Hollywood trailblazer , who paved a path for Black actresses during a career that spanned more than six decades, died in January 2021, her manager confirmed to.
She was just 19 when she moved to the Big Apple, but after receiving classes from veteran coaches like Lee Strasberg, Uta Hagen, and Sanford Meisner , she was ready to launch her career.
Years would pass before she landed another role, but this time it was one of some substance.
I recently spent two classes as a model at Washington, D.
While he got involved with drama at the University of Chicago, he spent most of his early years working a variety of jobs — selling shoes and encyclopedias, working on an automobile assembly line, and serving in the U.
I was relieved to see they were almost all women between the ages of 20 and 60—although, disturbingly, one was a teenage boy.