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Videos (see all 5)
College (1927) -- To reconcile with his girlfriend, a bookish college student tries to become an athlete.
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages (1916) -- The story of a poor young woman, separated by prejudice from her husband and baby, is interwoven with tales of intolerance from throughout history.
Tarzan and the Trappers (1958) -- Tarzan deals with the villainous Schroeder, who is illegally collecting animals for zoos, only to be menaced by Schroeder's hunter brother Sikes, out for revenge, who teams up with greedy trader Lapin in a hunt for human game...
The Birth of a Nation (1915) -- The Civil War divides friends and destroys families, but that's nothing compared to the anarchy in the black-ruled South after the war.
Tarzan and the Trappers (1958) -- Tarzan deals with the villainous Schroeder, who is illegally collecting animals for zoos, only to be menaced by Schroeder's hunter brother Sikes, out for revenge, who teams up with greedy trader Lapin in a hunt for human game...

Overview

Date of Death:
1 February 1959, Hollywood, California, USA more
Trivia:
Despite popular belief, she was not the grandmother of actress Dorothy Dandridge.
STARmeter: ?
Down 38% in popularity this week. See rank & trends on IMDbPro.
Alternate Names:
Sul-Te-Wan | Madame Sultewan | Madame Wan

Filmography

Jump to filmography as: Actress, Soundtrack
Actress:
  1. The Buccaneer (1958) .... Good Luck Charm Vendor
  2. Tarzan and the Trappers (1958) .... Witch Woman
  3. Band of Angels (1957) (uncredited) .... Flower Vendor
  4. Something of Value (1957) (uncredited) .... Midwife
    ... aka Africa Ablaze (USA: reissue title)
  5. "Medic" (1 episode, 1955)
        - All My Mothers, All My Fathers (1955) TV episode
  6. Carmen Jones (1954) (uncredited) .... Hagar - Carmen's Grandmother
    ... aka Oscar Hammerstein's Carmen Jones (USA: complete title)

  7. Mighty Joe Young (1949) (uncredited) .... Young family servant
    ... aka Mr. Joseph Young of Africa
  8. Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943) (uncredited) .... Bit in 'Ice Cold Katie' Number
  9. Revenge of the Zombies (1943) .... Mammy Beulah, the housekeeper
    ... aka The Corpse Vanished (UK)
  10. Mokey (1942) (uncredited) .... Miss Cully, old black woman
  11. Sullivan's Travels (1941) (uncredited) .... Church harmonium payer
  12. King of the Zombies (1941) .... Tahama, the Cook and High Priestess
  13. Maryland (1940) (uncredited) .... Naomi
  14. Safari (1940) (uncredited) .... Native Woman

  15. Torchy Blane.. Playing with Dynamite (1939) (uncredited) .... Ruby - Black Convict Woman
    ... aka Torchy Plays with Dynamite (USA: review title)
  16. Tell No Tales (1939) (uncredited) .... Jim Alley's mother
    ... aka A Hundred to One (International: English title)
  17. Kentucky (1938) .... Lily
  18. The Affairs of Annabel (1938) (uncredited) .... Benzedrina, a Convict
  19. The Toy Wife (1938) (uncredited) .... Eve, a Black Servant
    ... aka Frou Frou (UK)
  20. Island in the Sky (1938) (uncredited) .... Scrubwoman
  21. Maid of Salem (1937) .... Tituba
  22. In Old Chicago (1937) (as Madame Sultewan) .... Hattie
  23. So Red the Rose (1935) (uncredited) .... Slave
  24. Imitation of Life (1934) (uncredited) .... Black Cook
  25. Black Moon (1934) .... Ruva
  26. A Modern Hero (1934) (uncredited) .... Mme. Azais' Neighbor
  27. King Kong (1933) (uncredited) .... Native Handmaiden
    ... aka The Eighth Wonder
    ... aka The Eighth Wonder of the World
  28. Ladies They Talk About (1933) (uncredited) .... Prisoner Mustard
    ... aka Women in Prison
  29. Heaven on Earth (1931) .... Voodoo Sue
    ... aka Mississippi
  30. The Pagan Lady (1931) (uncredited) .... Carla the Servant
  31. The Thoroughbred (1930) .... Sacharine
    ... aka Riding to Win (UK)
  32. Sarah and Son (1930) (uncredited) .... Ashmore's Maid

  33. Queen Kelly (1929) (uncredited) .... Kali Sana - Aunt's Cook
  34. Uncle Tom's Cabin (1927) (uncredited) .... Slave at Wedding
  35. College (1927) (uncredited) .... Cook
  36. The Narrow Street (1925) .... Easter
  37. The Lightning Rider (1924) .... Mammy
  38. Manslaughter (1922) (uncredited) .... Prison Inmate
  39. Why Change Your Wife? (1920) (uncredited) .... Sally's Maid

  40. Who's Your Father? (1918) (uncredited) .... Black Mother
  41. Old Wives for New (1918) (uncredited) .... Viola's Maid
  42. Stage Struck (1917) (uncredited)
  43. The Children Pay (1916) (uncredited)
  44. Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages (1916) (uncredited) .... Girl at Marriage Market (Babylonian Story)
    ... aka Intolerance (USA: short title)
    ... aka Intolerance: A Sun-Play of the Ages (USA: copyright title)
  45. Hoodoo Ann (1916) (uncredited) .... Black Cindy
  46. The Birth of a Nation (1915) (uncredited) .... Black woman (Dr. Cameron's taunter)
    ... aka In the Clutches of the Ku Klux Klan (USA: cut version)
    ... aka The Birth of the Nation; Or The Clansman (second copyright title)
    ... aka The Clansman (USA: Los Angeles première title)
  47. The Cause of It All (1915) .... Mary - the Hotel Cook
Soundtrack:
  1. Sullivan's Travels (1941) ("Let My People Go")

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