 "The Record (Bergen County, NJ)")
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Miyoshi Umeki, first Asian to win Academy Award
Newspaper article from: The Record (Bergen County, NJ); 9/6/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...The Record (Bergen County, NJ) 09-06-2007 Miyoshi Umeki, first Asian to win Academy Award By ADAM BERNSTEIN...Section: LOCAL Edtion: All Editions Biographical: MIYOSHI UMEKI Miyoshi Umeki, a Japanese-born singer and actress who...
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miyoshi umeki
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 9/8/2007; 700+ words
; ...Asian performer to win an Oscar Miyoshi Umeki, a demure, appealing actress...me about a Japanese girl named Miyoshi Umeki who had a slight but adequate...released DVD.) Tom Vallance Miyoshi Umeki, actress: born Otaru, Japan...
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Miyoshi Umeki; Recorded American Pop Standards, Won Oscar for 'Sayonara'
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 9/6/2007; ; 700+ words
; Miyoshi Umeki, 78, a Japanese-born singer and actress...Japanese women during the Korean War. Ms. Umeki's naive character marries an Air Force...persecution and their double suicide. Ms. Umeki and Buttons won Oscars for their supporting...
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Miyoshi Umeki, first Asian to win an Academy AwardOBITUARY
Newspaper article from: International Herald Tribune; 9/7/2007; ; 530 words
; ...International Herald Tribune 09-07-2007 Miyoshi Umeki, an expressive actress of innocent...roles on Broadway and on television, Umeki played Katsumi in ''Sayonara...film, which starred Marlon Brando, Umeki's character marries Airman Joe...
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Oscar Winner Miyoshi Umeki Dies at 78
News Wire article from: AP Online; 9/5/2007; 544 words
; LICKING, Mo. - Actress Miyoshi Umeki, who won an Oscar for her performance...supporting roles, surprising fans to whom Umeki was unknown and Buttons was a television...her role in the 1961 film version. Umeki also portrayed Mrs. Livingston, the...
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Miyoshi Umeki.(Obituaries)(Obituary)(Brief article)
Magazine article from: Daily Variety; 9/10/2007; 680 words
; Actress Miyoshi Umeki, who won the supporting actress Oscar...died Aug. 28 in Missouri. She was 78. Umeki also starred in the Broadway and film...Godfrey and Friends" television show. Umeki's award for "Sayonara" was the first...
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 "News Sun, The (Waukegan, IL)")
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Newspaper article from: News Sun, The (Waukegan, IL); 4/3/2006; 257 words
; Actress-singer Doris Day is 82. Actress Miyoshi Umeki is 77. Jazz musician Jimmy McGriff is 70. Actor William Gaunt is 69. Actor Eric Braeden is 65. Actress Marsha Mason is 64...
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Oscar Rest Of The World
Newspaper article from: The Malay Mail; 6/26/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...Asians comprise three from Japan - Miyoshi Umeki, Sessue Hayakawa and Mako - and...Academy Awards as, not only did Miyoshi Umeki triumphed for what was her screen...war camp during World War II. Miyoshi Umeki, born on April 3, 1929 in Otaru...
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1st Asian performer to win Oscar, for her '57 role in 'Sayonara'
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 9/7/2007; 596 words
; MIYOSHI UMEKI 1929-2007 Actress Miyoshi Umeki, who won an Oscar for her performance as the doomed wife of an American serviceman in "Sayonara" and later starred in the Broadway musical "Flower Drum Song," has died of cancer. She was 78...
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Obituaries in the News
News Wire article from: AP Online; 9/8/2007; 700+ words
; ...back to New York; Franklin died of cancer in 1986. Her son died in 1999 at age 47. --- Miyoshi Umeki LICKING, Mo. (AP) - Actress Miyoshi Umeki, who won an Oscar for her performance as the doomed wife of an American serviceman in "Sayonara...
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