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Louis S. Peterson
Louis Stamford Peterson (June 17, 1922 – April 27, 1998) was an American playwright, actor, screenwriter, and professor.Roberts, Jerry. The Great American Playwrights on the Screen: A Critical Guide to Film, Video, and DVD. Hal Leonard Corporation (2003)./ref> He was an American playwright and the first African-American playwright to have a dramatic play produced on Broadway. He was also one of the first African-American writers to be nominated for an Emmy Award. Biography Louis Stamford Peterson was born in Hartford, Connecticut on June 17, 1922. His father was Louis Peterson Sr., and his mother was Ruth Conover Peterson, who both worked in the banking business. He lived in the Hartford's South End, went to public schools, and graduated from Connecticut's Bulkeley High School in 1940.Gussow, Mel. "Louis Peterson, 76, Playwright Who Opened Doors for Blacks". ''New York Times''. May 1, 1998/ref> In New York Peterson performed in Off-Broadway plays, and studied acting with no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hartford, Connecticut
Hartford is the capital city of the U.S. state of Connecticut. It was the seat of Hartford County until Connecticut disbanded county government in 1960. It is the core city in the Greater Hartford metropolitan area. Census estimates since the 2010 United States census have indicated that Hartford is the fourth-largest city in Connecticut with a 2020 population of 121,054, behind the coastal cities of Bridgeport, New Haven, and Stamford. Hartford was founded in 1635 and is among the oldest cities in the United States. It is home to the country's oldest public art museum (Wadsworth Atheneum), the oldest publicly funded park (Bushnell Park), the oldest continuously published newspaper (the ''Hartford Courant''), and the second-oldest secondary school (Hartford Public High School). It is also home to the Mark Twain House, where the author wrote his most famous works and raised his family, among other historically significant sites. Mark Twain wrote in 1868, "Of all the beautifu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helen Hayes
Helen Hayes MacArthur ( Brown; October 10, 1900 – March 17, 1993) was an American actress whose career spanned 80 years. She eventually received the nickname "First Lady of American Theatre" and was the second person and first woman to have won an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and a Tony Award (an EGOT). She was also the first person to win the Triple Crown of Acting The Triple Crown of Acting is a term used in the American entertainment industry to describe actors who have won a competitive Academy Award, Emmy Award, and Tony Award in the acting categories, the highest accolades recognized in American film, t ...; to date, the only other person to have accomplished both is Rita Moreno. Hayes also received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, America's highest civilian honor, from President Ronald Reagan in 1986. In 1988, she was awarded the National Medal of Arts. The annual Helen Hayes Awards, which have recognized excellence in professional theatre in greater Washington, DC, si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cecil Cunningham
Edna Cecil Cunningham (August 2, 1888 – April 17, 1959) was an American film and stage actress, singer, and comedienne. Early years Cunningham started her working life as a switchboard operator in a commerce bank and did some sittings as a photographer's model. Her early experience in music came as a member of the choir in the Fifth Baptist Church in St. Louis. Career Cunningham's first show business job was in the chorus line of ''Mlle. Modiste'' at the age of 18. She trained as a singer and appeared in opera. She worked as a vaudeville comedian at the Palace Theatre in New York City until the commencement of her movie career in 1929. A. L. Erlanger selected her for the title role in the original production of '' The Pink Lady''. Cunningham's Broadway credits include ''Somewhere Else'' (1913), ''Iolanthe'' (1913), ''Oh, I Say!'' (1913), ''Maids of Athens'' (1914), ''Dancing Around'' (1914), ''Greenwich Village Follies'' (1919), ''The Rose of China'' (1919), and ''Danc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank H
