoshi ...

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. She ...

TOKYO -- Miyoshi Umeki, the first Asian to win an Oscar, died Aug. 28 at a nursing home in Licking, Mo. She was 78. By Julian Ryall, The Associated Press TOKYO — Miyoshi Umeki, the first Asian to win ...

Miyoshi Umeki, who took the supporting actress Oscar for “Sayonara” in 1958 to become the first Asian to win a performance Academy Award, died Aug. 28 in Licking, Mo. She was 78. Umeki also starred in ...

How many Broadway shows has Miyoshi Umeki been in? Miyoshi Umeki has appeared on Broadway in 1 shows. How many West End shows has Miyoshi Umeki been in? Miyoshi Umeki has not appeared in the West End ...