Elcors "Shingzie" Howard was an actress in the U.S. She appeared in several

Oscar Michaux Oscar Devereaux Micheaux (; January 2, 1884 – March 25, 1951) was an author, film director and independent producer of more than 44 films. Although the short-lived Lincoln Motion Picture Company was the first movie company owned and controlled ...

films. She also worked for the

Colored Players Film Corporation The Colored Players Film Corporation, also known as The Colored Players Film Corporation of Philadelphia, was an independent silent film production company based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Primarily founded by David Starkman and Sherman H. Du ...

. After she married she became known as Shingzie Howard McClane. She retired from filmmaking and became a teacher. She appeared in the documentary '' Midnight Ramble'' episode of ''

American Experience ''American Experience'' is a television program airing on the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) in the United States. The program airs documentaries, many of which have won awards, about important or interesting events and people in American his ...

'' about early African American films in 1994.

Filmography

*'' The Virgin of Seminole'' (1922) *'' Jasper Landry's Will'' (1922) *'' The Dungeon'' (1922) as Myrtle Downing *''

A Son of Satan ''A Son of Satan'' is a 1924 silent race film directed, written, produced and distributed by Oscar Micheaux. The film follows the misadventures of a man who accepted a bet to spend a night in a haunted house. Micheaux shot the film in The Bronx ...

'' (1924) *''

The House Behind the Cedars ''The House Behind the Cedars'' is a 1927 silent race film directed, written, produced and distributed by the noted director Oscar Micheaux. It was loosely adapted from the 1900 novel of the same name by African-American writer Charles W. Ch ...

'' (1927) as Rena *'' The Prince of His Race'' (1926) *'' Children of Fate'' (1928)

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