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Amanda E. Randolph (September 2, 1896 – August 24, 1967) was an American actress and singer. She was the first African-American performer to star in a regularly scheduled network television show, appearing in DuMont's The Laytons .
Amanda is an American music television program starring Amanda Randolph that debuted on the DuMont Television Network on November 1, 1948. The ending date for the show is unclear, but it still appears in a TV schedule from October 1949.
The Laytons is an American sitcom that was broadcast live on station WABD from May to June 1948, and on the DuMont Television Network (at the time consisting of two stations) [2] from August to October 1948 [1] on Wednesdays from 8:30 to 9:00 p.m. [3] One series cast member was Amanda Randolph, who became the first African-American performer in a regular role on a U.S. network TV series.
Amanda Randolph (sister) Lillian Randolph (December 14, 1898 – September 12, 1980) was an American actress and singer, a veteran of radio , film , and television . She worked in entertainment from the 1930s until shortly before her death.
Amanda Hearst is the daughter of Anne Hearst, the niece of Patty Hearst, and the great-granddaughter of media mogul William Randolph Hearst.Her father, Richard McChesney, separated from her mother before Hearst's birth, with her being the only child from the marriage. [4]
Wade, Johnny Lee, and Lillian Randolph, Amanda Randolph, Jester Hairston, Roy Glenn (and several others) were among the Amos 'n' Andy radio cast members to also appear in the TV series. Ernestine began playing Sapphire Stevens in 1939, [ 7 ] [ 8 ] [ 9 ] but originally came to the Amos 'n' Andy radio show in the role of Valada Green, a lady who ...
Beulah is an American sitcom that ran on CBS Radio from 1945 to 1954, and on ABC Television from 1950 to 1953. The show is notable for being the first sitcom to star an African-American actress, for being ABC TV's first hit situation comedy, and the first hit TV sitcom without a laugh track.
Amanda Randolph: February 2, 1896 August 24, 1967 American Singer and comedian best known for her television work. In Shuffle Along (1924) and one of the "Three Dixie Songbirds". [165] [166] Isabel Randolph: December 4, 1889 January 11, 1973 American Stage, radio, film and television actress who began in vaudeville as a child, performing with ...