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A$AP Ferg was born on 20 October 1988 in Harlem, New York City, New York, USA. He is an actor and composer, known for The Edge of Seventeen (2016), Game Over, Man! (2018) and Ghostbusters (2016).- A$AP Yams was born on 13 November 1988 in Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA. He died on 18 January 2015 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA.
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Born and raised in Harlem, New York Abdur-Rahman Yoba is a literary manager, writer, actor, producer, former indie record label owner and hip-hop recording artist. He founded GhettoSuburbia Enertainment in 2003 as a New York based boutique literary management-production company with a Los Angeles presence. Former clients include writer/director Dianna Ippolito (Close Your Eyes), writer/director Anthony Solorzano (Varsity Punks), and writer/director Adam Lamas (Empty Rooms). Today, he's still focused on collaborating with and discovering new voices to guide, as well as his own with The Reluctant Spy from Browsnville Brooklyn, a global action-thriller TV series he created, developed and wrote.- Additional Crew
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Agnes de Mille was born on 18 September 1905 in Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for Oklahoma! (1955), The Ragamuffin (1916) and Carousel (1956). She was married to Walter Foy Prude. She died on 7 October 1993 in Greenwich Village, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.- Alberto Martinez was born on 8 June 1966 in East Harlem, New York City, New York, USA. He died on 31 October 2021 in New York City, New York, USA.
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Alberto Vazquez was born in Spanish Harlem, New York. His parents are from Puerto Rico. Alberto was interested in acting since his childhood. He was a television junkie and would imitate characters from popular TV shows in the sixties. He started studying acting in 1975 with Julie Bovasso (Travolta's mother in Saturday Night Fever), then later with Ernie Martina and Geraldine Barron (from the Actors Studio). He started acting in plays at The Henry Street Settlement, Ensemble Studio Theater And American Theater for Actors. He understudied the role of the Dealer in Cuba and his Teddy Bear with Robert DeNiro, And Burt Young on Broadway's Longacre Theater in 1987. Since then he has performed in over 100 plays, commercial, TV and films.- Alex Wiesendanger was born on 5 April 1983 in Harlem, New York City, New York, USA. He is an actor, known for Little Buddha (1993) and The Nutcracker (1993).
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Alfonzo Thornton was born in Harlem, New York City, New York, USA. He is known for A Walk to Remember (2002), Chicago (2002) and Hercules (1997).- Allen Payne was born on 7 July 1968 in Harlem, New York City, New York, USA. He is an actor, known for New Jack City (1991), The Perfect Storm (2000) and Vampire in Brooklyn (1995).
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Andre Harrell was born on 26 September 1960 in Harlem, New York City, New York, USA. He was a producer and actor, known for Honey (2003), New York Undercover (1994) and Strictly Business (1991). He was married to Wendy Credle. He died on 7 May 2020 in West Hollywood, California, USA.- Art D'Lugoff was born on 2 August 1924 in Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA. He was married to Avital Achai. He died on 4 November 2009 in Inwood, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.
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Arthur French was born on 6 November 1931 in Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor and producer, known for Three Days of the Condor (1975), Kinsey (2004) and The Book of Henry (2017). He was married to Antoniette Williams. He died on 24 July 2021 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.- Writer
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Arthur Asher Miller was born on October 17, 1915, in New York City, one of three children born to Augusta (nee Barnett) and Isidore Miller. His family was of Austrian Jewish descent. His father manufactured women's coats, but his business was devastated by the Depression, seeding his son's disillusionment with the American Dream and those blue-sky-seeking Americans who pursued it with both eyes focused on the Grail of Materialism. Due to his father's strained financial circumstances, Miller had to work for tuition money to attend the University of Michigan, where he wrote his first plays. They were successful, earning him numerous student awards, including the Avery Hopwood Award in Drama for "No Villain" in 1937.
