Yvonne Junior is an actress, known for The Bully (1918) and A Black Sherlock Holmes (1918).
Erik King is an actor, known for Dexter (2006), National Treasure (2004) and True Crime (1999). Idris attended school in Canning Town, where he first became involved in acting, before he dropped... Nick Cannon was born on October 8, 1980 in San Diego, California, USA as Nicholas Scott Cannon. She was an actress, known for The Realization of a Negro's Ambition (1916), Black Narcissus (1929) and A Trooper of Troop K (1917). Very early Countess established herself as a young singer with a dynamic voice. He was previously married to Angelica Zachary. was born Clifford Joseph Harris, Jr. on September 25, 1980, in Atlanta, Georgia, to Violeta Morgan and Clifford "Buddy" Harris, Sr. Jada Koren Pinkett Smith was born in Baltimore, Maryland, to Robsol Grant Pinkett, Jr., a contractor, and Adrienne Banfield-Jones, a nurse. Among these was the Ethiopian Art Theatre, which established Paul Robeson as America’s foremost black actor. In a July 1947, issue of The NAACP’s publication The Crisis, John Lovell, Jr. wrote an article titled "Roundup: The Negro in the American Theatre (1940-1947)," which examines "the theatrical doings of Broadway and its environs" in regards to African American actors. His father, Winston, is from Sierra Leone and worked at Ford Dagenham; his mother, Eve, is from Ghana and had a clerical duty. She died on October 8, 1952 in Los Angeles, California, USA. beautiful black performer who starred in only two movies, the first was a ... Bill Pickett was born on December 5, 1870 in Jenks-Branch, Texas, USA as William Pickett.
He earned an art excellence scholarship to attend Western Michigan University and also earned a full-ride athletic scholarship to play football. She died in December 1980 in Christiansted,... Actress | Her uncle was music manager Barry Hankerson and her brother is director Rashad Haughton. She grew up in a troubled family with a father that was a drug addict who later changed after he checked into rehab and started going to church. Theresa Harris appeared with more stars of the Golden Era of Hollywood than anyone else. In 2004, he appeared as Jackie Thibodeaux in the original Broadway cast of Tony Kushner'... Windell Middlebrooks was born on January 8, 1979 in Fort Worth, Texas, USA as Windell Dwain Middlebrooks Jr. High School Musical 3: Senior Year.
Mildred Price is an actress, known for Devil for a Day (1917), A Milk Fed Hero (1918) and Are Working Girls Safe? He was an actor, known for Black Gold (1928) and Regeneration (1923).
His mother, Shirley (Sullivan), was a backup singer for The Sweethearts. She died on October 17, 1987 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She's the sixth of seven siblings and holds a BS in Liberal Arts from Auburn University. DeComathiere was born on November 19, 1877 in New York City, New York, USA as Abram Benedict Comathiere. She was married to Edward Settle. She was an actress, known for Within Our Gates (1920), Give Us This Night (1936) and The Brute (1920).
Evelyn Ellis was born on February 2, 1894 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Harold ... Fayard Nicholas was one-half of The Nicholas Brothers, a famous African-American tap dancing team who appeared in several movies and became one of the famous and most beloved dance team of all time. He was married to Frances Ellick. He died in 1945 in Jacksonville, Florida, USA. He is the middle of three children of a beautician mother, Lennis, from Georgia, and a Pentecostal minister father, Denzel Washington, Sr., from Virginia.
Charles Olden was born on May 5, 1892 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA as Charles Kenneth Olden. This bright, beautiful and booming-voiced talent is a perfect example of how NOT winning the title of American Idol (2002) can still be a superstar boon to your career and not the ... China Anne McClain comes from an artistic family. Dorothy Jean Dandridge was born on November 9, 1922 in Cleveland, Ohio, to Ruby Dandridge (née Ruby Jean Butler), an entertainer, and Cyril H. Dandridge, a cabinet maker and minister. He died on July 29, 1954 in Kingston, New York, USA.
Kyle Orlando Massey was born on August 28, 1991, in Atlanta, Georgia. She certainly had the looks, enthusiasm, ... Pearl McCormack was born on April 29, 1908 in Kingston, Jamaica as Leila Blandine McCormack. He was an actor, known for Black and White (1914), Aladdin Jones (1915) and Money Talks in Darktown (1915). Billy Dee Williams was born William December Williams on April 6, 1937 in New York City. African American poet Langston Hughes ... Americans continued to set up various professional and community theaters and launch the careers of exciting new actors such as Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee. Douglas Q. Barnett and I, both African American theatre practitioners from Seattle, Washington, were well aware of this rich black theatrical history but felt it was not easily accessible to the theatre community or the general public. These three words described R&B singer-turned-actress Aaliyah perfectly.Aaliyah Dana Haughton was born in Brooklyn, New York, to Diane (Hankerson) and Michael Haughton. D.) She conducted the Eva Jessye Choir, with appearances in universities and colleges with symphony orchestras and in festivals throughout the United States and Europe. The Realization of a Negro's Ambition.
