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The first work of its kind, this encyclopedia provides 360 brief biographies of African American film and television acPER010000tresses from the silent era to 2009. It includes entries on well-known and nearly forgotten actresses, running the gamut from Academy Award and NAACP Image Award winners to B-film and blaxpoitation era stars. Each entry has a complete filmography of the actress''s film, TV, music video or short film credits. The work also features more than 170 photographs, some of them rare images from the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.



Table of Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Preface
  • AFRICAN AMERICAN ACTRESSES, A TO Z
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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      Publisher: McFarland & Co Inc
      Publication Date: 1/30/2022 12:10:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9781476691404, 978-1476691404
      ISBN10: 1476691401

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      The first work of its kind, this encyclopedia provides 360 brief biographies of African American film and television acPER010000tresses from the silent era to 2009. It includes entries on well-known and nearly forgotten actresses, running the gamut from Academy Award and NAACP Image Award winners to B-film and blaxpoitation era stars. Each entry has a complete filmography of the actress''s film, TV, music video or short film credits. The work also features more than 170 photographs, some of them rare images from the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.



      Table of Contents
      • Acknowledgments
      • Preface
      • AFRICAN AMERICAN ACTRESSES, A TO Z
      • Bibliography
      • Index

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