Miyoshi Umeki

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• The single female award went to Miyoshi Umeki (Sayonara, Supporting Actress) for a role so problematic it's almost funny. -- yellow power ranger
• Listening to - Miyoshi Umeki ~~ China Nights -- Mark Jacobs
• only 6 nominated. 2 won. Miyoshi Umeki - best supporting actress, Sayonara haing s. ngor - best support actor, Killing Fields -- Richard Lau
• the 1st &only asian american female to win was for supporting actress - Miyoshi Umeki back in 1957. no other APIA woman since. -- Karissa Chen
• The first Asian performer to win an Oscar was Miyoshi Umeki, who was named Best Supporting Actress in 1957. No Asian actress has won since. -- Mina Kimes
• Miyoshi Umeki won Best Supporting Actress for 'Sayonara' in 1957 & Ben Kingsley & Yul Brynner count for the dudes -- Thought Assistant
• A hundred million miracles / a hundred million miracles / are happening every day. -Miyoshi Umeki as Mei Li in Flower Drum Song -- Classic Movie Hub
• Actress Miyoshi Umeki born5/8/1929.Won an Oscar for supporting actress for Sayonara1957.The Flower Drum Song61The Horizontal Lieutenant62 -- ClassicMovieFan
• 5/8/1929 b. Miyoshi Umeki, Japanese actor. 1st Asian to win an Oscar, best supporting actress Sayonara , her 1st Hollywood film -- Wikipatia
• Happy Birthday May 08, 2017 to: Miyoshi Umeki (Singer-Actress) & Benny Edward Martin (Bluegrass Musician-Fiddler).. -- ThinkYouKnowMusic
• Today in In 1929 Miyoshi Umeki born. 1st (and, as of 2016, the only) Asian woman to win an Academy Award for acting. -- Elizabeth K Mahon
• Happy MIYOSHI UMEKI - Oscar'd Japanese actress; Small, shy & subtle. SAYONARA, FLOWER DRUM SONG -- Steve Hayes
• Amazing that star of "Flower Drum Song" & "Sayonara" she is the ONLY Asian actress to win an Oscar -- Traci Oshiro
• She is the only Asian woman to win an Academy Award for acting. She won in 1957. -- award season hoe
• Corrijo: son 9 los asiáticos nominados al eso incluye a Maki, Pat Morita, Haing S. Ngor,Merle Oberon, Ken Watanabe y Miyoshi Umeki -- Todocine
• Only 3 actors of descent have won Miyoshi Umeki, Haing S. Ngor, and Ben Kingsley (whose father was -- Oscars Boycott 2016
• The only Asian actress to have ever won an Oscar for acting was Miyoshi Umeki in 1957 (59 years ago). She won best supporting actress. -- Trang Dong
• In 88 years, only 4 actors have won an :Yul Brenner (1956), Ben Kingsley (1982),Haing S. Ngor (1984),and Miyoshi Umeki (1957) -- Nora Peña (AfroSoul)
• Miyoshi umeki is so cute winning her oscar ;-; -- keeks
• 3/26: Miyoshi Umeki won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Sayonara. (1929-2007) -- Tarama Taruhei
• On 5/8/1929, Miyoshi Umeki was born in Otaru, Hokkaid . A recording artist, she was "Mrs. Livingston" on "The Courtship of Eddie's Father". -- Bijan C. Bayne
• IMDb. May 8th. HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Roberto Rossellini, James Mitchum, Miyoshi Umeki, Cooper Huckabee, Kam Heskin, Julia Whelan. -- GSmith
• 1929 Miyoshi Umeki, Japanese-American actress and singer (d. 2007). Happy 87th! -- Wiki Birthday :)
• (1957 ) Umeki -- 映画のキャラクター
• The only Asian actress to win an Academy Award was in 1958 by Miyoshi Umeki for Sayonara. -- Jon Cerda
• Omg the first and only Asian woman to win an Oscar for acting happened in 1957 (Miyoshi Umeki) HOW is that possible -- Jacob Douglas Olson
• 1957-Miyoshi Umeki. 60 years since an Asian won an Academy Award -- Julia Kraft
• TIL that Miyoshi Umeki, Mrs. Livingston on The Courtship of Eddie's Father was the first and so far ONLY Asian woman to win an acting Oscar. -- K. Scott Gant
• BTW her name is Miyoshi Umeki for Sayonara, if you were wondering... -- (((Tryya Sinobu)))
• It is Miyoshi Umeki's birthday today, so now I have the beautiful "I Am Going to Like It Here" stuck in my head. -- Vicki Walker
• 28-8-2007 fallece Miyoshi Umeki, actriz japonesa. -- Miguel Mora P.
• Watched emotionally tough KILDARE with Miyoshi Umeki and James Shigeta. She is a Nagasaki survivor who is pregnant and develops leukemia. -- Harold Itzkowitz
• "Cry for Happy," (1961) Miyoshi Umeki. -- John Z.
• I don't understand how Miyoshi Umeki won for Sayonara when Miiko Taka gave a far superior performance and wasn't even nominated -- Gordon Cole
• Not to get ahead of ourselves here, but Hong Chau could be the first Asian actress to win an Oscar since Miyoshi Umeki in 1957. 60 years. -- Sam Coffey
• Also, Miyoshi Umeki (2007), Wonderful Smith (2008), Emmett Till (1955) -- Mark Masek
• WWYD: John Hawkes with no forehead OR Miyoshi Umeki with face's for mouth's -- Who Would you do
• Butterfly McQueen. Theresa Harris. Miyoshi Umeki. Josephine Baker. Lupe Velez. -- Tiffany Vazquez 🇵🇷
• There are allegations that Miyoshi Umeki might be just four angry bulls in a toga. -- Animals In Human Clothing
• She is the one Asian female rep from a movie made in the 50s. Maybe the Oscars should show a whitewash retrospective. -- Codzilla
• 2007: muere Miyoshi Umeki, actriz japonesa (n. 1929). -- Hoy en el año...
• She is still the first and only Asian woman to win an acting Oscar for "Sayonara" in 1957 -- KC Morgan
• Miyoshi Umeki and Jack Soo were, in my humble opinion, worthy of awards consideration. -- Walter Hollmann
• Sayonara won four Academy Awards, including acting honors for co-stars Red Buttons and Miyoshi Umeki." -- Wanda Fay
• Sayonara (The Japanese Farewell Song) by Miyoshi Umeki. Across The Board at 5:54am. -- KFAI Playlist
• 1:10pm I Give My Heart To You - Miyoshi Umeki - Miyoshi Sings American Songs in Japanese(Mercury) -- KALX Playlist
• Miyoshi Umeki could turn herself into a liquid like Alex Mack to slip under doors and other tight spaces -- Rhetorical Self-impretzelment
• With Brandon Cruz, and Miyoshi Umeki, in the photo. -- Jonathan Falk
• Peggy Paxton, Linda Gail Lewis, Chet Atkins & Jerry Reed, Pee Wee King, The Stonemans, Hank Locklin, Miyoshi Umeki (Sayonara) ... -- ホットディスク
• Alec Guiness Joanne Woodward Miyoshi Umeki Red Buttons -- Fritz and the Oscars

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