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, 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, 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 ...

SEATTLE — Sayonara has its tragic ending back, now that Marlon Brando is out of the picture. A musical version of James Michener’s novel of Japanese- American romance — complete with what showbiz pros ...

LOS ANGELES – Red Buttons, the carrot-topped burlesque comedian who became a top star in early television and then won a 1957 Oscar with a surprising dramatic turn in “Sayonara,” died Thursday. He was ...