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Dorothy Steel (February 23, 1926 – October 15, 2021) was an American actress. Having started her career at the age of 88, she played minor characters in several high-profile films including Black Panther, Poms, Jumanji: The Next Level, and her final film, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.
Italian actress [47] Mary Carlisle: 1914–2018: 104: American actress [48] Diana Serra Cary: 1918–2020: 101: American silent film child actress (known as "Baby Peggy"), author and cinema historian [49] Christian Casadesus: 1912–2014: 101: French actor; brother of fellow actress and centenarian Gisèle Casadesus [50] Gisèle Casadesus: 1914 ...
Karen Blanche Black (née Ziegler; July 1, 1939 – August 8, 2013) was an American actress, screenwriter, singer, and songwriter. She rose to prominence for her work in various studio and independent films in the 1970s, frequently portraying eccentric and offbeat characters, and established herself as a figure of New Hollywood .
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.
Ellen Virginia Holly (January 16, 1931 – December 6, 2023) was an American actress. Beginning her career on stage in the late 1950s, Holly was perhaps best known for her role as Carla Gray–Hall on the ABC soap opera One Life to Live (1968–1980; 1983–1985).
Gorgeous as ever! "Get Smart" actress Barbara Feldon, who rose to fame in the 1960s alongside Don Adams in the classic secret agent sitcom, looked lovely on June 21 at Supanova Comic Con.
She was the first Black regular on the show, [2] [3] which was the soap opera with the highest ratings among African-American viewers in 1988. [6] She had a recurring role in Dynasty (1989), and her many other television credits include roles in Bewitched, The Bill Cosby Show, The Odd Couple, Quincy, M.E., The Rockford Files and Ironside.
Frazer Harrison/Getty Images Angela Bassett celebrated her honorary Oscar win by thanking the Black actresses whose footsteps she followed. “When acting took hold of my heart, there was not a ...