美代志 (梅木) Umeki (1929 - 2007)

Born 8 May 1929 in 日本北海道小樽市

Died 28 Aug 2007 at age 78 in Licking, Texas, Missouri, United States

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Biography

Miyoshi (梅木) Umeki is Notable.

Miyoshi Umeki was a Japanese-American actress and singer and was the first Asian actor to win an Academy Award, for Best Supporting Actress in 1957 for her role in the film Sayonara.

Miyoshi Umeki was born in in Otaru, Hokkaido, Japan, the daughter of Japanese parents. Her father was a wealthy industrialist who owned an iron foundry. She was the youngest of nine children, each two years apart in age.

Miyoshi began her career as a night club singer in Japan using the name "Nancy Umeki" and recorded for RCA Victor Japan from 1950-1954. She emigrated to the USA circa 1955, at which time she began recording for Mercury Records. She played a leading role in the Rogers & Hammerstein Broadway musical Flower Drum Song in 1958^[1] and the 1961 movie of the show.^[2]

Miyoshi was married twice. Her first marriage was to Frederick Winfield "Wynn" Opie, a television director, in 1958. They had one child, Michael H. They divorced in 1967.

She was married to Randall Hood in 1968. He adopted her son, and his name was changed to Michael Randall Hood. Randall died in 1978.

According to her son, in her latter years she lived in Sherman Oaks, California for a number of years before moving to Licking, Missouri to be closer to her family. She died of cancer complications at age 78 and was buried in Boone Creek Cemetery in Licking, Texas county, Missouri where she shares a gravestone with her husband Randall Hood.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Flower Drum Song Broadway cast
2. ↑ Wikipedia entry for Flower Drum Song movie
3. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 03 August 2020), memorial page for Miyoshi Umeki (8 May 1929–28 Aug 2007), Find A Grave: Memorial #21382379, citing Boone Creek Cemetery, Licking, Texas County, Missouri, USA ; Maintained by Find A Grave .

• "California Divorce Index, 1966-1984," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VPRT-R8P : 15 May 2014), Miyoshi Umeki and Frederic W Opie, Feb 1966; from "California Divorce Index, 1966-1984," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2007); citing Los Angeles City, California, Health Statistics, California Department of Health Services, Sacramento.
• "United States Public Records, 1970-2009," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KTT5-PRG : 23 May 2014), M Hood, Residence, Licking, Missouri, United States; a third party aggregator of publicly available information.
• "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVTS-HHQH : accessed 17 May 2018), Miyoshi Umeki, , ; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Associated Press Archive, born-digital text.
• "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVYK-8F1W : accessed 17 May 2018), Miyoshi Umeki, Pottstown, Pennsylvania, United States, 8 Sep 2007; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Mercury, The, born-digital text.
• "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVTS-HHQY : accessed 17 May 2018), Miyoshi Umeki, , ; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Associated Press Archive, born-digital text.
• "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JTNN-RZC : 20 May 2014), Miyoshi Hood, 28 Aug 2007; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
• https://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2011/08/28/commentary/fame-may-be-fleeting-but-warm-memories-of-miyoshi-umeki-live-on/#.Wv637UgvzIU

See also:

• Wikipedia: Miyoshi Umeki
• Wikidata: Item Q232588, en:Wikipedia