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Fredericka Carolyn [citation needed] "Fredi" Washington (December 23, 1903 – June 28, 1994) was an American stage and film actress, civil rights activist, performer, and writer. Washington was of African American descent. She was one of the first Black Americans to gain recognition for film and stage work in the 1920s and 1930s.
Evelyn Preer (née Jarvis; July 26, 1896 – November 17, 1932), was an African American pioneering screen and stage actress, and jazz and blues singer in Hollywood during the late-1910s through the early 1930s. [1] Preer was known within the Black community as "The First Lady of the Screen."
Hattie McDaniel (June 10, 1893 – October 26, 1952) was an African-American actress, singer-songwriter, and comedian. For her role as Mammy in Gone with the Wind (1939), she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, becoming the first African American to win an Oscar.
Nina Mae McKinney (June 12, 1912 – May 3, 1967) was an American actress who worked internationally during the 1930s and in the postwar period in theatre, film and television, after beginning her career on Broadway and in Hollywood.
Third Black actress following Whoopi Goldberg and Viola Davis to earn multiple Oscar nominations. First Black actress to be nominated after previously winning. 2017: The Shape of Water: Zelda Fuller Nominated First Black actress to be nominated two years in a row (nominated the same years as first Black actor). Mary J. Blige: Mudbound: Florence ...
Brittany O'Grady,actress (African-American mother) Keke Palmer,actress Sydney Park (actress),actress (African-American mother) Madison Pettis,actress(African-American father) Taylor Polidore,actress Trevante Rhodes ,actor Tequan Richmond,actor Lee Rodriguez,actress and singer (African-American mother) Kara Royster,actress
NEW YORK – MARCH 06: Director Debbie Allen and actress Phylicia Rashad attend the after party for the opening of “Cat On A Hot Tin Roof” Strata at on March 6, 2008 in New York City.
Pages in category "African-American actresses" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 210 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .