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Albert Cornelius Freeman Jr. (March 21, 1934 – August 9, 2012) was an American actor, director, and educator. A life member of The Actors Studio, [1] Freeman appeared in a wide variety of plays, ranging from Leroi Jones' Slave/Toilet to Joe Papp's revivals of Long Day's Journey Into Night and Troilus and Cressida, and films, including My Sweet Charlie, Finian's Rainbow, and Malcolm X, as ...
The role was originated and played by actor Al Freeman Jr. from January 1972 until 1987, with a brief interruption in 1975. In the process, he earned a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series in 1979, becoming the first actor from the show as well as the first African American to earn the award. [1]
Al Freeman may refer to: Al Freeman Jr. (1934–2012), American actor, director, and educator; Al Freeman (artist) (born 1981), New York–based artist
Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored is a 1996 American period drama film directed by Tim Reid and starring Al Freeman Jr., Phylicia Rashad and Leon. The screenplay was written by Paul W. Cooper. The film is based on Clifton Taulbert’s real life and his non-fiction book Once Upon a Time When We Were Colored. [2]
Down in the Delta is a 1998 American-Canadian drama film, directed by Maya Angelou (in her only film directing effort) and starring Alfre Woodard, Al Freeman, Jr., Esther Rolle (in her final film appearance before her death), Loretta Devine, and Wesley Snipes.
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series: Al Freeman Jr. Ed Hall: 1979 [109] Robert S. Woods: Bo Buchanan: 1983 [110] Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series: Judith Light: Karen Wolek: 1980, 1981 [111] [112] Robin Strasser: Dorian Lord: 1982 [113] Erika Slezak: Victoria Lord: 1984, 1986, 1992 ...
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Baraka's stage play was made into a film in 1967, starring Shirley Knight and Al Freeman Jr. Dutchman was the last play produced by Baraka under his birth name, LeRoi Jones. At the time, he was in the process of divorcing his Jewish wife, Hettie Jones , embracing Black nationalism , and after lamenting the death of Malcolm X in 1965.