Miyoshi Umeki Net Worth

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Miyoshi Umeki (梅木 美代志, Umeki Miyoshi, or ミヨシ・ウメキ Miyoshi Umeki; May 8, 1929 – August 28, 2007) was a naturalized American Academy Award-winning actress and standards singer. She was best known for her roles as Katsumi, the wife of Joe Kelly (Red Buttons), in the 1957 film Sayonara, as Mei Li in the 1958 Broadway musical and 1961 film Flower Drum Song, and as Mrs. Livingston, the housekeeper of Bill Bixby's and Brandon Cruz's characters, in the TV series The Courtship of Eddie's Father. She was a shin Issei or post-1945 immigrant from Japan. She was a Tony Award- and Golden Globe-nominated actress and was the first and only Asian woman to win an Academy Award for acting.

Date Of BirthMay 8, 1929
Died2007-08-28
Place Of BirthOtaru, Hokkaido, Japan
Height5' 1" (1.55 m)
ProfessionActress, Soundtrack
SpouseRandall Hood
Star SignTaurus
#Fact
1Was the 46th actress to receive an Academy Award; she won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for Sayonara (1957) at The 30th Annual Academy Awards (1958) on March 26, 1958.
2Good friend of Bill Bixby.
3Best known for her role as Mrs. Livingston on The Courtship of Eddie's Father (1969).
4Retired and living in Hawaii [2003]
5Retired in a small town in Missouri near her son and family. [November 2004]
6As of 2011, she is the only person of East Asian descent to win an Academy Award for acting.
7One of nine actors of Asian descent nominated for an Academy Award in an acting category. The others are Sessue Hayakawa nominated for The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957), Mako nominated for The Sand Pebbles (1966), Ben Kingsley who won Best Actor for Gandhi (1982), Haing S. Ngor who won Best Supporting Actor for The Killing Fields (1984), Pat Morita nominated for The Karate Kid (1984), Ken Watanabe nominated for The Last Samurai (2003) Shohreh Aghdashloo nominated for House of Sand and Fog (2003) and Rinko Kikuchi nominated for Babel (2006).
8She recorded for Mercury Records, 1955-1959. Released five 45rpm singles and two LPs as a lead vocalist. One more LP was a recompiled budget release. There's also a various artists compilation LP which contains one track by her. Before that, she recorded for RCA Japan as Nancy Umeki.
9After her retirement from the entertainment industry, she ran an editing machine business in Los Angeles for several years.
10Gave birth to her only child at age 34, a son Michael H. Opie - later renamed Michael Randall Hood - on February 11, 1964. Child's father is her 1st husband, Win Opie.
11Appeared on a 1958 cover of Time magazine along with actress Pat Suzuki while appearing on Broadway in Flower Drum Song .
12Was nominated for the 1959 Tony Award as best actress in a musical for Flower Drum Song, a role she recreated in the film version, Flower Drum Song (1961).
13Was already famous as Nancy Umeki in Japan with several hit songs and film appearances to her credit before coming to the U.S. in 1955.
14The first Asian actor to win an Academy Award, for best supporting actress in Sayonara (1957).
Miyoshi Umeki
Anthony Quinn, Miyoshi Umeki
Red Buttons, Miyoshi Umeki
Alfred Hitchcock, Miyoshi Umeki
Anthony Quinn, Miyoshi Umeki
Marlon Brando, Red Buttons, Miyoshi Umeki
Marlon Brando, Red Buttons, James Garner, Miyoshi Umeki

