After her sensational acting debut, she appeared in films alongside Glenn Ford, Bob Hope, James Garner and Cary Grant and in the miniseries 'Shogun.' By Mike Barnes Senior Editor Miiko Taka, who made ...

Miyoshi Umeki, a Japanese-born singer and actress who became the first Asian performer to win an Academy Award, for “Sayonara” (1957), distinguished herself onstage in “Flower Drum Song” and played a ...