Miyoshi Umeki, 1929-2007

Miyoshi Umeki, the first Asian to win an Academy Award for her role in the 1957 romantic drama Sayonora, has died of cancer at the age 78.
As with many nonwhite actors, Oscar gold didn't translate into much of a career boost -- not even with a Time magazine cover after she won. "Flower Drum Song" was the high point; she quit acting a decade later after four years as the housekeeper, Mrs. Livingston, on "The Courtship of Eddie's Father."
Umeki died August 28 in Licking, Missouri.
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