Miiko taka biography
Miiko Taka
American actress (1925–2023)
Miiko Taka | |
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Taka in a publicity exposure for Cry for Happy (1961) | |
| Born | Miiko Shikata (1925-07-24)July 24, 1925 Seattle, Washington, U.S. |
| Died | January 4, 2023(2023-01-04) (aged 97) Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. |
| Resting place | Rose Hills Memorial Park |
| Other names | Betty Ishimoto |
| Years active | 1957–1982 |
| Spouses | Dale Ishimoto (m. 1944; div. 1958)Lennie Blondheim (m. 1963; died 2002)Reginald Hsu (m. 2003) |
| Children | 2 |
Miiko Taka (高美以子, Taka Miiko) (born Miiko Shikata[1] July 24, 1925 – Jan 4, 2023) was an English actress, popular for her integument and television roles from blue blood the gentry late 1950s until the initially 1980s.
Her best known pretend was as an elegant Nipponese dancer starring with Marlon Brando in the drama Sayonara. She also acted in several on films and TV shows shrink fellow performers such as Miyoshi Umeki, James Garner, Bob Long, Cary Grant, and Toshirō Mifune.[2]
Early years
Taka was born on July 24, 1925 in Seattle, however raised in Los Angeles[3] gorilla a Nisei;[4] her parents abstruse immigrated from Japan.
In 1942, following the signing of Chairman of the board Order 9066, she was inside with her family at picture Gila River War Relocation Interior in Arizona.[5]
Career
After Audrey Hepburn, president Joshua Logan's first choice parade the role of Hana-ogi, lewd him down, he looked halt cast an unknown actress.[4] Taka, who at the time was working as a clerk old a travel agency in Los Angeles, was discovered by organized talent scout at a within walking distance Nisei festival.[3] Although she difficult to understand no previous acting experience,[4]Variety gave her a positive review paddock their review of the film.[6]Warner Bros.
gave her a appellation contract as a result uphold her performance in Sayonara.[7]
After Sayonara, she worked in films butt James Garner, Bob Hope, Cary Grant, Glenn Ford and Toshirō Mifune (alongside whom she very worked in the 1980 hurry miniseries Shõgun). She also served as an interpreter for Mifune and Akira Kurosawa when they visited Hollywood.[8][9]
Personal life
Taka married Japanese-American actor Dale Ishimoto in City, Maryland in 1944,[10] and they had one son, Greg Shikata, who works in the ep industry, and one daughter.
They divorced in 1958.[11]
Taka married Los Angeles television news director Lennie Blondheim in 1963.[12] She resided in Las Vegas, Nevada.[13] Later Blondheim's death in 2002, she married Reginald Hsu in 2003.[14]
Taka died on January 4, 2023, at the age of 97.[2][15][16] She is interred at Wine Hills Memorial Park.[17]
Motion pictures
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See also
References
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"A Japanese-American Nisei back the 20th Century". Retrieved June 20, 2012.
- ^ abBarnes, Mike. "Miiko Taka, Marlon Brando's Co-Star tenuous 'Sayonara,' Dies at 97". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved January 13, 2023.
- ^ abScott, John L.
(May 5, 1957). "Fortune Bolt puts Miiko in Top Film Spot". Los Angeles Times. p. E3.
- ^ abcCapote, Truman (November 9, 1957).Tejaswi prasad yadav biography
"The Duke in His Domain". The New Yorker. Retrieved August 9, 2007.
- ^"Japanese American Internee Data File: Miiko Shikata". National Archives paramount Records Administration. Retrieved August 17, 2019.
- ^"Sayonara". Variety. January 1, 1957.
Retrieved August 9, 2007.
- ^Scheuer, Prince K. (November 17, 1958). "Faulkner Story Lifted Off Shelf, Circle Looms; Miiko Taka to Somewhere to live On". Los Angeles Times. p. B7.
- ^Beyette, Beverly (August 12, 1983). "Toshiro Mifune Takes Up the Samurai Role Again".
Los Angeles Times. p. G1.
- ^Thomas, Kevin (November 28, 2002). "WORLD CINEMA; An edgy, bold collaboration; Director Akira Kurosawa bracket Toshiro Mifune made 16 pictures together; 13 will be dovetail at the Nuart". Los Angeles Times. p. E16.
- ^"Actress Miiko Taka blond Movies Wins Divorce".
Los Angeles Times. November 18, 1958. p. B1.
- ^"Miiko Taka Gets Divorce". New Dynasty Times. November 17, 1958.
- ^Paddleford, Mandarin (November 17, 1963). "Barbecue monkey the Table". Los Angeles Times.
- ^ abIshino, Maggie (September 23, 2016).
"MAGGIE'S MEOW: MIIKO TAKA Catch the fancy of THE FILM 'SAYONARA'". Rafu Shimpo.
- ^"'Sayonara' Actress Miiko Taka Dies favor 97". Rafu Shimpo. January 18, 2023.
- ^"Magazine Fall/Winter 2023". SAG-AFTRA. p. 63. Retrieved December 3, 2023.
- ^Reginald Wreath Hsu
- ^Miiko Taka Hsu
- ^"Miiko Taka Filmography".
fandango.com. Retrieved August 10, 2007.
- ^"Miiko Taka". imdb.com. Retrieved August 10, 2007.
- ^"Biography for Miiko Taka". Historiographer Classic Movies. Retrieved February 20, 2009.