# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/miyoshi-umeki
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:04:24.564Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/miyoshi-umeki"
name: "Miyoshi Umeki"
slug: "miyoshi-umeki"
description: "Miyoshi Umeki  was a Japanese and American singer and actress. She was the first East Asia-born woman to win an Academy Award for acting, winning Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Sayonara (1957). She was also a three-time Golden Globe nominee, and was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her performance in Rodgers and Hammerstein's Flower Drum Song."
tagline: "Japanese-American actress and singer (1929–2007)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sayonara_(1957)_Press_Photo_of_Miyoshi_Umeki_(6).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1929-05-08"
deathDate: "2007-08-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           63.45
  momentum:             0
  historical:           23.881808
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  205
  category: null
totalFollowers: 476
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0880855/"
    handle:    "nm0880855"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
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    handle:    "Miyoshi Umeki - Topic"
    followers: 476
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "מיושי אומקי"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Միյոշի Ումեկի"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Miyoshi Umeki"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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    title: "Miyoshi Umeki"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump