Miyoshi Umeki is a Japanese actress that started her fame in the 1950's. Umeki characters were all portrayed as humble and innocent typical Japanese female. She most likely the cause of the rise of the Lotus Blossom stereotype in her movie from Sayonara (as shown in a previous post from Lotus Blossom in Full Bloom). In all her acting she projected herself as stereotypical Lotus Blossom women who caters to a man as a servant, housekeeper and in one case is arranged to a marriage to someone she has never met! Miyoshi Umeki may have played stereotypical roles in her films but she was granted an Oscar for supporting actress.
"This docile and deceptive-looking talent with the cropped hair and heart-shaped face radiated charm and innocence so effortlessly, she managed to make history at Academy Awards time as the first Asian performer to receive an acting Oscar for her superb work in the tragic post-WWII film drama Sayonara (1957)" -IMDb
"This docile and deceptive-looking talent with the cropped hair and heart-shaped face radiated charm and innocence so effortlessly, she managed to make history at Academy Awards time as the first Asian performer to receive an acting Oscar for her superb work in the tragic post-WWII film drama Sayonara (1957)" -IMDb
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| Miyoshi Umeki winning Supporting Actress in 1957 with costar Red Buttons for Sayonara |
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