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Developing post-childbirth complications, Preer died of pneumonia on November 17, 1932, in Los Angeles at the age of 36. [3] [14] [15] Her husband continued as a popular leading man and "heavy" in numerous race films throughout the 1930s and 1940s, and died in 1960. [citation needed] Their daughter Edeve Thompson converted to Catholicism as a ...
Louise Beavers (March 8, 1900 – October 26, 1962) [1] was an American film and television actress who appeared in dozens of films and two hit television shows from the 1920s to 1960.
Juanita Moore (October 19, 1914 – January 1, 2014) was an American film, television, and stage actress.. She was the fifth black actor to be nominated for an Academy Award in any category, and the third in the Supporting Actress category at a time when only one black actor, Hattie McDaniel in Gone with the Wind (1939), had won 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.
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.
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.
African-American child actresses (114 P) Pages in category "African-American actresses" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 210 total.
Actresses from Hollywood, Los Angeles (57 P) Pages in category "Actresses from Los Angeles" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 1,273 total.