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Japanese actress Miyoshi Umeki, the first Asian to win an Academy Award, died August 28. She was 78.
Umeki won Best Supporting Actress for playing Red Buttons' wife in Sayonara. She was nominated for a Tony for Flower Drum Song (she was also in the film) and played Mrs. Livingston in The Courtship of Eddie's Father.
Umeki won Best Supporting Actress for playing Red Buttons' wife in Sayonara. She was nominated for a Tony for Flower Drum Song (she was also in the film) and played Mrs. Livingston in The Courtship of Eddie's Father.