Mariah Carey was born on March 27, 1970 in Huntington, Long Island, New York to Patricia Carey (née Hickey), an opera singer and vocal coach & Alfred Roy Carey, an aeronautical engineer. He was married to Rosa Belle Sims. He died on April 9, 1942 in Los Angeles, California, USA. Kimberly Denise Jones, was born on July 11, 1974, to parents Linwood Jones and Ruby Mae. Mildred was a beautiful, curvaceous, popular Black actress and dancer in the 1920s and 1930s. She was married to Elijah Dabney and William Taylor. The child of a teenage rape victim, Ethel Waters grew up in the slums of Philadelphia and neighboring cities, seldom living anywhere for more than a few weeks at a time. Thank you. 1968: Leslie Uggams, Hallelujah, Baby! Thank you. In 1988, she sang her way to stardom ... Ne-Yo was born on October 18, 1982 in Camden, Arkansas, USA as Shaffer Chimere Smith. Evon Skekeeter is an actress, known for Devil for a Day (1917), A Milk Fed Hero (1918) and Are Working Girls Safe?
Robert Duree is an actor, known for Devil for a Day (1917), A Milk Fed Hero (1918) and Are Working Girls Safe?
Forward contact information to us if you are aware of one that is not listed here. His father, from Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada, is black (of Black ... Samuel L. Jackson is an American producer and highly prolific actor, having appeared in over 100 films, including Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995), Unbreakable (2000), Shaft (2000), Formula 51 (2001), Black Snake Moan (2006), Snakes on a Plane (2006), and the Star Wars prequel trilogy (1999-2005), ... Lee Thompson Young was born as the son of Velma Love and Tommy Scott Young. In this one, directed by George ... Thelma McQueen attended public school in Augusta, Georgia and graduated from high school in Long Island, New York. He later began his acting career ... Donald Frank Cheadle was born in Kansas City, Missouri on November 29, 1964. She is a producer and writer, known for Coyote Ugly (2000), Tropic Thunder (2008) and America's Next Top Model (2003). He was a saxophonist in Horace Henderson's Wilberforce Collegians, then played in the orchestras of Fletcher Henderson and Chick Webb. They have two children. Nelly went to Spain with his father, Air Force Man Cornall Haynes Sr., until he was 3 years old, then moved to St. Louis.
She was married to Nathan G. Chaney. After her birth, her brothers formed a band later called The Jackson 5. She died on December 18, 1987 in Contra Costa County, California, USA. Crews was an All-Conference defensive end, and was a major contributor on the ... A tall (6'2"), sly, cueball-domed comedian of film and television satire, Damon Wayans hit outrageous 90's TV stardom playing various wise guys and streetwise slick characters on older brother Keenen Ivory Wayans' landmark, black-oriented TV sketch comedy In Living Color (1990).
He died on October 4, 1917 in Chicago, Illinois. She was a wonderful emotional actress, never ... Alma Sewell was born in July 1893 in Birmingham, Alabama, USA as Willie Alma Glenn. Composer ("It Don't Mean a Thing if It Ain't Got That Swing", "Sophisticated Lady", "Mood Indigo", "Solitude", "In a Mellotone", "Satin Doll"), pianist and conductor, holder of an honorary music degree from Wilberforce University and an LHD from Milton College, Duke Ellington led his own orchestra ... Louis Armstrong grew up poor in a single-parent household. Florence McClain is an actress, known for Aladdin Jones (1915), Money Talks in Darktown (1915) and A Natural Born Shooter (1917).
