Miyoshi Umeki Overview:

Actress, Miyoshi Umeki, was born on May 8, 1929 in Otaru, Japan. Umeki died at the age of 78 on Aug 28, 2007 in Licking, MO and was laid to rest in Boone Creek Cemetery in Licking, MO.

HONORS and AWARDS:

.

Miyoshi Umeki was nominated for one Academy Award, winning for Best Supporting Actress for Sayonara (as Katsumi) in 1957.

Academy Awards

YearAwardFilm nameRoleResult
1957Best Supporting ActressSayonara (1957)KatsumiWon
.

BlogHub Articles:

No article for at this time. Submit yours here.

Miyoshi Umeki Quotes:

Wang Ta: Here, they're not really married until they seal it with a kiss.
Mei Li: Everything in America ends in a kiss. What does it mean? Why do they do it?


Mei Li: [singing] A little girl in Chunking, just thirty inches tall, / Decides that she will try to walk and nearly doesn't fall! / A hundred million miracles! / A hundred million miracles, a hundred million miracles, a hundred million miracles are happening every day.


Mei Li: Oh yes, I like it. Especially I like.


read more quotes from Miyoshi Umeki...



Share this page:
Visit the Classic Movie Hub Blog CMH
Also a Taurus






See All Tauruses >>
Best Supporting Actress Oscar 1957






See more Best Supporting Actress awards>>
Miyoshi Umeki Facts
As of 2011, she is the only person of East Asian descent to win an Academy Award for acting.

Appeared on a 1958 cover of Time magazine along with actress Pat Suzuki while appearing on Broadway in [i]Flower Drum Song [/i].

The first Asian actor to win an Academy Award, for best supporting actress in Sayonara (1957).

See All Related Facts >>
Related Lists
Create a list


See All Related Lists >>