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Miyoshi Umeki winning Best Supporting Actress - YouTube

Anthony Quinn presenting Miyoshi Umeki with the Oscar® for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in "Sayonara" at the 30th Academy Awards® in 1958.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftg8Aqjk744
Miyoshi Umeki - Wikipedia

Miyoshi Umeki (梅木美代志 Umeki Miyoshi, or ミヨシ・ウメキ Miyoshi Umeki, May 8, 1929 – August 28, 2007)[1] was a Japanese-American actress and standards singer.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miyoshi_Umeki
Miyoshi Umeki - IMDb

Miyoshi Umeki, Actress: Flower Drum Song. Although she projected the typical Japanese female stereotype of humbleness, delicacy and subservience in most of her prime film and stage roles, beguiling, tiny-framed Miyoshi Umeki was nevertheless an assertive scene-stealer. This docile and deceptive-looking talent with the cropped hair and heart-shaped face radiated charm and innocence so ...
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0880855/
Miyoshi Umeki, Tony Nominee and Oscar Winner, Dies at 78 | Playbill

Miyoshi Umeki, who was nominated for a Tony Award for her work in the original Flower Drum Song, and who won a supporting actress Oscar for the film "Sayonara" in 1958, thus becoming the first Asian to win a performance Academy Award, died Aug. 28 in Licking, MO, Variety reported. She was 78.
http://www.playbill.com/article/miyoshi-umeki-tony-nominee-and-oscar-winner-dies-at-78-com-143485
Remembering Miyoshi Umeki, only Asian actress to win an Oscar | EW.com

In 1958, Miyoshi Umeki won the Academy Award for her supporting role in 'Sayonara.' Sixty years later, she remains the only Asian actress to win an Oscar.
http://ew.com/awards/2018/02/22/miyoshi-umeki-sayonara-oscars-profile/
Miyoshi Umeki Remains Unique 60 Years After Her Win | April Magazine

Miyoshi’s 1958 Oscar still stands as an inspiration for all Asian actresses. It’s time for more Asian women in the academy awards!
https://www.aprilmag.com/2018/02/09/miyoshi-umeki-the-oscar-winning-actress-remains-unique-after-60-years/
1958 | Oscars.org | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Exterior of the Academy Awards
https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1958
Miyoshi Umeki - Obituary - The New York Times

Miyoshi Umeki was the first Asian performer to win an Oscar, as best supporting actress in her first Hollywood film, “Sayonara.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/06/arts/06umeki.html?mtrref=www.google.com

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Miyoshi Umeki
梅木美代志
Umeki in a publicity photo for Flower Drum Song (1961)
Born	(1929-05-08)May 8, 1929 Otaru, Hokkaido, Empire of Japan
Died	August 28, 2007(2007-08-28) (aged 78) Licking, Missouri, U.S.
Other names	Nancy Umeki
Citizenship	Japan USA
Occupation(s)	Singer, actress
Years active	1953–1972
Spouses	Frederick Winfield "Wynn" Opie ( m. 1958; div. 1967) ^[1] Randall Firevod Hood ( m. 1968; died 1976)
Children	1
Awards	Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress

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Miyoshi Umeki winning Best Supporting Actress - YouTube

Anthony Quinn presenting Miyoshi Umeki with the Oscar® for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in "Sayonara" at the 30th Academy Awards® in 1958.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftg8Aqjk744
Miyoshi Umeki - Wikipedia

Miyoshi Umeki (梅木美代志 Umeki Miyoshi, or ミヨシ・ウメキ Miyoshi Umeki, May 8, 1929 – August 28, 2007)[1] was a Japanese-American actress and standards singer.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miyoshi_Umeki
Miyoshi Umeki - IMDb

Miyoshi Umeki, Actress: Flower Drum Song. Although she projected the typical Japanese female stereotype of humbleness, delicacy and subservience in most of her prime film and stage roles, beguiling, tiny-framed Miyoshi Umeki was nevertheless an assertive scene-stealer. This docile and deceptive-looking talent with the cropped hair and heart-shaped face radiated charm and innocence so ...
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0880855/
Miyoshi Umeki, Tony Nominee and Oscar Winner, Dies at 78 | Playbill

Miyoshi Umeki, who was nominated for a Tony Award for her work in the original Flower Drum Song, and who won a supporting actress Oscar for the film "Sayonara" in 1958, thus becoming the first Asian to win a performance Academy Award, died Aug. 28 in Licking, MO, Variety reported. She was 78.
http://www.playbill.com/article/miyoshi-umeki-tony-nominee-and-oscar-winner-dies-at-78-com-143485
Remembering Miyoshi Umeki, only Asian actress to win an Oscar | EW.com

In 1958, Miyoshi Umeki won the Academy Award for her supporting role in 'Sayonara.' Sixty years later, she remains the only Asian actress to win an Oscar.
http://ew.com/awards/2018/02/22/miyoshi-umeki-sayonara-oscars-profile/
Miyoshi Umeki Remains Unique 60 Years After Her Win | April Magazine

Miyoshi’s 1958 Oscar still stands as an inspiration for all Asian actresses. It’s time for more Asian women in the academy awards!
https://www.aprilmag.com/2018/02/09/miyoshi-umeki-the-oscar-winning-actress-remains-unique-after-60-years/
1958 | Oscars.org | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Exterior of the Academy Awards
https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1958
Miyoshi Umeki - Obituary - The New York Times

Miyoshi Umeki was the first Asian performer to win an Oscar, as best supporting actress in her first Hollywood film, “Sayonara.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/06/arts/06umeki.html?mtrref=www.google.com

Miyoshi Umeki
梅木美代志
Umeki in a publicity photo for Flower Drum Song (1961)
Born	(1929-05-08)May 8, 1929 Otaru, Hokkaido, Empire of Japan
Died	August 28, 2007(2007-08-28) (aged 78) Licking, Missouri, U.S.
Other names	Nancy Umeki
Citizenship	Japan USA
Occupation(s)	Singer, actress
Years active	1953–1972
Spouses	Frederick Winfield "Wynn" Opie ( m. 1958; div. 1967) ^[1] Randall Firevod Hood ( m. 1968; died 1976)
Children	1
Awards	Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress

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