The award was named after one of the most successful playwrights of the 1920s, who simultaneously had five hits on Broadway, the Neil Simon of his day. Now almost forgotten except for his contribution to Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933), Hopwood achieved a material success that the older Miller could not match, but he failed to capture the immortality that would be Miller's. Hopwood's suicide, on the beach of the Cote d'Azur, reportedly inspired Norman Maine's march into the southern California surf in A Star Is Born (1937).
Like Fitzgerald, Miller tasted success at a tender age. In 1938, upon graduating from Michigan, he received a Theatre Guild National Award and returned to New York, joining the Federal Theatre Project. He married his college girlfriend, Mary Grace Slattery, in 1940; they would have two children, Joan and Robert. In 1944, he made his Broadway debut with "The Man Who Had All the Luck", a flop that lasted only four performances. He went on to publish two books, "Situation Normal" (1944) and "Focus" (1945), but it was in 1947 that his star became ascendant. His play "All My Sons", directed by Elia Kazan, became a hit on Broadway, running for 328 performances. Both Miller and Kazan received Tony Awards, and Miller won the New York Drama Critics Circle Award. It was a taste of what was to come.
Staged by Kazan, "Death of a Salesman" opened at the Morosco Theatre on February 10, 1949, and closed 742 performances later on Nov 18, 1950. The play was the sensation of the season, winning six Tony Awards, including Best Play and Best Author for Miller. Miller also was awarded the 1949 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. The play made lead actor Lee J. Cobb, as Willy Loman, an icon of the stage comparable to the Hamlet of John Barrymore: a synthesis of actor and role that created a legend that survives through the bends of time. A contemporary classic was recognized, though some critics complained that the play wasn't truly a tragedy, as Willy Loman was such a pathetic soul. Given his status, Loman's fall could not qualify as tragedy, as there was so little height from which to fall. Miller, a dedicated progressive and a man of integrity, never accepted that criticism. As Willy's wife Linda said at his funeral, "Attention must be paid", even to the little people.
In 1983, Miller himself directed a staging of "Salesman" in Chinese at the Beijing People's Art Theatre. He said that while the Chinese, then largely ignorant of capitalism, might not have understood Loman's career choice, they did have empathy for his desire to drink from the Grail of the American Dream. They understood this dream, which Miller characterizes as the desire "to excel, to win out over anonymity and meaninglessness, to love and be loved, and above all, perhaps, to count." It is this desire to sup at the table of the great American Capitalists, even if one is just scrounging for crumbs, in a country of which President Calvin Coolidge said, "The business of America is business," this desire to be recognized, to be somebody, that so moves "Salesman" audiences, whether in New York, London or Beijing.
Miller never again attained the critical heights nor smash Broadway success of "Salesman," though he continued to write fine plays that were appreciated by critics and audiences alike for another two decades. Disenchanted with Kazan over his friendly testimony before the House Un-American Activities Committee, the two parted company when Kazan refused to direct "The Crucible", Miller's parable of the witch hunts of Sen. Joseph McCarthy. Defending her husband, Kazan's wife, Molly, told Miller that the play was disingenuous, as there were no real witches in Puritan Salem. It was a point Miller disagreed with, as it was a matter of perspective--the witches in Salem were real to those who believed in them. However, subsequent research has shown that the cursorily-researched (at best) play contains fictional motifs (regarding Goodman and Goodwife Putnam and their offspring), limited research, and carelessness in identifying (or not identifying, as with William Stoughton) the true authors of the witch trials. Directed by another Broadway legend, Jed Harris, the play ran for 197 performances and won Miller the 1953 Tony Award for Best Play. Miller had another success with "A View from the Bridge", a play about an incest-minded longshoreman written with overtones of classical Greek tragedy, which ran for 149 performances in the 1955-56 season.
