Edna Mae Harris (September 29, 1910 - September 15, 1997), was an American actress, born in Harlem. Year 1910 ( MCMX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Harlem is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Manhattan, long known as a major African American cultural and business center She was the premier black film actress during the late 1930's and early 1940's. Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. During a summer while she was a student at Wadleigh High School, Manhattan, she worked at the Alhambra Theatre doing dramatic sketches with a stock company. Manhattan Island, in New York Harbor, is much the largest part of the Borough of Manhattan, one of the Five Boroughs which form the City of New York During this period, she received excellent training in diction and stage delivery through her association with veteran performers. She was also an excellent swimmer, and in 1928 she entered the New York Daily News' Swimming Meet and won a championship. Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Her first real break came when she landed a part in The Green Pastures (1936), portraying Zeba, starring with Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson. The Green Pastures is a 1936 depicting stories from the Bible as visualized by African American characters The year 1936 in film involved some significant events Events Nov 6 - first Porky Pig animated cartoon Edmund Lincoln Anderson ( September 18, 1905 &ndash February 28, 1977) often known as Eddie "Rochester" Anderson Harris was a leading lady in Spirit of Youth (1938), the story of the rise of boxer Joe Thomas, which paralleled the life of Joe Louis. The year 1938 in film involved some significant events Events January &mdash MGM announces that Judy Garland Joseph Louis Barrow ( May 13, 1914 – April 12, 1981) better known as Joe Louis, was a heavyweight boxing champion. She also had leading roles in Oscar Micheaux films, Lying Lips (1939), and The Notorious Elinor Lee (1940). Oscar Micheaux ( January 2, 1884 &ndash March 25, 1951) was a pioneering African American author and is widely recognized as Lying Lips is a 1939, melodrama Race movie by Oscar Micheaux, starring Edna Mae Harris, and Robert Earl Jones (the father The year 1939 in film involved some significant events Events Movie historians and film buffs often look back on the year 1939 as "the The year 1940 in film involved some significant events Events February 7 - Walt Disney 's animated Film Her film credits also include such Hollywood films as Bullets or Ballots (1936), Private Number (1936), and Garden of Allah (1936). The year 1936 in film involved some significant events Events Nov 6 - first Porky Pig animated cartoon The year 1936 in film involved some significant events Events Nov 6 - first Porky Pig animated cartoon The year 1936 in film involved some significant events Events Nov 6 - first Porky Pig animated cartoon [1]
Between picture commitments she toured with Noble Sissle's Orchestra as a featured vocalist along with Lena Horne and Billy Banks. Lena Mary Calhoun Horne (born June 30, 1917) is an iconic American singer and Actress. [2] In 1942, she played fourteen weeks at the old Elks' Rendezvous as the mistress of ceremonies and announced a weekly radio show over station WMCA in New York City. WMCA, 570 AM, is a Radio station in New York City, most known for its "Good Guys" Top 40 era in the 1960s She also did character dialect parts on many broadcasts for the Columbia Workshop Program. Edna Mae Harris got to tell her story in her later years in the documentary, Midnight Ramble (1994), about independently produced black films. Midnight Ramble is a ( 1994) documentary about Black Hollywood movies from the period between 1910 through the 1950s which were commonly The year 1994 in film involved some significant events Top grossing films (U
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