Английская Википедия:Alice B. Russell
Alice Burton Russell (June 30, 1889 – January 1, 1985) was an African-American actress,[1] producer, and the wife of director Oscar Micheaux.[2] She appeared in several films directed by her husband.
Biography
She was born in 1889 in Maxton, North Carolina. Her parents were M. J. Russell and Robert Russell, who was a prominent newspaper editor, publisher, and politician.[3][4]
Russell and Micheaux married on March 20, 1926, in Montclair, New Jersey.[3]
She began her acting career in silent film, starring in her husband's The Broken Violin (1928). She continued to act after talkies predominated. She was mentioned often as A. Burton Russell in credits. In the 1930s, she produced three films by her husband and worked as miscellaneous crew in two films.
Living nearly 100 years, she died in New Rochelle, New York. She was buried in an unmarked grave in Greenwood Cemetery in Rye, New York.[4][5] Her gravesite is now marked with a stone honoring her achievements in the entertainment industry.[6]
Filmography
As actress:
- The Broken Violin (1928)
- Wages of Sin (1929)
- When Men Betray (1929)
- Easy Street (1930)
- A Daughter of the Congo (1930)
- Veiled Aristocrats (1932)
- Ten Minutes to Live (1932)
- The Girl from Chicago (1932)
- Harlem After Midnight (1934)
- Murder in Harlem (1935)
- God's Step Children (1938)
- Birthright (1939)
- The Betrayal (1948)
As producer:
As miscellaneous crew:
See also
References
External links
- Шаблон:IMDb name
- Alice B. Russell at the Women Film Pioneers Project
- Alice B. Russell Micheaux at Find a Grave
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- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
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- ↑ 3,0 3,1 Шаблон:Cite news Шаблон:Open access
- ↑ 4,0 4,1 Regester, Charlene. "Emerging from the Shadows: Alice Burton Russell-African American Film Producer, Actress, and Screenwriter." 2020.Film History 32 (1): 127-155.
- ↑ McGilligan, Patrick. Oscar Micheaux: The Great and Only: the Life of America's First Black Filmmaker. Harper Collins, 2009.
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
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