Frank or Franks may refer to: People * Frank (given name) * Frank (surname) * Franks (surname) * Franks, a medieval Germanic people * Frank, a term in the Muslim world for all western Europeans, particularly during the Crusades - see Farang Currency * Liechtenstein franc or frank, the currency of Liechtenstein since 1920 * Swiss franc or frank, the currency of Switzerland since 1850 * Westphalian frank, currency of the Kingdom of Westphalia between 1808 and 1813 * The currencies of the German-speaking cantons of Switzerland (1803–1814): ** Appenzell frank ** Argovia frank ** Basel frank ** Berne frank ** Fribourg frank ** Glarus frank ** Graubünden frank ** Luzern frank ** Schaffhausen frank ** Schwyz frank ** Solothurn frank ** St. Gallen frank ** Thurgau frank ** Unterwalden frank ** Uri frank ** Zürich frank Places * Frank, Alberta, Canada, an urban community, formerly a village * Franks, Illinois, United States, an unincorporated community * Franks, Missouri, United ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dorothy Carter
Dorothy Carter (born New York City, 1935, died June 7, 2003 in New Orleans) was an American musician.Billboard - 1998 8 8 " ... in Berlin in 1996. While there, she hooked up with MEDIAEVAL BAEBES Dorothy Carter, an older woman ..." Carter performed contemporary, folk, traditional, medieval, and experimental music with a large collection of stringed instruments such as the hammered dulcimer, zither, psaltery, and hurdy-gurdy. She is regarded as an important figure in the genres of psychedelic folk music and medieval music revival. Biography Carter studied classical piano at age six. She later attended Bard College in New York, the London Royal Academy, and Guildhall School of Music in France. In the early 1970s, Carter was a member of the Central Maine Power Music Company with Robert Rutman and Constance Demby. She moved to Cambridge, Massachusetts where she continued to collaborate with Rutman, who played his sound sculptures on her second album. She regularly played concerts wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estelle Evans
Estelle Rolle Evans (October 1, 1906 – July 20, 1985) was a Bahamian American actress during the 20th century. Some of her most famous appearances were in the movies '' The Quiet One'' (1948), ''To Kill a Mockingbird'' (1962), and ''The Learning Tree'' (1969). Evans was the sister of actresses Rosanna Carter and Esther Rolle. Personal life and death Evans was born Estelle Rolle on October 1, 1906, in Nassau, New Providence, The Bahamas, to parents Jonathan and Elizabeth Iris Rolle (née Dames). She was the oldest of eighteen children. Her sisters include actresses Rosanna Carter and Esther Rolle. Evans was married once, to Walter Evans. The two had three daughters: Eliza, Ella and Estella Evans. Evans played Calpurnia in the 1962 film version of ''To Kill a Mockingbird'' and acted in several other major movies and television shows. For her work in ''The Learning Tree'', she received the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture. Evans died on July 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pauline Myers
Paulene Elenora Myers (November 9, 1913 – December 8, 1996) was an American actress. Variations on the spelling of her name include Pauline Myers and Pauline Meyers.Pauline Myers at Internet Broadway Database She was a pioneer among African–American actors who performed on Broadway stage and appeared on many television series throughout her long career. Myers' career spanned over six decades. Biography Early life and career Myers made her Broadway debut in 1933 in ''Growing Pains''. She was also featured in Broadway and national companies of major productions such as ''A Member of the Wedding'', ''Anna Lucasta'', and ''The Blacks''. Myers also worked as a model for sculptors and painters.Television roles Among the many roles ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warren Berlinger
Warren Berlinger (August 31, 1937 – December 2, 2020) was an American character actor, with Broadway runs, movie and television credits, and much work in commercials. Early life Warren Berlinger was born in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, of Jewish heritage, the son of Frieda (née Shapkin) and Elias Berlinger, a building contractor. His family owned Berlinger's Glass Store on Avenue D. Career Berlinger performed in the original 1946 Broadway production of '' Annie Get Your Gun'', with Ethel Merman and Ray Middleton. He guest-starred on the original ''Howdy Doody'' television show, with roles following on ''Kraft Television Theatre'' and other programs. He also guest-starred on John Cassavetes's detective series, NBC's ''Johnny Staccato''. He was known to have co-starred with Elvis. In 1960, he appeared with Jack Lemmon and Rick Nelson in '' The Wackiest Ship in the Army'' as Radioman 2nd class A.J. Sparks. Berlinger appeared in both the Broadway stage and Hollywood movi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jane White
