Growing up on the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido, Miyoshi Umeki was obsessed with American pop music and dreamed of making it to the United States after World War II. She practiced singing with ...

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, 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, 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, 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, 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 ...

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 ...