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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Growing up on the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido, Miyoshi Umeki was obsessed with American pop music and dreamed of making ...

Miyoshi Umeki, an expressive actress of innocent charm who in 1957 was the first Asian performer to win an Oscar, as best supporting actress in her first Hollywood film, “Sayonara,” died on Aug. 28 in ...

Although there had been a number of leading Asian actors in the US before Miyoshi Umeki, who has died aged 78, she was the first to win an Oscar and to make an impact in films, on stage and on ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

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