Miyoshi Umeki (梅木 美代志 , "Umeki Miyoshi" , or ミヨシ・ウメキ "Miyoshi Umeki", May 8, 1929 – August 28, 2007) was a Japanese American actress and standards singer.
 She was best known for her roles as Katsumi in the film "Sayonara" (1957), Mei Li in the Broadway musical and 1961 film "Flower Drum Song", and Mrs. Livingston in the television series "The Courtship of Eddie's Father".
 She was a shin Issei, or post-1945 immigrant from Japan.
Flower Drum Song was the eighth musical by the team of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II.
 It is based on the 1957 novel, "The Flower Drum Song", by Chinese-American author C. Y. Lee.
 It premiered on Broadway in 1958 and was then performed in the West End and on tour.
 It was adapted for a 1961 musical film.
Patrick Adiarte (born August 2, 1943) is an American theater, film and television actor and dancer, known for his portrayal of foreign or Asian characters in various roles in film and television.
 His roles have included Prince Chulalongkorn in the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical "The King and I", Wang San in "Flower Drum Song", college student T.J. Padmanagham in "High Time", and Ho-Jon in seven episodes of the television series "M*A*S*H".
 He was a regular dancer on "Hullabaloo".
To Whom It May Concern: Ka Shen's Journey () is a 2009 docudrama about actress Nancy Kwan.
 Directed and written by former Warner Bros. executive Brian Jamieson, the film depicts Kwan's meteoric rise to fame when she was selected to star in the 1960 film "The World of Suzie Wong" and the 1961 film "Flower Drum Song".
 In an era when White people played the Asian roles in Hollywood, Kwan's achievement was groundbreaking.
 The film portrays Kwan's being cast for inconspicuous roles after her early success.
Irene Tsu (born November 4, 1944) is a Chinese American actress who made her debut in the film adaptation of "Flower Drum Song" in 1961, and has had many subsequent roles in TV and films.
 She was featured playing the wiki wiki girl in the "Wiki wiki dollar" advertising campaign for Chevron Corporation in the 1960s.
Flower Drum Song (subtitled A Jazz Interpretation by the Mastersounds) is an album by The Mastersounds led by vibraphonist Buddy Montgomery with pianist Richie Crabtree, bassist Monk Montgomery and drummer Benny Barth featuring performances of tunes from Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II musical "Flower Drum Song" recorded in 1958 and released on the World Pacific label.
Flower Drum Song is a 1961 film adaptation of the 1958 Broadway musical "Flower Drum Song", written by the composer Richard Rodgers and the lyricist/librettist Oscar Hammerstein II.
 The film and stage play were based on the 1957 novel of the same name by the Chinese American author C. Y. Lee.
James Saburo Shigeta (June 17, 1929 – July 28, 2014) was an American film and television actor.
 He was also a standards singer, musical theatre and nightclub performer, and recording artist.
 He was a Sansei, a third-generation American of Japanese ancestry.
 He was noted for his roles in "The Crimson Kimono" (1959), "Walk Like a Dragon" (1960), "Flower Drum Song" (1961), "Bridge to the Sun" (1961), "Die Hard" (1988), and "Mulan" (1998).
 In 1960, he won the Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Newcomer – Male, along with three other actors.
The Flower Drum Song is a novel by Chinese-American author C. Y. Lee, first published in 1957.
 The novel tells the story of Chinese immigrants in San Francisco, and was a bestseller in its time.
 It is the basis of 1958 musical "Flower Drum Song", and later a movie of the same title, released in 1961, starring Nancy Kwan and James Shigeta.
Chin Yang Lee (; born December 23, 1917) is a Chinese American author best known for his 1957 novel "The Flower Drum Song", which inspired the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical "Flower Drum Song" and writer for his 2006 film "10,000 Apologies" with May Wang.

Question: When was the American film and television actor born who was a Sansei and a star of  "Flower Drum Song" (1961)?
Answer: June 17, 1929