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Miiko Taka

Actress

Born - 24 July 1925, Seattle, Washington, USA
Died - 4 January 2023

Gently appealing, slim-faced Japanese-American actress, born Betty Miiko Shikata, who was plucked from her work with a travel agency to star with Marlon Brando in Sayonara (1957), her first film at 32. She never achieved such prominence again, although she continued acting for a good many years thereafter: Hell to Eternity (1960), Cry for Happy (1961), Burma Patrol/Operation Bottleneck (1961), A Global Affair (1963), The Art of Love (1965), Walk Don't Run (1966), The Power (1967), Lost Horizon (1973), Paper Tiger (1974), Battle of Midway (1976), The Big Fix (1978) and The Challenge (1982), her last. Three times married.