Miyoshi Umeki Net Worth
Is $3 Million Miyoshi Umeki Wiki: Salary, Married, Wedding, Spouse, Family Miyoshi Umeki (梅木 美代志, Umeki Miyoshi, or ミヨシ・ウメキ Miyoshi Umeki; May 8, 1929 – August...
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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. | Net Worth | $3 Million |
| Date Of Birth | May 8, 1929 |
| Died | 2007-08-28 |
| Place Of Birth | Otaru, Hokkaido, Japan |
| Height | 5' 1" (1.55 m) |
| Occupation | Actress, singer |
| Profession | Actress, Soundtrack |
| Spouse | Randall Hood |
| Nicknames | Miyoshi Umeki, Umeki, Miyoshi |
| Star Sign | Taurus |
| # | Fact |
|---|---|
| 1 | Was 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. |
| 2 | Good friend of Bill Bixby. |
| 3 | Best known for her role as Mrs. Livingston on The Courtship of Eddie's Father (1969). |
| 4 | Retired and living in Hawaii [2003] |
| 5 | Retired in a small town in Missouri near her son and family. [November 2004] |
| 6 | As of 2011, she is the only person of East Asian descent to win an Academy Award for acting. |
| 7 | One 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). |
| 8 | She 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. |
| 9 | After her retirement from the entertainment industry, she ran an editing machine business in Los Angeles for several years. |
| 10 | Gave 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. |
| 11 | Appeared on a 1958 cover of Time magazine along with actress Pat Suzuki while appearing on Broadway in Flower Drum Song . |
| 12 | Was 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). |
| 13 | Was 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. |
| 14 | The first Asian actor to win an Academy Award, for best supporting actress in Sayonara (1957). |
Actress
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Courtship of Eddie's Father | 1969-1972 | TV Series | Mrs. Livingston |
| The Queen and I | 1969 | TV Series | Japanese Bride |
| Akuma no niwa | 1967 | ||
| Burke's Law | 1964 | TV Series | Lotus Bud |
| The Virginian | 1964 | TV Series | Kim Ho |
| Mister Ed | 1964 | TV Series | Ako Tenaka |
| Rawhide | 1963 | TV Series | Nami |
| Dr. Kildare | 1963 | TV Series | Hana Shigera |
| The Red Skelton Hour | 1963 | TV Series | Guest |
| A Girl Named Tamiko | 1962 | Eiko | |
| Teahouse of the August Moon | 1962 | TV Movie | Lotus-Blossom |
| Sam Benedict | 1962 | TV Series | Sumiko Matsui |
| The Horizontal Lieutenant | 1962 | Akiko | |
| The Donna Reed Show | 1961-1962 | TV Series | Mac (Kimi Makihara) / Mrs. Stemple |
| Flower Drum Song | 1961 | Mei Li | |
| Cry for Happy | 1961 | Harue | |
| Art Carney Special | 1959 | TV Series | |
| Sayonara | 1957 | Katsumi | |
| Around the World Revue | 1956 | Short | Nancy Umecki (as Nancy Umecki) |
| Seishun jazu musume | 1953 | Kashu |
Soundtrack
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Horizontal Lieutenant | 1962 | performer: "How About You?" | |
| Flower Drum Song | 1961 | performer: "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 Happy | 1961 | performer: "Cry for Happy" | |
| The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show | 1958 | TV Series performer - 1 episode |
Self
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salute to Oscar Hammerstein II | 1972 | TV Special | Herself |
| The Merv Griffin Show | 1970-1972 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| This Is Your Life | 1971 | TV Series | Herself |
| The Pet Set | 1971 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
| The Celebrity Game | 1964 | TV Series | Herself |
| The 35th Annual Academy Awards | 1963 | TV Special | Herself - Presenter: Documentary Awards |
| The Andy Williams Show | 1962 | TV Series | Herself |
| The Jack Paar Tonight Show | 1958-1962 | TV Series | Herself |
| The Tonight Show | 1962 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| Here's Hollywood | 1961 | TV Series | Herself |
| The Dinah Shore Chevy Show | 1958-1961 | TV Series | Herself |
| The Garry Moore Show | 1959 | TV Series | Herself |
| The Chevy Showroom Starring Andy Williams | 1959 | TV Series | Herself |
| The Ed Sullivan Show | 1959 | TV Series | Singer |
| The All-Star Christmas Show | 1958 | TV Movie | Herself |
| What's My Line? | 1958 | TV Series | Herself - Mystery Guest |
| The Gisele MacKenzie Show | 1958 | TV Series | Herself |
| The 30th Annual Academy Awards | 1958 | TV Special | Herself - Best Supporting Actress Winner |
| The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show | 1958 | TV Series | Herself - Actress |
| The Oscar Levant Show | 1958 | TV Series | Herself |
| The Eddie Fisher Show | 1958 | TV Series | Herself |
| Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall | 1957 | TV Series | |
| Jazu konsâto | 1953 | TV Movie | Herself (as Nancy Umeki) |
| Arthur Godfrey and His Friends | 1949 | TV Series | Herself (regular performer, 1955) |
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Won Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | Oscar | Academy Awards, USA | Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Sayonara (1957) |
Nominated Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | TV Land Award | TV Land Awards | Favorite Made for TV Maid | The Courtship of Eddie's Father (1969) |
| 1971 | Golden Globe | Golden Globes, USA | Best Supporting Actress - Television | The Courtship of Eddie's Father (1969) |
| 1962 | Golden Globe | Golden Globes, USA | Best Actress - Comedy or Musical | Flower Drum Song (1961) |
| 1958 | Golden Globe | Golden Globes, USA | Best Supporting Actress | Sayonara (1957) |
Known for movies
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