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Madame Sul-Te-Wan (born Nellie Crawford; March 7, 1873 – February 1, 1959) was the first African-American actress to sign a film contract and be a featured performer. She was an American stage, film and television actress for over 50 years.
13 de feb. de 2020 · Madame Sul-Te-Wan became the first black actress to land a studio contract, carving out a place for herself in the emerging Hollywood scene. According to silent screen star Lillian Gish, the full story is forever lost to history because, “no one was bold enough to ask.”
Madame Sul-Te-Wan was born on 7 March 1873 in Louisville, Kentucky, USA. She was an actress, known for Maid of Salem (1937), In Old Chicago (1938) and Safari (1940). She was married to Robert Reed Conley. She died on 1 February 1959 in Hollywood, California, USA.
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7 de feb. de 2023 · Madame Sul-Te-Wan, as she was known by then, became the first black woman signed as a contract player in Hollywood’s history. In 1931, in her role as “Voodoo Sue” in Heaven on Earth she was first listed among the cast as Madame Sul-Te-Wan. Nobody today can claim to know when and why she used this name.
Nellie Conley (1873 - 1959), whose stage name was Madame Sul-Te-Wan, was a pioneering stage and film actor who became one of the most prominent black performers in Hollywood during the silent era, with a career that spanned more then seven decades.
Madame Sul-Te-Wan was a trailblazer in the early days of Hollywood, a time when black actors and actresses were few and far between. Born in 1873 as Nellie Crawford, she began her career in entertainment as a singer and dancer in vaudeville shows.
29 de ene. de 2016 · Our Faded History is a show produced with KJLU. It's an examination of lesser-known African American historical figures; many of them are pioneers of the ci...
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