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Miyoshi Umeki

1929 - 2007

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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 Japanese American singer and actress. Umeki was nominated for the Tony Award and Golden Globe Award and was the first East Asia-born woman to win an Academy Award for acting. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Miyoshi Umeki is the 4,108th most popular actor (down from 2,721st in 2019), the 1,226th most popular biography from Japan (down from 947th in 2019) and the 64th most popular Japanese Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Miyoshi Umeki ranks 4,108 out of 13,578. Before her are Simon Helberg, Edmund Purdom, Giovanna Antonelli, Richard Todd, Roger Rees, and Carice van Houten. After her are Nikolai Burlyayev, Dorothy Gish, Jon Pertwee, Penelope Ann Miller, Scott Eastwood, and Jeremy Northam.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Miyoshi Umeki ranks 334. Before her are Claude Nougaro, Jimmy Cobb, Adalet Ağaoğlu, Francesco Alberoni, Azzeddine Laraki, and Elizabeth Allen. After her are John Hejduk, Héctor Alterio, Wolfgang Peters, Eliseo Prado, Fred Martin, and Avet Terterian. Among people deceased in 2007, Miyoshi Umeki ranks 245. Before her are Petr Eben, Art Buchwald, Antonio Puerta, Rosalio José Castillo Lara, Francisco Umbral, and Princess Marie Adelaide of Luxembourg. After her are Lloyd Alexander, Frankie Laine, Betty Hutton, Nicolae Dobrin, Frane Matošić, and Dumitru Pârvulescu.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Miyoshi Umeki ranks 1,226 out of 6,245. Before her are Masato Harada (1949), Chieko Homma (1964), Masayuki Mori (1911), Satoshi Oishi (1972), Itō Noe (1895), and Junko Ishida (1966). After her are Shinya Tsukamoto (1960), Hideo Nakata (1961), Yōko Ogawa (1962), Sunao Tawara (1873), Michiko Matsuda (1966), and Juzo Itami (1933).

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Among ACTORS In Japan

Among actors born in Japan, Miyoshi Umeki ranks 64. Before her are Eiji Okada (1920), Isao Kimura (1923), Akira Emoto (1948), Ichirō Nagai (1931), Hiroshi Abe (1964), and Masayuki Mori (1911). After her are Yoshiko Kuga (1931), Ikue Ōtani (1965), Ryūsei Nakao (1951), Unshō Ishizuka (1951), Tura Satana (1938), and Kenichi Ogata (1942).

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