It was in 1956 that Miller made his most fateful personal decision, when he divorced his first wife, Mary Slattery Miller, and married movie siren-cum-legend Marilyn Monroe. With this marriage Miller achieved a different type of fame, a pop culture status he abhorred. It was a marriage doomed to fail, as Monroe was, in Miller's words, "highly self-destructive". In his 1989 autobiography, "Timebends", Miller wrote that a marriage was a conspiracy to keep out the light. When one or more of the partners could no longer prevent the light from coming in and illuminating the other's faults, the marriage was doomed. In his own autobiography, "A Life", Kazan said that he could not understand the marriage. Monroe, who had slept with Kazan on a casual basis, as she did with many other Hollywood players, was the type of woman someone took as a mistress, not as a wife. Miller, however, was a man of principle. He was in love. "[A]ll my energy and attention were devoted to trying to help her solve her problems", Miller confessed to a French newspaper in 1992. "Unfortunately, I didn't have much success."
The conspiracy collapsed during the filming of The Misfits (1961) (1961), with John Huston shooting the original script Miller had written expressly for his wife. The genesis of the story had come to him while waiting out a divorce from his first wife Mary in Nevada. Monroe hated her character Roslyn, claiming Miller had made her out to be the dumb blond stereotype she so loathed and had been trying to escape. Withering in her criticism of Miller, and ultimately unfaithful to him, she and Miller separated. Norman Mailer, in his 1973 biography, "Marilyn", ridiculed Miller for not doing enough to help Monroe. Film critic Pauline Kael lambasted Mailer by imputing petty machismo and jealousy as the cause of his animus against Miller. Miller would later reunite with Kazan to launch the new Lincoln Center Repertory Theater, with the play "After the Fall", a fictionalization of his relationship with Monroe. "Fall" ran for 208 performances in repertory in 1964 and 1965 and won 1964 Tony Awards for Jason Robards and Kazan's future wife Barbara Loden, playing the Miller and Monroe stand-ins Quentin and Maggie. Miller's own "Incident at Vichy" played in repertory with "Fall" in the 1965 season, but lasted only 32 performances.
On June 1, 1957, Miller was found in contempt of Congress for refusing to name names of a literacy circle suspected of Communist Party affiliations. The State Department deprived him of his passport, and he became a left-wing cause célèbre. In 1967 Miller became President of P.E.N., an international literacy organization that campaigned for the rights of suppressed writers. He published a collection of short stories entitled "I Don't Need You Any More", that same year. Returning to the Morosco Theatre, the site of his greatest triumph, "The Price" was Miller's last unqualified hit in America, running for 429 performances between February 7, 1968 and February 15, 1969. Though Miller won a 1968 Tony Award for Best Play, the bulk of his success as an original playwright was over. The Price (1971) (a 1971 teleplay) was nominated for six Emmy awards, including Outstanding Single Program-Drama or Comedy, and won three, including Best Actor for George C. Scott, who would later win a 1976 Tony playing Willy Loman in a 1975 Broadway revival.
Miller never again achieved success on Broadway with an original play. In the 1980s, when he was hailed as the greatest living American playwright after the death of Tennessee Williams, he even had trouble getting full-scale revivals of his work staged. One of his more significant later works, "The American Clock", based on Studs Terkel's oral history of the Great Depression, "Hard Times", ran for only 11 previews and 12 performances in late 1980 at the Biltmore Theatre. Also in 1980, Miller courted controversy by backing the casting of the outspokenly anti-Zionist Vanessa Redgrave as a concentration-camp Jewess in his teleplay Playing for Time (1980), an adaptation of the memoir "The Musicians of Auschwitz". Despite the fallout in the United States for America's then-greatest living playwright, his works were popular in Great Britain, whose intellectual and theatrical communities treated him as a major figure in world literature. The universality of his work was highlighted with his own successful staging of "Death of a Salesman" in Beijing in 1983.
