Miyoshi Umeki - Awards & Nominations

Date of Birth	08-May-1929
Place of Birth	Otaru (Japan, Hokkaido)
Nationality	Japan, United States of America
Also know as	Umeki, Miyoshi
Profession	Singer, Actor
Miyoshi Umeki 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, 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.

Awards by Miyoshi Umeki

Check all the awards nominated and won by Miyoshi Umeki.

2004

Nominations 2004 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
TV Land Favorite Made for TV Maid Award	The Courtship of Eddie's Father

1971

Nominations 1971 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Miniseries, or Motion Picture Made for Television	The Courtship of Eddie's Father

1962

Nominations 1962 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy	Flower Drum Song

1959

Nominations 1959 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical	Flower Drum Song

1958

Nominations 1958 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture	Sayonara

1957

Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Honored for : Sayonara

(Role: Katsumi)

Nominations 1957 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role	Sayonara Role: Katsumi

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