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Release Date:
3 October 1950 (USA) more
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A comedy series of a family with the central role pointed to their Negro domestic who pulls the weekly family situations together with more common sense than all of the other family members.
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Cast

 (Series Cast [6])
Ernest Whitman ... Bill Jackson (3 episodes, 1952)
David Bruce ... Harry Henderson (3 episodes, 1952)
Ruby Dandridge ... Oriole (3 episodes, 1952)
Jane Frazee ... Alice Henderson (3 episodes, 1952)
Stuffy Singer ... Donnie Henderson (3 episodes, 1952)

Hattie McDaniel ... Beulah (2 episodes, 1952)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Beulah Show
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Runtime:
30 min
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1.33 : 1 more
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Ethel Waters' first TV role. more
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Featured in TV in Black: The First Fifty Years (2004) (V) more

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I'm confused, 13 June 2008
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Author: wmav01 from United States

I've picked up a few of these episodes from the internet archive of public domain shows. These episodes star Louise Beavers, and I believe they are from 1952. I can't find a good episode list but according to IMDb there were 3 more Beulahs besides Louise Beavers, including Hattie McDaniel from "Gone with the Wind", Ethel Waters, and Amanda Rudolph all in a 3 year period. Why so many changes? I know Hattie McDaniel died in 52, but I still can't believe a show with so many main character changes, let alone the fact she was black in the 50's would stay on TV. Stranger still I have a spattering of early TV listings from 1952 and 1953, this show is not in any evening lineup. Was this some kind of show syndicated to different markets? Any experts out there can educate me?

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