"Death of a Salesman" has become a standard warhorse, now revived each decade on Broadway, and internationally. In addition to George C. Scott and Lee J. Cobb (who received an Emmy nomination for the 1966 teleplay; Miller himself received a Special Citation from the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences for the production), Dustin Hoffman and Brian Dennehy have garnered kudos for playing Willie Loman. The 1984 Broadway revival of "Salesman" won a Tony for best Reproduction and helped revive Miller's domestic reputation, while Volker Schlöndorff's 1985 film (Death of a Salesman (1985)) of the production won 10 Emmy nominations, including one for Miller as executive producer of the Outstanding Drama/Comedy Special. Hoffman won an Emmy and a Golden Globe for playing Willy Loman. The 1999 revival won four Tonys, including Dennehy for Best Actor, and ran for 274 performances at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre. Arthur Miller died in Roxbury, Connecticut in 2005, aged 89. He had been suffering from cancer, pneumonia and a heart condition.
Miller based his works on American history, his own life, and his observations of the American scene. His stature is traditionally based on his perceived refusal to avoid moral and social issues in his writing. His willingness to fight for what he believed in his chosen art form made him a literary icon whose name will live on in world letters.- Actress
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Azealia Banks was born on 31 May 1991 in Harlem, New York City, New York, USA. She is an actress and composer, known for Pitch Perfect (2012), The Heat (2013) and The Bling Ring (2013).- Ben Halley Jr. was born on 6 August 1951 in Harlem, New York, USA. He is an actor, known for Wiseguy (1987), Holland Festival (1952) and Charleston (1979).
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Bianca Bonnie was born on 1 July 1991 in Harlem, New York City, New York, USA. She is a composer, known for #Victoria (2018), j-hope Feat. Becky G: Chicken Noodle Soup (2019) and Showtime at the Apollo (1987).- Actor
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Biz Markie was an African-American rapper, disk jockey and actor. He was known for his hit 1989 song "Just a Friend". He played a beatboxing alien in Men in Black II (2002) alongside Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones. He was originally going to voice The Grizz in Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time (2013) but left during pre-production of the game with Fred Tatasciore replacing him. He passed away in 2021 due to complications from diabetes.- Composer
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Black Rob was born on 8 June 1968 in Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA. He was a composer and actor, known for Training Day (2001), Snatched (2017) and Money Talks (1997). He died on 17 April 2021 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.- Blair Cunningham was born on 11 October 1957 in Harlem, New York, USA. He is an actor, known for Haircut 100: Nobody's Fool (1982), Haircut 100: Favourite Shirts (Boy Meets Girl) (1981) and Haircut 100: Fantastic Day (1982).
- Bob Moses was born on 23 January 1935 in Harlem, New York City, New York, USA. He was an executive. He was married to Janet Jemmott and Dona Richards. He died on 25 July 2021 in Hollywood, Florida, USA.
- Bobby Horne was born on 13 April 1964 in Harlem, New York City, New York, USA. He is an actor, known for WWE Raw (1993), WWF Superstars (1986) and Wrestling Today (2014). He has been married to Denise Lane since 19 January 2006. They have one child.
- Bre Scullark, from America's Next Top Model, Cycle 5 is a dynamic young woman who after ANTM, did correspondent work for the Tyra Banks Show, BET and a few other outlets. Bre has been a blogger for Global Grind, Essence.com and Honey magazine while focusing on acting and continuing her correspondent work. Her latest campaigns are Garnier Fructis, Ambi Skincare and Dove Chocolate.
