Old Black Hollywood

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Leslie Marian Uggams

 

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“Georgia Carr was dubbed the “golden throat” girl. She performed as a singer and actress between the 1940s and 1960s.”

 

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Diana Ross deserves her recognition for being a successful singer and actress. I remember her amazing concert in 1983 in Central Park NYC. It started raining and she continued with her performance.

 

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Teresa Graves was the leading actress in Get Christie Love which was an undercover African-American female detective television series on ABC.

 

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Josephine Baker.

 

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Marpessa Dawn

 

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Old Black Hollywood

Sherman Alexander Hemsley

 

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Lena Horne and Hazel Scott

 

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Ruby Dee!

 

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Lynn Hamilton is an actress appeared in more than 60 films and television productions.

 

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Fay Hauser is not only an actress but she is also a producer of movies such as The Hot Chick (2002), Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh (1995) and Akeelah and the Bee (2006).

 

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Princess Kouka of Sudan was not only a Princess but she was also an actress who who starred in the 1937 film Jericho with Paul Robeson. She appeared in other films such as Rabha (1945), The Doorkeeper (1936) and The Black Knight (1954).

 

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Ruby Dee

 

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Elisabeth Margaret Welch was a singer, actress, and entertainer.

 

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A 1913 photograph of vaudevillian actress Semoura Clark.

 

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Della Reese

 

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Rosalind Cash was a beautiful actress & singer. She appeared in film and television. I remember watching her on the soap opera General Hospital.

 

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William Horace Marshall was an American actor who was known for his title role in the 1972 blaxploitation classic Blacula and its sequel Scream Blacula Scream. He also appeared in movies such as “Lydia Bailey” 1952. When he started in Hollywood he was named “The newest Glamour Boy.” He was tall, dark and handsome.

 

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Dancers we need to recognize who performed on stage and film.

 

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Vonetta McGee’s first movie was The Great Silence in 1968. She had to overcome challenges in Hollywood such as directors who can't keep their hands to themselves, and the overwhelming shadow of Pam Grier.

 

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Freda Charcilia Payne singer and actress. Known for her 1970 hit single "Band of Gold".

 

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Nichelle Nichols

 

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Ossie and Ruby pictured in 1962 on set of television show Seven Times Monday

 

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Lena Horne and Bill Robinson in the 1943 musical “Stormy Weather.”

 

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Maxine Sullivan

 

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Clarice Taylor actress who played Cliff Huxtable’s mother on the Cosby Show.

 

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Happy Birthday to Diahann Carroll!

 

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Princess Kouka of Sudan was an actress who starred in Jericho 1937.