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First African-American actress to be nominated for Best Actress. 1972: Diana Ross: Lady Sings the Blues: Billie Holiday: Nominated First African-American actress to receive an Academy Award nomination for a debut film performance. First time multiple African-American actresses received Best Actress nominations. Cicely Tyson: Sounder: Rebecca ...
Umeki in a publicity photo for Sayonara (1957) She was best known for her Oscar-winning role as Katsumi in Sayonara (1957), as Mei Li in both the Broadway musical and 1961 film Flower Drum Song, and as Mrs. Livingston in the television series The Courtship of Eddie's Father. She was a shin Issei, or post-1945 immigrant from Japan.
Sayonara is a 1957 American romantic drama film directed by Joshua Logan, and starring Marlon Brando, Patricia Owens, James Garner, Martha Scott, Miyoshi Umeki, Red Buttons, Miiko Taka and Ricardo Montalbán. It tells the story of an American Air Force pilot during the Korean War who falls in love with a
What I Learned from Today’s Puzzle. DEMI (24A: "The Substance" actress Moore) The Substance is a 2024 movie in which DEMI Moore portrays a 50-year-old movie star whose fame is fading. She ...
Halle Berry continues to be disappointed with the Oscars as she remains the only Black performer to ever win the Academy Award for best actress. She took home the prize for “Monster’s Ball ...
First African film to win an Academy Award. 1976: Black and White in Color: Jean-Jacques Annaud: Won 1983: Le Bal: Ettore Scola: Nominated 1995: Dust of Life: Rachid Bouchareb: Nominated 2004: Yesterday: Darrell Roodt: Nominated 2005: Tsotsi: Gavin Hood: Won First African film in a language other than French to win in this category. 2006: Days ...
Pages in category "African-American actresses" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 210 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
McDormand is the first woman to win for acting (Best Actress for Fargo) and producing. McDormand is the first person to win for acting (Best Actress for Nomadland) and producing in the same year. Shared with Peter Spears and Dan Janvey. Ceán Chaffin Mank: Nominated Shared with Eric Roth and Douglas Urbanski. Christina Oh: Minari: Nominated ...