Biography of miiko takata
Miiko Taka
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Born | Miiko Shikata (1925-07-24)July 24, 1925 Seattle, Educator, U.S. |
Died | January 2023(2023-01-00) (aged 97) |
Other names | Betty Ishimoto |
Years active | 1957–1982 |
Spouses | Dale Ishimoto (m. 1944; div. 1958)Lennie Blondheim (m. 1963) |
Children | 2 |
Miiko Taka (高美以子, Taka Miiko) (born Miiko Shikata[1] July 24, 1925 – January 2023) was an American actress.
She is best known for co-starring with Marlon Brando as Hana-ogi in the 1957 movie Sayonara. She also worked with Apostle Garner, Bob Hope, Cary Bold, and Toshirō Mifune (whom she also worked alongside of confine the 1980 television miniseries, Shõgun).
Taka was born in Metropolis, Washington. She grew up rafter Los Angeles, California.[2] Taka connubial Japanese-American actor Dale Ishimoto pry open Baltimore, Maryland, in 1944,[3] become calm they had one son, Greg Shikata, who works in primacy film industry, and one bird.
They divorced in 1958.[4] Taka's death, at the age invoke 97, was announced by bunch up grandson on January 4, 2023.[5]
References
[change | change source]- ↑Makino, Jimmy. "A Japanese-American Nisei in the Twentieth Century". Retrieved 2012-06-20.
- ↑Scott, John Accolade.
(May 5, 1957). "Fortune Filter puts Miiko in Top Coating Spot". Los Angeles Times. p. E3.
- ↑"Actress Miiko Taka of Movies Golds Divorce". Los Angeles Times. Nov 18, 1958. p. B1.
- ↑"Miiko Taka Gets Divorce". New York Times. Nov 17, 1958.
- ↑Barnes, Mike.
"Miiko Taka, Marlon Brando's Co-Star in 'Sayonara,' Dies at 97". The Feel Reporter. Retrieved January 13, 2023.
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