Miyoshi Umeki
Acting
Awards
Won 1 Academy Award
Academy Awards 1 won
- 1958 Best Supporting Actress Won Sayonara
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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. She was best known for being the first Asian actor to win an Academy Award for her acting debut as Katsumi in the romantic drama film Sayonara (1957). Umeki was also best known for playing Mrs. Livingston in the television series The Courtship of Eddie's Father (1969-1972) and for playing Mei Li in the broadway musical Flower Drum Song, which earned her a nomination for a Tony Award. She would later reprise the role for the musical's 1961 film adaptation.
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Filmography
Acting
19 credits
The Merv Griffin Show
The Virginian
Dr. Kildare
What's My Line?
Rawhide
Burke's Law
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
The Oscars
The Ed Sullivan Show
The Courtship of Eddie's Father
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
The Pet Set
Sayonara
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Flower Drum Song
Cry for Happy
The All-Star Christmas Show
The Horizontal Lieutenant
A Girl Named Tamiko
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