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Miyoshi Umeki
voc, dr, 1929-2007 JP, Otaru
Singer / Musician of Pop and Soundtrack
A.k.a. Nancy Umeki
Miyoshi Umeki (梅木 美代志 Umeki Miyoshi, or ミヨシ・ウメキ Miyoshi Umeki; May 8, 1929 – August 28, 2007) was a naturalized American actress and standards singer. She was best known for her roles as Katsumi, the wife of Joe Kelly (Red Buttons), 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, as of 2016, the only) Asian woman to win an Academy Award for acting.
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Don't Marry Me - Original Cast Recording on Flower Drum Song by Original Broadway Cast Of Flower Drum Song Don't Marry Me on Flower Drum Song by Rodgers & Hammerstein A Hundred Million Miracles - Original Cast Recording on Flower Drum Song by Original Broadway Cast Of Flower Drum Song Sayonara on Miyoshi Sings For Arthur Godfrey by Miyoshi Umeki I'm in the Mood for Love on Sayonara by Miyoshi Umeki You Are Beautiful on The Flower Drum Song by Miyoshi Umeki & Broadway Cast I Am Going To Like It Here - Original Cast Recording on Flower Drum Song by Original Broadway Cast Of Flower Drum Song A Hundred Million Miracles on Flower Drum Song by Rodgers & Hammerstein If I Give My Hear to You on Sayonara by Miyoshi Umeki China Nights on Miyoshi Sings For Arthur Godfrey by Miyoshi UmekiTrack list and 30sec audio provided by 
Discography
| Title | Artist | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miyoshi | Miyoshi Umeki | 2005 | Album |
| Miyoshi | Miyoshi Umeki | 1960 | Album |
| Sayonara | Miyoshi Umeki | 1959 | Single |
| Miyoshi Sings For Arthur Godfrey (Sings American In Japanese) | Miyoshi Umeki With The Hugo Peretti Orchestra | 1959 | Album |
| Sayonara (The Japanese Farewell Song) | Miyoshi Umeki | 1959 | Single |
| The Mountains Beyond The Moon / Ooh What Good Company We Could Be | Miyoshi Umeki, Red Buttons | 1957 | Single |
| Sayonara / On And On | Miyoshi Umeki | 1957 | Single |
| The Little Lost Dog / The Story You're About To Hear Is True | Miyoshi Umeki | 1956 | Album |
| Why Talk / How Deep Is The Ocean | Miyoshi Umeki | 1956 | Single |
| China Night (Shina No Yoru) | Miyoshi Umeki | Single | |
| Sayonara - Musique Originale Du Film | Miyoshi Umeki Et Red Buttons | Single | |
| Singing Star Of Rodgers And Hammerstein's "Flower Drum Song" | Miyoshi Umeki | Album |
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