Miyoshi Umeki, the original Eastern Western singer to help you victory an enthusiastic Academy Award, died toward Aug. twenty eight when you look at the Licking, Missouri. She is 78.
Umeki claimed a sole Supporting Actress Oscar to own their own superbly nuanced performance just like the an innocent Japanese maiden in love with Western serviceman Red-colored Buttons from the 1957 melodrama Sayonara
Produced on may 8, 1929, into the Otaru, into the northern Japanese area out-of Hokkaido, Umeki began their unique tell you business profession singing which have American Grams.We.