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Bunny Briggs was born on 26 February 1922 in Harlem, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Tap (1989), Movietone Melodies: Charlie Barnet and Band (1949) and Adventures in Jazz (1949). He was married to Olivette Miller. He died on 15 November 2014 in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.- Actor
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Rapper Cam'ron was born and raised in Harlem, attending Manhattan Center High School, where one of his basketball teammates was Mason "Mase" Betha, who also became a successful rapper. Though his playing earned him scholarship offers from top colleges, Cam'ron was unable to take advantage of them because of his poor academic record, and he enrolled at a small college in Texas instead. He quickly dropped out and returned to Harlem, where he became a drug dealer before turning to rap. Hooking up with the Bad Boy posse, he developed a pop-rap style similar to chief Bad Boy Puff Daddy. But Cam'ron didn't sign with Bad Boy; Mase introduced him to the Notorious B.I.G., who in turn brought in his partner Lance "Un" Rivera. Un signed Cam'ron to his Untertainment label, distributed by Epic Records. Cam'ron first attracted attention with "Pull It," which earned airplay in May 1998. "3-5-7" was featured in the movie Woo and became his first R&B chart entry in June. Then in July came "Horse & Carriage," featuring Mase. It made the R&B Top Ten and just missed hitting the pop Top 40, setting up Cam'ron's debut album, Confessions of Fire, which went gold and made the Top Ten of both the pop and R&B charts. "Feels Good" featuring Usher was another R&B chart entry in December. "Let Me Know" made the pop and R&B charts in June 1999. A year later, "What Means the World to You" heralded the release of Cam'ron's biographical sophomore album, S.D.E. (the initials standing for Sports, Drugs, and Entertainment). Cam'ron worked with Ol' Dirty Bastard, Mobb Deep's Prodigy, and producer Digga to complete the album, which was released in September 2000- Actress
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Carmen McRae was born on 8 April 1920 in Harlem, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for Real Genius (1985), Hotel (1967) and Excess Baggage (1997). She was married to Ike Isaacs and Kenny Clarke. She died on 10 November 1994 in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.- Carmine Galante was born on 21 February 1910 in East Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA. He was married to Elena Ninfa Marulli. He died on 12 July 1979 in Bushwick, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA.
- Celedonia Jones was born on 21 February 1930 in Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA. Celedonia was married to Doris Cain. Celedonia died on 15 April 2023 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.
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Cicely Tyson was born in Harlem, New York City, where she was raised by her devoutly religious parents, who had come from the Caribbean island of Nevis. Her mother Theodosia was a domestic worker and her her father William was a carpenter and painter. Tyson was discovered by a fashion editor at Ebony Magazine, and with her stunning looks she quickly rose to the top of the modeling industry. In 1957 she began acting in Off-Broadway productions. She had small roles in feature films before she was cast as Portia in The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (1968). Four years later, she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for her sensational performance in the critically-acclaimed film Sounder (1972). In 1974, she went on to portray a 110-year-old former slave in The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman (1974), which earned her two Emmy Awards. She also appeared in the television miniseries Roots (1977), King (1978), and A Woman Called Moses (1978). While Cicely has not appeared steadily onscreen because of her loyalty to solely portraying strong, positive images of Black women, she is definitely one of the most talented, beautiful actresses who ever graced stage or screen.- Clifford Alexander was born on 21 September 1933 in Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA. He was married to Adele Logan. He died on 3 July 2022 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.
- Colin Luther Powell (April 5, 1937 - October 18, 2021) was an American politician, statesman, diplomat, and United States Army officer who served as the 65th United States Secretary of State from 2001 to 2005. He was the first African-American Secretary of State. He served as the 15th United States national security advisor from 1987 to 1989 and as the 12th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 1989 to 1993.
- D.J. Hollywood was born on 10 December 1954 in Harlem, New York City, New York, USA. He is an actor, known for The Breaks (2017), Legends of Hip Hop: The Fifth Element (2003) and The Rock 'n' Roll Evening News (1986).
- At the forefront of New York City's musical resurrection is Harlem rapper/actor Damany Mathis (Rugz D. Bewler). The former Roc-A-Fella intern turned prominent emcee emerged on the music scene in 2010 as part of the independent music collective DD172/BluRoc Records, where he penned the popular underground hit "Super Bad." The song's success catapulted Damany Mathis (Rugz D. Bewler) as a talent fans and music insiders alike had to pay close attention to.