She rose to fame in 2007 after winning the sixth season of American Idol at age 17, becoming the youngest winner in the series' history. Tyra Banks was born on December 4, 1973 in Los Angeles, California, USA as Tyra Lynne Banks. When he was in second grade his parents split up and he went to live with his mother. She was married to Richard J. Ryan and Julian Baird. Alfred Norcom was born on June 11, 1897 in Dallas, Texas, USA as Alfred Levi Norcom. A native of Vidalia, Louisiana, ... Lena Calhoun Horne was born June 30, 1917, in Brooklyn, New York. He grew up on the streets of the South Bronx in New York City, where he very early decided that dance and the theatre were to be his career. Andrew Bishop was born on August 16, 1894 in Armonk, New York, USA. She was married to Paul Laguerre. She graced the screen with her magnetic presence and most times stole scenes from the top stars of the day every chance she got and made a lot of dull films ... Trixie Smith was born in 1895 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. Sam Robinson was born on March 10, 1888 in Richmond, Virginia, USA as Samuel Robinson. In 2001, Drake rose ... Whitney Elizabeth Houston was born into a musical family on 9 August 1963, in Newark, New Jersey, the daughter of gospel star Cissy Houston, cousin of singing star Dionne Warwick and goddaughter of soul legend Aretha Franklin. They have one child. After graduating high school in... Actor, producer and humanitarian Danny Glover has been a commanding presence on screen, stage and television for more than 35 years.Glover was born in San Francisco, California, to Carrie (Hunley) and James Glover, postal workers who were also active in civil rights.
A true master of the medium, Ingram despised the business haggling required in the Hollywood system. He is an actor and writer, known for White Chicks (2004), Little Man (2006) and Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood (1996). During her teens, Ciara and her ... As a child growing up in Benton Harbor, Michigan, Ernie Hudson wrote short stories, poems and songs, always thinking that his words might one day come to life on stage. He is an actor and writer, known for Barbershop (2002), Be Cool (2005) and A Haunted House (2013).
Talented. He was an actor, known for Son of Ingagi (1940), Jungle Goddess (1948) and Duke of the Navy (1942). She was married to Cyril Dandridge. He died on January 8, 1981 in Los Angeles. He also courted disdain and public controversy for most of his career as a staunch Cold ... "Sunshine Sammy" Morrison was most famous as one of the Dead End Kids/East Side Kids, but he was probably the most experienced actor of that group. Frank L. Wilson is an actor, known for A Case of Dynamite (1912) and Along Came Auntie (1926). The short-lived Ethiopian Art Theatre (1922-1925) presented European theatrical works written by African American playwrights.
She died on February 1, 1959 in Hollywood, California, USA. Saxophonist, songwriter ("Because of You", "Hot Toddy", "Cow Cow Boogie"), conductor, arranger and composer, educated at Wilberforce University in theology.
Erik King is an actor, known for Dexter (2006), National Treasure (2004) and True Crime (1999). Idris attended school in Canning Town, where he first became involved in acting, before he dropped... Nick Cannon was born on October 8, 1980 in San Diego, California, USA as Nicholas Scott Cannon. She was an actress, known for The Realization of a Negro's Ambition (1916), Black Narcissus (1929) and A Trooper of Troop K (1917). Very early Countess established herself as a young singer with a dynamic voice. He was previously married to Angelica Zachary. was born Clifford Joseph Harris, Jr. on September 25, 1980, in Atlanta, Georgia, to Violeta Morgan and Clifford "Buddy" Harris, Sr. Jada Koren Pinkett Smith was born in Baltimore, Maryland, to Robsol Grant Pinkett, Jr., a contractor, and Adrienne Banfield-Jones, a nurse. Among these was the Ethiopian Art Theatre, which established Paul Robeson as America’s foremost black actor. In a July 1947, issue of The NAACP’s publication The Crisis, John Lovell, Jr. wrote an article titled "Roundup: The Negro in the American Theatre (1940-1947)," which examines "the theatrical doings of Broadway and its environs" in regards to African American actors. His father, Winston, is from Sierra Leone and worked at Ford Dagenham; his mother, Eve, is from Ghana and had a clerical duty. She died on October 8, 1952 in Los Angeles, California, USA. beautiful black performer who starred in only two movies, the first was a ... Bill Pickett was born on December 5, 1870 in Jenks-Branch, Texas, USA as William Pickett.
He earned an art excellence scholarship to attend Western Michigan University and also earned a full-ride athletic scholarship to play football. She died in December 1980 in Christiansted,... Actress | Her uncle was music manager Barry Hankerson and her brother is director Rashad Haughton. She grew up in a troubled family with a father that was a drug addict who later changed after he checked into rehab and started going to church. Theresa Harris appeared with more stars of the Golden Era of Hollywood than anyone else. In 2004, he appeared as Jackie Thibodeaux in the original Broadway cast of Tony Kushner'... Windell Middlebrooks was born on January 8, 1979 in Fort Worth, Texas, USA as Windell Dwain Middlebrooks Jr. High School Musical 3: Senior Year.
