1. Miyoshi Umeki was a Japanese American singer and actress.
13 Facts About Miyoshi Umeki
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Miyoshi Umeki was best known for her Oscar-winning role as Katsumi in Sayonara, as Mei Li in both the Broadway musical and 1961 film Flower Drum Song, and as Mrs Livingston in the television series The Courtship of Eddie's Father.
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Miyoshi Umeki was a shin Issei, or post-1945 immigrant from Japan.
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Miyoshi Umeki recorded for RCA Victor Japan from 1950 to 1954 and appeared in the film Seishun Jazu Musume.
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Miyoshi Umeki recorded mostly American jazz standards, which she sang partially in Japanese and partially in English, or solely in either language.
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Miyoshi Umeki was the first Asian to win an Academy Award for acting.
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Miyoshi Umeki appeared in Universal Studios' film adaptation of the musical in 1961.
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Miyoshi Umeki was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Flower Drum Song.
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Miyoshi Umeki retired from acting following the end of the series.
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Miyoshi Umeki married Randall Firevod Hood in 1968, and he adopted her son, changing the boy's name to Michael Randall Hood.
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Miyoshi Umeki signed with Mercury Records in 1955 and recorded the following 45 rpm singles:.
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Miyoshi Umeki recorded a version of "Pick Yourself Up" for Mercury Records in 1959, but the song was never released.
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Miyoshi Umeki recorded two theme songs for films in which she appeared:.