With a heightened profile, Damany Mathis (Rugz D. Bewler) capitalized on his newfound notoriety by releasing his first mixtape, Bewler's Day Off. To continue building his buzz and further his progress, Damany Mathis (Rugz D. Bewler) followed up with the releases of Save Bewler: The Memoirs of Muhammad Mc'Fly, All I Need Is 20: The Lover's Rock Edition, and By Any Means Necessary, all projects consisting of original music distributed for free download.
Focused on creating timeless music, Damany Mathis (Rugz D. Bewler) continues to capture the hearts and support of listeners, strengthening his connection with fans through his ability to craft songs with universal themes and messages that resonate with a wide a range of people. Sold-out shows, brand sponsorships, and national radio and television appearances have steadily contributed to Rugz D. Bewler's ascent as one of The Big Apple's next notable rappers, establishing himself as another individual from Harlem to influence popular music and culture. - Dangerous was born on 11 May 1987 in Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.
- Dapper Dan was born on 8 August 1944 in Harlem, New York City, New York, USA. He is an actor, known for Luke Cage (2016), Smoke DZA's Homegrown (2020) and French Montana Feat. Drake: No Stylist (2018).
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Darryl Matthews McDaniels was born on May 31, 1964, in Queens, New York. His birth parents are unknown. At the age of 3 months, Byford and Banna McDaniels adopted him. He attended Catholic schools in New York City and after graduation, he attended St. John's University in Queens, New York. During this time in 1984 he recorded his first album appropriately titled "RUN-D.M.C."
In 1991 he met the love of his life, Zuri L. (Alston) McDaniels, while walking in New York City; they married a year later on September 28, 1992. Their son Darryl M. McDaniels, Jr. (DSon) was born on July 27, 1994, at LaGuardia Hospital in Queens, New York.
They presently reside in New Jersey.- Writer
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Dennis Watlington was born in 1952 in Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for The Deer Hunter (1978), In the Name of Democracy: America's Conscience, a Soldier's Sacrifice, (2009) and The Untold West (1993).- Derron 'Smokey' Edington was born in December 1967 in Harlem, New York, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Criminal Minds (2005), State Property: Blood on the Streets (2005) and Paper Soldiers (2002).
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Dolores Hope was born on 27 May 1909 in Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for Soup for Nuts (1934), There Were Times, Dear (1985) and The Christophers (1952). She was married to Bob Hope. She died on 19 September 2011 in Toluca Lake, Los Angeles, California, USA.- Don Casino was born on 22 March 1925 in Harlem, New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Soldiers of Fortune (1955). He was married to Harriett Aline (Candi) Scott and Diosa Costello. He died on 2 January 2015 in Miami, Florida, USA.
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Donald Jones was born on 24 January 1932 in Harlem, New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Dag dag heerlijke lach (1974), Mik-Mak (1962) and Obsessions (1969). He was married to Adèle Bloemendaal. He died on 5 November 2004 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.- Dorothy Van Engle was Oscar Micheaux's most beautiful and talented actress, and he used her in most of his important films: Harlem After Midnight (1934), Murder in Harlem (1935), God's Step Children (1938) and Swing! (1938). She was a favorite of black audiences and her beauty and natural, sophisticated acting took audiences' minds off the sometimes offending--and offensive--work of Micheaux. WIth Van Engle he saw he had a new star, someone who could bring something new and fresh to his movies. Dorothy Van Engle was a fine actress, providing a new image of a black woman on screen, one that had never been seen on the screen before, and seldom afterward. She often played intelligent, insightful, down-to-earth women, women who were always "ladies" because Van Engle was one herself. She didn't act "black", everything she did wasn't "black"; she acted like a fully-rounded human being.