Mildred Price is an actress, known for Devil for a Day (1917), A Milk Fed Hero (1918) and Are Working Girls Safe? He was an actor, known for Black Gold (1928) and Regeneration (1923).
His mother, Shirley (Sullivan), was a backup singer for The Sweethearts. She died on October 17, 1987 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She's the sixth of seven siblings and holds a BS in Liberal Arts from Auburn University. DeComathiere was born on November 19, 1877 in New York City, New York, USA as Abram Benedict Comathiere. She was married to Edward Settle. She was an actress, known for Within Our Gates (1920), Give Us This Night (1936) and The Brute (1920).
Evelyn Ellis was born on February 2, 1894 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Harold ... Fayard Nicholas was one-half of The Nicholas Brothers, a famous African-American tap dancing team who appeared in several movies and became one of the famous and most beloved dance team of all time. He was married to Frances Ellick. He died in 1945 in Jacksonville, Florida, USA. He is the middle of three children of a beautician mother, Lennis, from Georgia, and a Pentecostal minister father, Denzel Washington, Sr., from Virginia.
Charles Olden was born on May 5, 1892 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA as Charles Kenneth Olden. This bright, beautiful and booming-voiced talent is a perfect example of how NOT winning the title of American Idol (2002) can still be a superstar boon to your career and not the ... China Anne McClain comes from an artistic family. Dorothy Jean Dandridge was born on November 9, 1922 in Cleveland, Ohio, to Ruby Dandridge (née Ruby Jean Butler), an entertainer, and Cyril H. Dandridge, a cabinet maker and minister. He died on July 29, 1954 in Kingston, New York, USA.
Kyle Orlando Massey was born on August 28, 1991, in Atlanta, Georgia. She certainly had the looks, enthusiasm, ... Pearl McCormack was born on April 29, 1908 in Kingston, Jamaica as Leila Blandine McCormack. He was an actor, known for Black and White (1914), Aladdin Jones (1915) and Money Talks in Darktown (1915). Billy Dee Williams was born William December Williams on April 6, 1937 in New York City. African American poet Langston Hughes ... Americans continued to set up various professional and community theaters and launch the careers of exciting new actors such as Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee. Douglas Q. Barnett and I, both African American theatre practitioners from Seattle, Washington, were well aware of this rich black theatrical history but felt it was not easily accessible to the theatre community or the general public. These three words described R&B singer-turned-actress Aaliyah perfectly.Aaliyah Dana Haughton was born in Brooklyn, New York, to Diane (Hankerson) and Michael Haughton. D.) She conducted the Eva Jessye Choir, with appearances in universities and colleges with symphony orchestras and in festivals throughout the United States and Europe. The Realization of a Negro's Ambition.
Mariah Carey was born on March 27, 1970 in Huntington, Long Island, New York to Patricia Carey (née Hickey), an opera singer and vocal coach & Alfred Roy Carey, an aeronautical engineer. He was married to Rosa Belle Sims. He died on April 9, 1942 in Los Angeles, California, USA. Kimberly Denise Jones, was born on July 11, 1974, to parents Linwood Jones and Ruby Mae. Mildred was a beautiful, curvaceous, popular Black actress and dancer in the 1920s and 1930s. She was married to Elijah Dabney and William Taylor. The child of a teenage rape victim, Ethel Waters grew up in the slums of Philadelphia and neighboring cities, seldom living anywhere for more than a few weeks at a time. Thank you. 1968: Leslie Uggams, Hallelujah, Baby! Thank you. In 1988, she sang her way to stardom ... Ne-Yo was born on October 18, 1982 in Camden, Arkansas, USA as Shaffer Chimere Smith. Evon Skekeeter is an actress, known for Devil for a Day (1917), A Milk Fed Hero (1918) and Are Working Girls Safe?
Robert Duree is an actor, known for Devil for a Day (1917), A Milk Fed Hero (1918) and Are Working Girls Safe?
Forward contact information to us if you are aware of one that is not listed here. His father, from Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada, is black (of Black ... Samuel L. Jackson is an American producer and highly prolific actor, having appeared in over 100 films, including Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995), Unbreakable (2000), Shaft (2000), Formula 51 (2001), Black Snake Moan (2006), Snakes on a Plane (2006), and the Star Wars prequel trilogy (1999-2005), ... Lee Thompson Young was born as the son of Velma Love and Tommy Scott Young. In this one, directed by George ... Thelma McQueen attended public school in Augusta, Georgia and graduated from high school in Long Island, New York. He later began his acting career ... Donald Frank Cheadle was born in Kansas City, Missouri on November 29, 1964. She is a producer and writer, known for Coyote Ugly (2000), Tropic Thunder (2008) and America's Next Top Model (2003). He was a saxophonist in Horace Henderson's Wilberforce Collegians, then played in the orchestras of Fletcher Henderson and Chick Webb. They have two children. Nelly went to Spain with his father, Air Force Man Cornall Haynes Sr., until he was 3 years old, then moved to St. Louis.
