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33: 399: 271:, to former slaves Cleon De Londa and Silas Crawford. Her father left the family early in her life, and her mother became a laundress for Louisville stage actresses. Young Nellie became enchanted by watching the young actresses rehearse when she delivered laundry for her mother. When she was older she moved to 298:
Crawford had allegedly written Griffith a letter of introduction after hearing that Griffith was shooting a film in her Kentucky hometown. Griffith had intended that he would play a rich landowner who spits in the face of a woman who slights him. The scene was cut by the censors but Crawford was
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At age 77, Sul-Te-Wan married for the second time, to German immigrant Anton Ebentheuer. The marriage lasted three years. During the 1950s, while in her 80s, she continued to appear onscreen in a number of well-received films, albeit now mostly in smaller bit parts and often uncredited. Her last
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as Dandridge's grandmother. The film marked a rare departure for Sul-Te-Wan from four decades of predominantly "Mammy" roles. Her pairing with Dandridge spawned the meritless misconception in some that Sul-Te-Wan was Dandridge's actual grandmother; the two women are unrelated.
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hired at $ 3 a day and this became the first contract for a black woman when she was hired at $ 25 a week. Sul-Te-Wan had managed to get the role by her extravagant dress which caught Griffith's attention.
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In the early 1900s, Crawford married Robert Reed Conley. They had three sons, but Conley abandoned his family when the third boy was only three weeks old. Two of her sons, Odel and
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On September 12, 1953, a banquet was held at the Hollywood Playground Auditorium by motion picture actors and film personalities to honor Sul-Te-Wan. Among its 200 attendees were
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Sul-Te-Wan transitioned into the talkie era with relative ease and continued to appear uncredited in high-profile films alongside such prominent film actors as
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When Crawford began using the stage name "Madame Sul-Te-Wan" is unknown; its first appearance on a cast list is in 1931, as the character of Voodoo Sue in
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Throughout the 1910s and 1920s, Sul-Te-Wan would establish herself as a publicly recognizable character actress. In 1918 she appeared (uncredited) in
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and be a featured performer. She was an American stage, film and television actress for over 50 years. The daughter of
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Harris, Gloria G.; Hannah S. Cohen (2012). "Chapter 10. Entertainers – Madame Sul-Te-Wan: Pioneer Black Actress".
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In 1937, Sul-Te-Wan was cast in her first memorable credited appearance in the role of Tituba in the film
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Following her roles for Griffith, "Madame Sul-Te-Wan" followed up in 1916 with an uncredited role in the
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Nell." She also formed her own theatrical companies and toured the East Coast. After moving to
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and was rather financially successful. Sul-Te-Wan's performance garnered critical praise.
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Edited by Darlene Clark Hine. 1993, Carlson Publishing Inc., Brooklyn, New York
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The Ghost Walks: A Chronological History of Blacks in Show Business 1865–1910
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Henry Louis Gates Jr.; Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, eds. (March 27, 2009).
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to become a member of the fledgling film community. She became known as a
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Black Women in America An Historical Encyclopedia. Volumes 1 and 2.
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as Jane's maid, Esmerelda. She appeared uncredited, most often in "
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by Henry T. Sampson, Scarecrow Press (Metuchen, New Jersey, 1988)
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African American Actresses: The Struggle for Visibility, 1900–1960
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On February 1, 1959, Madame Sul-Te-Wan died after suffering a
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Bright Boulevards, Bold Dreams: The Story of Black Hollywood
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An Encyclopedic Dictionary of Women in Early American Films
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Women Trailblazers of California: Pioneers to the Present
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Hollywood Black: The Stars, the Films, the Filmmakers
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Bogle, Donald; Movies, Turner Classic (May 7, 2019).
1853: 315:. The origin of the name is also unknown; historian 220:, she began her career in entertainment touring the 248:(1916), and easily navigated the transition to the 385:and, again uncredited, in 1917 with Gish's sister 1964:Company, Johnson Publishing (February 19, 1959). 2163: 1830:"Madame Sul-Te-Wan's Forgotten Brilliant Career" 611:directed African-American themed musical drama 607:In 1954 Sul-Te-Wan appeared uncredited in the 422:" roles, alongside such popular actors of the 548:of 1692. The film starred Claudette Colbert, 349:claimed in 1959 that her father had been "a 2001:Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance: K-Y 1936: 798:Girl at Marriage Market (Babylonian Story) 674:. She was interred at the Pierce Brothers' 359:noted allegations that her father had been 2212:Burials at Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery 1656:Episode: "All My Mothers, All My Fathers" 525:. 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Woodland Hills, Los Angeles
Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery
Onest Conley
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East Coast
theatrical companies
California
character actress
The Birth of a Nation
Intolerance
sound films
Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame
Louisville, Kentucky
Cincinnati
Ohio
Creole
California
director
D. W. Griffith
Onest Conley
Heaven on Earth
Donald Bogle
mixed race
East Asian
American Indian
Spanish
African

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