Miyoshi Umeki Wins an Academy Award
Miyoshi Umeki won Best Supporting Actress for Sayonara, becoming the first performer of Asian descent to win an acting Oscar. (Shares Mar 26 with the 1790 Naturalization Act.)
Sources
- oscars.org oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1958
- cinema.ucla.edu cinema.ucla.edu/blog/archival-treasures-miyoshi-umeki-first-asian-woman-to-win-oscar