As an actress she got to play women from all walks of life, not just stereotypical "black" characters, and she made you dismiss the race and look at the character, but her pride in her race was obvious. Many black actresses of today could do themselves a favor by watching her. Van Engle didn't have to do much because her face could tell the story. In all her movies she was always watchable. However, when Micheaux stopped making films at the beginning of the 1940s, Dorothy Van Engle disappeared. Nothing was heard about or from her until her death.
Anyone who sees Dorothy Van Engle is taken by her beauty and naturalness and wants to know more about her. She had the sophistication and classiness of Myrna Loy, the coolness of Kay Francis and a perfect face you'll never forget; put them all together and you had Dorothy Van Engle. She was a part of the "Golden Era" of black films and, most importantly, filmmaking, and will not be forgotten. Dorothy Van Engle surely belongs on top as one of the most beautiful women of the screen alongside Hedy Lamarr, Linda Darnell and Gene Tierney. Lena Horne often is credited as the first black lady of the screen, but Dorothy Van Engle really was. She brought beauty, class and intelligence to the image of black women on screen and introduced it to the world. - Camera and Electrical Department
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Duane Chivon Ferguson was born in Harlem, New York and raised in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. He first developed his creativity performing in plays at his alma-mater, Herbert H. Lehman College of the City University of New York. He also performed on various stages in New York and did repertory work with The Positive Youth Troupe and The Citykids Foundation.
On camera, Duane has hosted various episodes of magazine shows and has appeared in numerous independant shorts. He is a frequent collaborator with his mentor, filmmaker Roderick Giles.
Duane developed his camera skills working for public access television and is currently a professional camera operator for a city owned television station. He recently completed "Even the Score", his first independant short as a writer-director.- Dudley Williams was born on 18 August 1938 in East Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Quest (1961) and Carmen and Geoffrey (2005). He died on 30 May 2015 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.
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Earl Carroll was born on 2 November 1937 in Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Hollywood a Go Go (1964), The Ed Sullivan Show (1948) and Bandstand (1958). He died on 25 November 2012 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.- Actor
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Edmund J. Cambridge is the Founding Member of the Legendary "Cambridge Players" a Theater Troupe that First Produce James Baldwin's "The Amen Corner" on Broadway in 1965 which was produced by Nat King Cole Wife "Maria Ellington". The founding members of The Cambridge Players are Juanita Moore, Helen Martin, Esther Rolle, Helen Martin, Royce Wallace and Supporting Members Isabel Sanford, Beah Richards and Maya Angelou whom were Edward Cambridge Childhood friends. Juanita Moore whom were close friends with Marlon Brando and James Baldwin spoke to Marlon Brando about Lending the funds ($75) to Mr. James Baldwin to write "The Amen Corner". Kirk E. Kelleykahn is Now CEO-President of the Legendary Troupe with J.W. Nutting as Vice-President and Original Founding Member "Lynn Hamilton" as Artistic Director.- Actor
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Edot Baby was born on 6 February 2005 in Harlem, New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Edot Baby: Friday Night (2022), Edot Baby x Sha EK: FTW (2021) and Leeky G Bando x Edot Baby: James Bond (2020). He died on 3 November 2022 in New York City, New York, USA.- Edward Mapp was born on 17 August 1929 in Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA. He died on 19 March 2021 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.
- Ethel Bruneau was born in 1936 in Harlem, New York City, New York, USA. She was married to Henri "Ti-Rouge" Bruneau. She died on 24 July 2023 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
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Faith Ringgold was born on 8 October 1930 in Harlem, New York City, New York, USA. She is known for 5th Ward (2018), Reclaiming the Body: Feminist Art in America (1995) and Black Art: In the Absence of Light (2021). She was married to Burdette Ringgold and Robert Earl Wallace. She died on 13 April 2024 in Englewood, New Jersey, USA.- Actor
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Felipe Luciano was born in 1948 in East Harlem, New York City, New York, USA. He is an actor, known for It Could Happen to You (1994), Panther (1995) and D'Curse (2013).