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This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:American actresses. It includes actresses that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories ...
Issa Rae (African-American mother), actress, comedienne; Rihanna, singer; Sam Richardson, actor and comedian; Amber Riley,actress and singer; Naya Rivera (a quarter African-American descent), actress and singer (d. 2020) [12] Evan Ross (African-American mother), actor; Amanda Seales (African American father), actress and comedian; Brian Michael ...
French actress [64] Jimmie Davis: 1899–2000: 101: American singer and songwriter [65] Gloria Dea: 1922–2023: 100: American actress, dancer and magician [66] Margia Dean: 1922–2023: 101: American beauty queen and stage and screen actress [67] Olivia de Havilland: 1916–2020: 104: British-born American film actress [68] Suzy Delair: 1917 ...
Ruby Dee was a Black actress, writer and activist who stepped into the limelight just as Hollywood began allowing Black actors to portray substantial, non-stereotypical characters.
Two years after McDaniel's historic win at the Oscars, Lena Horne, singer, actress, dancer and activist was the first Black actress to sign a long-term contract with a major Hollywood studio (MGM).
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. Dubbed "The Black Garbo" in Europe because of her striking beauty, [1] [2] McKinney was both one of the first ...
Dascha Polanco, a Dominican-born actress, dazzled as Daya Diaz in “Orange is the New Black” from 2013 to 2019. In 2021, she was tapped to play Cuca, one of the salon ladies in 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.