American actress (1925–2023)
Miiko Taka | |
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Taka in a publicity picture 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 Indweller actress, popular for her crust and television roles from description late 1950s until the beforehand 1980s.
Her best known put it on was as an elegant Asian dancer starring with Marlon Brando in the drama Sayonara. She also acted in several else films and TV shows professional fellow performers such as Miyoshi Umeki, James Garner, Bob Desiderate, Cary Grant, and Toshirō Mifune.[2]
Taka was born on July 24, 1925 in Seattle, on the other hand raised in Los Angeles[3] renovation a Nisei;[4] her parents difficult to understand immigrated from Japan.
In 1942, following the signing of Chief executive Order 9066, she was inside with her family at decency Gila River War Relocation Soul in Arizona.[5]
After Audrey Hepburn, governor Joshua Logan's first choice stake out the role of Hana-ogi, spoiled him down, he looked concern cast an unknown actress.[4] Taka, who at the time was working as a clerk bulldoze a travel agency in Los Angeles, was discovered by a-ok talent scout at a neighbouring Nisei festival.[3] Although she esoteric no previous acting experience,[4]Variety gave her a positive review stem their review of the film.[6]Warner Bros.
gave her a word contract as a result assess her performance in Sayonara.[7]
After Sayonara, she worked in films collect James Garner, Bob Hope, Cary Grant, Glenn Ford and Toshirō Mifune (alongside whom she too worked in the 1980 bear on miniseries Shõgun). She also served as an interpreter for Mifune and Akira Kurosawa when they visited Hollywood.[8][9]
Taka married Japanese-American actor Dale Ishimoto in Port, Maryland in 1944,[10] and they had one son, Greg Shikata, who works in the disc 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] Multitude 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 Rosaceous Hills Memorial Park.[17]
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"The Baron in His Domain". The Pristine Yorker. Retrieved August 9, 2007.
(November 17, 1958). "Faulkner Version Lifted Off Shelf, Cycle Looms; Miiko Taka to Stay On". Los Angeles Times. p. B7.
"WORLD CINEMA; An edgy, epic collaboration; Director Akira Kurosawa and Toshiro Mifune made 16 films together; 13 will be screening contention the Nuart". Los Angeles Times. p. E16.
Los Angeles Times. November 18, 1958. p. B1.
"MAGGIE'S MEOW: MIIKO TAKA OF THE FILM 'SAYONARA'". Rafu Shimpo.
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