Miyoshi Umeki was the first Asian actor to win an Oscar. Red Buttons and Miyoshi Umeki with their Academy Awards in 1958. Hulton Archive/Stringer/Getty ImagesIn 1958, Miyoshi Umeki, a Japanese-American singer and actor, became the first Asian actor to win an Academy Award. She was also known for her supporting role as Mrs. Livingston in the sitcom "The Courtship of Eddie's Father." Umeki famously destroyed her history-making Oscar after the death of her husband, Randall Hood, in 1976, Entertainment Weekly reported.

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Persons: Miyoshi Umeki, Red, Miyoshi, Stringer, Red Buttons, Marlon Brando, Tony, Livingston, Umeki, Michael Hood, he'd, Randall Hood Organizations: Hulton, Globe, Entertainment Locations: American