She was married to Nathan G. Chaney. After her birth, her brothers formed a band later called The Jackson 5. She died on December 18, 1987 in Contra Costa County, California, USA. Crews was an All-Conference defensive end, and was a major contributor on the ... A tall (6'2"), sly, cueball-domed comedian of film and television satire, Damon Wayans hit outrageous 90's TV stardom playing various wise guys and streetwise slick characters on older brother Keenen Ivory Wayans' landmark, black-oriented TV sketch comedy In Living Color (1990).
He died on October 4, 1917 in Chicago, Illinois. She was a wonderful emotional actress, never ... Alma Sewell was born in July 1893 in Birmingham, Alabama, USA as Willie Alma Glenn. Composer ("It Don't Mean a Thing if It Ain't Got That Swing", "Sophisticated Lady", "Mood Indigo", "Solitude", "In a Mellotone", "Satin Doll"), pianist and conductor, holder of an honorary music degree from Wilberforce University and an LHD from Milton College, Duke Ellington led his own orchestra ... Louis Armstrong grew up poor in a single-parent household. Florence McClain is an actress, known for Aladdin Jones (1915), Money Talks in Darktown (1915) and A Natural Born Shooter (1917).
She rose to fame in 2007 after winning the sixth season of American Idol at age 17, becoming the youngest winner in the series' history. Tyra Banks was born on December 4, 1973 in Los Angeles, California, USA as Tyra Lynne Banks. When he was in second grade his parents split up and he went to live with his mother. She was married to Richard J. Ryan and Julian Baird. Alfred Norcom was born on June 11, 1897 in Dallas, Texas, USA as Alfred Levi Norcom. A native of Vidalia, Louisiana, ... Lena Calhoun Horne was born June 30, 1917, in Brooklyn, New York. He grew up on the streets of the South Bronx in New York City, where he very early decided that dance and the theatre were to be his career. Andrew Bishop was born on August 16, 1894 in Armonk, New York, USA. She was married to Paul Laguerre. She graced the screen with her magnetic presence and most times stole scenes from the top stars of the day every chance she got and made a lot of dull films ... Trixie Smith was born in 1895 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. Sam Robinson was born on March 10, 1888 in Richmond, Virginia, USA as Samuel Robinson. In 2001, Drake rose ... Whitney Elizabeth Houston was born into a musical family on 9 August 1963, in Newark, New Jersey, the daughter of gospel star Cissy Houston, cousin of singing star Dionne Warwick and goddaughter of soul legend Aretha Franklin. They have one child. After graduating high school in... Actor, producer and humanitarian Danny Glover has been a commanding presence on screen, stage and television for more than 35 years.Glover was born in San Francisco, California, to Carrie (Hunley) and James Glover, postal workers who were also active in civil rights.
A true master of the medium, Ingram despised the business haggling required in the Hollywood system. He is an actor and writer, known for White Chicks (2004), Little Man (2006) and Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood (1996). During her teens, Ciara and her ... As a child growing up in Benton Harbor, Michigan, Ernie Hudson wrote short stories, poems and songs, always thinking that his words might one day come to life on stage. He is an actor and writer, known for Barbershop (2002), Be Cool (2005) and A Haunted House (2013).
Talented. He was an actor, known for Son of Ingagi (1940), Jungle Goddess (1948) and Duke of the Navy (1942). She was married to Cyril Dandridge. He died on January 8, 1981 in Los Angeles. He also courted disdain and public controversy for most of his career as a staunch Cold ... "Sunshine Sammy" Morrison was most famous as one of the Dead End Kids/East Side Kids, but he was probably the most experienced actor of that group. Frank L. Wilson is an actor, known for A Case of Dynamite (1912) and Along Came Auntie (1926). The short-lived Ethiopian Art Theatre (1922-1925) presented European theatrical works written by African American playwrights.
She died on February 1, 1959 in Hollywood, California, USA. Saxophonist, songwriter ("Because of You", "Hot Toddy", "Cow Cow Boogie"), conductor, arranger and composer, educated at Wilberforce University in theology.