Jane White (October 30, 1922 – July 24, 2011) was an African-American actress. Born in New York City, she attended Smith College and The New School. In 1945, she made her Broadway debut in '' Strange Fruit''. This performance was followed by roles in ''Razzle Dazzle'', ''The Insect Comedy'', ''The Climate of Eden'', ''Take a Giant Step'', ''Jane Eyre'', and ''The Power and The Glory''. In 1959, she opened the acclaimed musical ''Once Upon a Mattress'', originating the role of Queen Aggravain alongside Carol Burnett and Joseph Bova. She won an Obie Award in 1971 for sustained achievement. Early life White was born to Walter Francis White, a notable civil-rights leader and national secretary of the NAACP from 1931 to 1955, and Gladys Leah Powell. She grew up in the fashionable Sugar Hill neighborhood of Harlem at 409 Edgecombe Avenue. The house was nicknamed "The White House of Harlem" because of the prominent and important figures who were part of her parents' circle, such as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maxine Sullivan
Maxine Sullivan (May 13, 1911 – April 7, 1987), born Marietta Williams in Homestead, Pennsylvania, United States, was an American jazz vocalist and performer. As a vocalist, Sullivan was active for half a century, from the mid-1930s to just before her death in 1987. She is best known for her 1937 recording of a swing version of the Scottish folk song "Loch Lomond". Throughout her career, Sullivan also appeared as a performer on film as well as on stage. A precursor to better-known later vocalists such as Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughan, Sullivan is considered one of the best jazz vocalists of the 1930s. Singer Peggy Lee named Sullivan as a key influence in several interviews. Career Sullivan began her music career singing in her uncle's band, The Red Hot Peppers, in her native Pennsylvania, in which she occasionally played the flugelhorn and the valve trombone, in addition to singing. In the mid 1930s, she was discovered by Gladys Mosier (then working in Ina Ray Hutton's big ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estelle Hemsley
Estelle Hemsley (May 5, 1887 – November 5, 1968) was a prominent early African American actress of stage and screen. She appeared in the stage and screen versions of ''Take a Giant Step'', earning a Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actress in the 1959 movie directed by Philip Leacock. Her other film roles include playing Grandmother Topouzoglou in Elia Kazan's 1963 movie ''America, America'' (nominated for the Oscar for Best Picture), the role of Cla-Cla in Mel Ferrer's 1959 film ''Green Mansions'', the mother of Ruby Dee in ''Edge of the City'' (1957), and Catherine in Robert Mulligan's 1965 movie ''Baby the Rain Must Fall ''Baby the Rain Must Fall'' is a 1965 American drama film directed by Robert Mulligan and starring Lee Remick, Steve McQueen and Don Murray. Dramatist Horton Foote, who wrote the screenplay, based it on his 1954 play ''The Traveling Lady.'' Thi ...''. Filmography References External links * * 1887 births 1968 deaths 20th-c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruth Morley
Ruth Morley (November 19, 1925 – February 12, 1991) was an Austrian-born American costume designer, active from the late 1950s through 1991. She was nominated for Best Costumes-Black and White for her work on ''The Miracle Worker'' during the 35th Academy Awards. She is also well known for her work on ''Annie Hall''. Ms. Morley's stage work began in 1951, with "Billy Bud." Other Broadway productions included "Death of a Salesman," starring Dustin Hoffman, as well as "A Thousand Clowns," "Toys in the Attic," "Inherit the Wind," and "Take a Giant Step,". In the 1950s she was costume director for the New York City Opera (NYCO). Her notable costume designs for the NYCO included the world premiere of Robert Kurka's ''The Good Soldier Schweik'' at Lincoln Center in 1958. Selected filmography *''The Prince of Tides'' (1991) *''Ghost'' (1990) *''The Money Pit'' (1986) *''Tootsie'' (1982) *''Little Miss Marker'' (1980) *''The Miracle Worker'' (1979-TV movie) *''Kramer vs. Kramer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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