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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.
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 .
Jean Bell (born Annie Lee Morgan on November 23, 1944) is a former Playboy Playmate of the Month, and one of the first African American women to feature in this role.She later had a career as an actress in movies, most prominently in TNT Jackson, in which she played the title character, and supporting roles in Mean Streets and The Klansman, as well as occasional TV appearances.
In 1982, Black starred as a transsexual in Altman's drama Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean, followed by a lead in Tobe Hooper's remake of Invaders from Mars (1986). She also appeared on television, guest-starring on such series as E/R (1984–1985), Murder, She Wrote (1987), and Miami Vice (1989).
The 1970s Black variant sought to tell Black stories with Black actors to Black audiences, but they were usually not produced by African Americans. As Junius Griffin, the president of the Hollywood branch of the NAACP , wrote in a New York Times op-ed in 1972: "At present, Black movies are a 'rip off' enriching major white film producers and a ...
Hey there, Honey! It's been more than 50 years since Ursula Andress starred as the first-ever Bond girl, playing iconic bombshell Honey Ryder in 1962's "Dr.
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.
Ann-Margret, widely considered one of the most beautiful starts of the 1960s and 70s, is still a knockout in 2019 at 78 years old.