Actress

TitleYearStatusCharacter
The Courtship of Eddie's Father1969-1972TV SeriesMrs. Livingston
The Queen and I1969TV SeriesJapanese Bride
Akuma no niwa1967
Burke's Law1964TV SeriesLotus Bud
The Virginian1964TV SeriesKim Ho
Mister Ed1964TV SeriesAko Tenaka
Rawhide1963TV SeriesNami
Dr. Kildare1963TV SeriesHana Shigera
The Red Skelton Hour1963TV SeriesGuest
A Girl Named Tamiko1962Eiko
Teahouse of the August Moon1962TV MovieLotus-Blossom
Sam Benedict1962TV SeriesSumiko Matsui
The Horizontal Lieutenant1962Akiko
The Donna Reed Show1961-1962TV SeriesMac (Kimi Makihara) / Mrs. Stemple
Flower Drum Song1961Mei Li
Cry for Happy1961Harue
Art Carney Special1959TV Series
Sayonara1957Katsumi
Around the World Revue1956ShortNancy Umecki (as Nancy Umecki)
Seishun jazu musume1953Kashu

Soundtrack

TitleYearStatusCharacter
The Horizontal Lieutenant1962performer: "How About You?"
Flower Drum Song1961performer: "A Hundred Million Miracles", "A Hundred Million Miracles reprise", "I Am Going to Like It Here", "Don't Marry Me", "A Hundred Million Miracles reprise/Finale"
Cry for Happy1961performer: "Cry for Happy"
The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show1958TV Series performer - 1 episode

Self

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Salute to Oscar Hammerstein II1972TV SpecialHerself
The Merv Griffin Show1970-1972TV SeriesHerself - Guest
This Is Your Life1971TV SeriesHerself
The Pet Set1971TV Series documentaryHerself
The Celebrity Game1964TV SeriesHerself
The 35th Annual Academy Awards1963TV SpecialHerself - Presenter: Documentary Awards
The Andy Williams Show1962TV SeriesHerself
The Jack Paar Tonight Show1958-1962TV SeriesHerself
The Tonight Show1962TV SeriesHerself - Guest
Here's Hollywood1961TV SeriesHerself
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show1958-1961TV SeriesHerself
The Garry Moore Show1959TV SeriesHerself
The Chevy Showroom Starring Andy Williams1959TV SeriesHerself
The Ed Sullivan Show1959TV SeriesSinger
The All-Star Christmas Show1958TV MovieHerself
What's My Line?1958TV SeriesHerself - Mystery Guest
The Gisele MacKenzie Show1958TV SeriesHerself
The 30th Annual Academy Awards1958TV SpecialHerself - Best Supporting Actress Winner
The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show1958TV SeriesHerself - Actress
The Oscar Levant Show1958TV SeriesHerself
The Eddie Fisher Show1958TV SeriesHerself
Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall1957TV Series
Jazu konsâto1953TV MovieHerself (as Nancy Umeki)
Arthur Godfrey and His Friends1949TV SeriesHerself (regular performer, 1955)

Archive Footage

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Nonfiction W2015TV Series documentaryHerself
American Masters2009TV Series documentary
The Incredible Hulk2008Mrs. Livingston (uncredited)
The 80th Annual Academy Awards2008TV SpecialMemorial Tribute
14th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards2008TV SpecialHerself - In Memoriam
Faces of the East: Casting Flower Drum Song2006Video documentary shortHerself

Won Awards

YearAwardCeremonyNominationMovie
1958OscarAcademy Awards, USABest Actress in a Supporting RoleSayonara (1957)

Nominated Awards

YearAwardCeremonyNominationMovie
2004TV Land AwardTV Land AwardsFavorite Made for TV MaidThe Courtship of Eddie's Father (1969)
1971Golden GlobeGolden Globes, USABest Supporting Actress - TelevisionThe Courtship of Eddie's Father (1969)
1962Golden GlobeGolden Globes, USABest Actress - Comedy or MusicalFlower Drum Song (1961)
1958Golden GlobeGolden Globes, USABest Supporting ActressSayonara (1957)

Known for movies

Mrs. Livingston

The Courtship of Eddie's Father (1969-1972)
as Mrs. Livingston

Katsumi

Sayonara (1957)
as Katsumi

Mei Li

Flower Drum Song (1961)
as Mei Li

Actress

Akuma no niwa (1967)
as Actress

Source
IMDB Wikipedia

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