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Miyoshi Umeki

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Her first marriage, to television director Frederick Winfield "Wynn" Opie in 1958, ended in divorce in 1967. The couple had one son — Michael H. Opie, born in 1964. She married Randall Firevod Hood in 1968, and he adopted her son, changing the boy’s name to Michael Randall Hood (February 11, 1964 –
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August 27, 2018). The couple operated a Los Angeles–based business renting editing equipment to film studios and university film programs. Randall Hood died in 1976. Her son, Michael Hood, was a police sergeant.
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to be near her son and his family, which included three grandchildren. Known as Miyoshi Hood, she died there on August 28, 2007, aged 78, from cancer.
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as Mrs. Livingston, the housekeeper, for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award. She retired from acting following the end of the series.
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stated "the warmth of her art works a kind of tranquil magic". Umeki appeared in the film adaptation of the musical. She was nominated for a
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label and released several singles and two albums. Her appearances on Godfrey's program brought her to the attention of director
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Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film
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She signed with Mercury Records in 1955 and recorded the following 45 rpm singles:
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According to Umeki's son (who died 11 years after his mother), Umeki lived in
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During her recording career in Japan, Miyoshi recorded the following songs:
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Miyoshi Umeki recorded two theme songs for films in which she appeared:
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for her performance in the Broadway premiere production of the musical
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Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
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theater and American pop music. Later, in one of her appearances on
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Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture
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2 episodes: "The Geisha Girl" (1961) and "Aloha, Kimi" (1962)
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Two other Japanese language songs were recorded in 1952.
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Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
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Miyoshi – Singing Star of Rodgers and Hammerstein's
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Index


Flower Drum Song
Otaru, Hokkaido
Empire of Japan
Licking, Missouri
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
美代志 梅木, Umeki's signature in Japanese, from an index card. Her signature is written with her given name first and then her family name.


Japanese-American
Tony Award
Golden Globe Award
Academy Award
Otaru, Hokkaido
World War II
kabuki
The Merv Griffin Show
Billy Eckstine

Sayonara
Oscar
Sayonara
Mei Li
Broadway
Flower Drum Song
The Courtship of Eddie's Father
shin Issei
immigrant from Japan
RCA Victor Japan
It Isn't Fair

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