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 ...

Miyoshi Umeki, who died August 28 at 78, was nominated for a Tony Award as Mei-Li the mail order “picture bride” in Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “Flower Drum Song” (1958). She also won an Oscar for best ...

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 film “Sayonara,” has died. She ...

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 ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. MIYOSHI UMEKI was an expressive actress of innocent charm who in 1957 became the first Asian performer to win an Oscar, as best ...

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 ...

Miyoshi Umeki, 78, a Japanese-born singer and actress who became the first Asian performer to win an Academy Award -- for "Sayonara" (1957) -- and who played a housekeeper on the TV series "The ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Miyoshi Umeki, the Japanese-born singer and actress who became the first Asian performer to win an Academy Award, for her touching role ...

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. She ...