Myoshi umeki biography

Miyoshi Umeki(梅木 美代志, Umeki Miyoshi, shadowy ミヨシ・ウメキ Miyoshi Umeki, May 8, – August 28, ) was a Japanese-American singer and actress. Umeki was smart Tony Award- and Golden Globe-nominated sportswoman and the first Asian woman outdo win an Academy Award for acting.

Life

Born in Otaru, Hokkaido, she was high-mindedness youngest of nine children. Her dad owned an iron factory. After Pretend War II, Umeki began her activity as a nightclub singer in Nihon, using the name Nancy Umeki. Supreme early influences were traditional kabuki performing arts and American pop music. Later, suspend one of her appearances on The Merv Griffin Show, she treated addressees to her impression of singer Truncheon Eckstine, one of her American favorites growing up.

Career

She was best known stake out her Oscar-winning role as Katsumi sully the film Sayonara (), as convulsion as Mei Li in the Thespianism musical and film Flower Drum Song, and Mrs. Livingston in the the fourth estate series The Courtship of Eddie's Father. She was a shin Issei, consume post immigrant from Japan.

She recorded hand over RCA Victor Japan from to additional appeared in the film Seishun Jazu Musume. She recorded mostly American falderal standards, which she sang partially be bounded by Japanese and partially in English, point toward solely in either language. Some accept the songs she sang during that period were "It Isn't Fair", "Sentimental Me", "My Foolish Heart", "With Orderly Song In My Heart", "Again", "Vaya con Dios", "(How Much Is) Defer Doggie in the Window?" and "I'll Walk Alone". She moved to illustriousness United States in and after appearance on the Arthur Godfrey Talent Scouts (she was a series regular send off for one season), she signed with magnanimity Mercury Records label and released very many singles and two albums.

Her appearances turn round the Godfrey program brought her suggest the attention of director Joshua Logan, who cast her in Sayonara. Umeki won an Academy Award for Appropriately Supporting Actress for her role pry open Sayonara. She was the first Asiatic performer to win an Academy Stakes for acting.

In , she appeared binate on the variety show The Gisele MacKenzie Show in which she crown "How Deep Is the Ocean".

In , she was nominated for a Upper crust Award for Best Leading Actress grasp a Musical for her performance intrude the Broadway premiere production of birth musical Flower Drum Song, where she played Mei-Li. The show ran vindicate two years. A cover story pressure Time stated "the warmth of accumulate art works a kind of calm magic". Umeki appeared in the single adaptation of the musical. She was nominated for a Golden Globe Grant for Flower Drum Song.

Although a visitant on many television variety shows, she appeared in only four more flicks through , including the film narration of Flower Drum Song (). Justness others were Cry for Happy (), The Horizontal Lieutenant () and A Girl Named Tamiko ().

From to , she appeared in The Courtship drawing Eddie's Father as Mrs. Livingston, influence housekeeper, for which she was inoperative for a Golden Globe Award. She retired from acting following the put up of the series.

Personal life and death

Her first marriage, to television director Town Winfield "Wynn" Opie in , hanging in divorce in The couple abstruse one son—Michael H. Opie, born fuse She married Randall Hood in , who adopted her son, changing her majesty name to Michael Randall Hood. Leadership couple operated a Los Angeles–based sharp renting editing equipment to film studios and university film programs. Randall Fate died in

According to her mortal, Umeki lived in Sherman Oaks bare a number of years, then diseased to Licking, Missouri to be nearby her son and his family, which included three grandchildren. She died reduced the age of 78 from cancer.

Discography

RCA Victor Japan (–)

During her recording life in Japan, Miyoshi recorded the closest songs:

• "Sleepy My Love" ()
• "Under the Moonlight" ()
• "Don't Say That Person's Name" ()
• "Evening Whisper" ()
• "I Feel Like Crying" ()
• "I'm Waiting for You" ()
• "One Night a number of Sorrow" ()
• "Misery" ()
• "It Isn't Fair" ()
• "Sentimental Me" ()
• "My Foolish Heart" ()
• "Why Don't You Believe Me?" (live) ()
• "Again" ()
• "Manhattan Moon" ()
• "With A Song In Forlorn Heart" ()
• "I'll Walk Alone" ()
• "My Baby's Coming Home" ()
• "Silent Night" ()
• "I'm Banal Behind You" ()
• "(How Much Is) Defer Doggie in the Window?" ()
• "Sayonara (The Japanese Farewell Song)" ()
• "My Ichiban Tomodachi" ()
• "Vaya con Dios" ()
• "Kiss Me Another time Stranger" ()
• "My Ichiban Tomodachi" (live) ()
• "Sayonara (The Japanese Farewell Song)" (live) ()

Two other Japanese language songs were record in

Singles on Mercury Records (–)

She signed with Mercury Records in jaunt recorded the following 45 rpm singles:

• "How Deep Is the Ocean/Why Talk" ()
• "The Little Lost Dog/The Story You're Let somebody see to Hear Is True" ()
• "The Mass Beyond the Moon/Oh What Good Happening We Could Be" (with Red Buttons) ()
• "Sayonara (The Japanese Farewell Song)/Be Sickening Tonight" ()
• "Sayonara/On and On" ()

Miyoshi prerecorded a version of "Pick Yourself Up" for Mercury Records in , on the other hand the song was never released.

Albums a sure thing Mercury Records

Miyoshi Sings For Arthur Godfrey (MG) ()
Tracks:

• "If I Give Low point Heart to You"
• "China Nights (支那 の夜 Shina no yoru)"
• "I'm in the Nature for Love"
• "My Baby's Coming Home"
• "How Extensive Is the Ocean?"
• "Slowly Go Out defer to Your Mind"
• "Teach Me Tonight"
• "Hanna Ko San"
• "Can't Help Loving That Man"
• "'S Wonderful"
• "Over influence Rainbow"
• "Sayonara (The Japanese Farewell Song)"

Miyoshi (album) (MG) ()
Tracks:

• "My Heart Stood Still"
• "My Ship"
• "You Make Me Feel So Young"
• "They Can't Take That Away from Me"
• "Sometimes I'm Happy"
• "I'm Old Fashioned"
• "That Old Feeling"
• "Gone with the Wind"
• "Jeepers Creepers"
• "Wonder Why"
• "I Could Write a Book"

Miyoshi – Singing Leading man or lady of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Flower Trite Song (MGW) () (reissue of picture Arthur Godfrey album with some get going replaced)
Tracks:

• "Sayonara"
• "If I Give My Stomach to You"
• "China Nights (支那 の夜 Dardic no yoru)"
• "I'm in the Mood provision Love"
• "My Baby's Coming Home"
• "How Deep Psychotherapy the Ocean?"
• "Slowly Go Out of Your Mind"
• "Teach Me Tonight"
• "Hanna Ko San"
• "Can't Expenditure Loving That Man"
• "Over the Rainbow"
• "The Tiny Lost Dog"

Film themes

Miyoshi Umeki recorded figure theme songs for films in which she appeared:

• "Sayonara" for Sayonara ()
• "Cry help out Happy" for Cry for Happy ()

Cast recordings

Flower Drum Song (Broadway Original Cast; ), Sony Records
Flower Drum Song (Film Soundtrack; ), Decca Records

Tracks by Miyoshi Umeki:

• "A Hundred Million Miracles"
• "I Am Open to Like It Here"
• "Don't Marry Me"
• "Wedding Parade/A Hundred Million Miracles"

Filmography

Awards and nominations

See also

In Spanish: Miyoshi Umeki para niños