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Sarah Siddons
b. 7-5-1755; Wales
d. 6-8-1831
18th century tragedienne Sarah Siddons was most famous for her portrayal of Lady Macbeth.
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Harriet Smithson
b. 1800
d. 3-3-1854
Irish actress Harriet Smithson was the first wife of composer Hector Berlioz and the inspiration of 'Symphonie Fantastique'.
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Barbara Stanwyck, née Ruby Catherine Stevens
b. 7-16-1907; New York City
d. 1-20-1990; Santa Monica
Barbara Stanwyck, stage and film actress, is ranked as the all time eleventh greatest female star by the Amercian Film Institute (rule: film debut before 1950).
• Stella Dallas, DVD
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Dame Ellen Alice Terry
b. 2-27-1847; England
d. 7-21-1928
Stage actress Ellen Terry, the great aunt of Sir John Gielgud, was a leading Shakespearean actress with roles as Portia, Ophelia, Desdemona, Catherine of Aragon, in the Merry Wives of Windsor.
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Ethel Waters
b. 10-31-1896, Chester, PA
d. 9-1-1977, CA
Ethel Waters was born in Chester, Pennsylvania, into unhappy circumstances. Her mother was just 12 years old, and Waters was raised in poverty in Philadelphia by her grandmother. Still in her teens, Ethel was already divorced and working as a chambermaid for $4.75 a week when her friends convinced her to sing at an amateur night competition at a local club. She won first prize and a steady job, and soon she was performing on the black vaudeville circuit. She was billed as "Sweet Mama Stringbean" because she was tall and skinny.
Waters began to record blues songs at the beginning of the Harlem Renaissance in 1919, and by 1921 she was a huge star. Her single "Down Home Blues" sold more than 500,000 copies in six months, and she drew rave reviews for her Broadway appearances in two important black revues, Africana and Blackbirds of 1928. But she never lived in luxury. In fact, she gave away most of her money to Harlem's poor. "There's an old saying that charity begins at home," she said, "and all Harlem is home to me."
Ethel Waters career lasted much longer than the Harlem Renaissance itself. She remained a popular stage, screen, and radio actress for many years. In the early 1950s, she played the title role on the television show Beulah – the first national TV show that featured an African American as its main character. Waters also received two Academy Award nominations for her work in the movies Pinky (1938) and A Member of the Wedding (1953), and she wrote two autobiographies. She died in 1977.
• more Harlem Renaissance posters
• more Black Entertainers posters
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Margaret "Peg" Woffington
b. c 1720; Dublin
d. 3-26-1760
Woffington was an enormously popular stage actress in Georgian England. She collapsed while playing the part of Rosalind in 'As You Like It' in 1757 and was never able to act again.
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Sada Yacco
b. 1871; Japan
d. 1946
Sada Yacco was a Japanese actress who toured Europe and America.
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