1912-10-16 ( 112 years old ) in None
Maidie Norman was born Maidie Ruth Gamble on October 16, 1912, in Villa Rica, Georgia, to Louis and Lila Gamble. She received a B.A. from Bennett College in 1934 and a master's degree from Columbia University three years later. She also attended the Actors Lab in Hollywood from 1946 to 1949.
Norman first appeared on film in The Peanut Man in 1947. Throughout the fifties-not a good time for film roles for black women-she appeared in a number of films, such as Bright Road with Dorothy Dandridge and Sidney Poitier and Torch Song, both in 1953; About Mrs. Leslie and Susan Slept Here in 1954; and 1956's Written on the Wind. These were often servant roles, with a special fifties blandness. Still, Norman was skillful and professional in her execution of them. In 1962, she got a chance to chew up the scenery with Bette Davis and Joan Crawford in What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
In 1968-69, Norman was an artist-in-residence at Stanford University and, throughout the seventies, she was lecturer, director, and acting teacher at UCLA. At the same time, Norman was highly visible on television, appearing in Mannix, Adam 12, Streets of San Francisco, Kung Fu, The Jeffersons, and others. She was also part of the cast of Roots: The Next Generation in 1979.
Norman was a founding member of the American Negro Theater West; in 1977, she was inducted into the Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame; and an award in her name is presented each year for outstanding research by an undergraduate in Black Theater at UCLA. She died on May 6, 1998.
Movies
Delphine and Carole
2020-01-14
Secrets of a Mother and Daughter
1983-10-04
Halloween III: Season of the Witch
1982-10-22
Be Pretty and Shut Up!
1981-03-04
Thornwell
1981-01-28
Movie Movie
1978-11-01
Airport '77
1977-03-11
A Star Is Born
1976-12-17
Sty of the Blind Pig
1974-05-29
A Dream for Christmas
1973-12-24
Maurie
1973-08-01
The Lie
1973-04-24
Another Part of the Forest
1972-10-02
Say Goodbye, Maggie Cole
1972-09-27
Sixteen
1972-06-03
4 for Texas
1963-12-21
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
1962-10-31
The Opposite Sex
1956-11-15
Written on the Wind
1956-10-04
Man with the Gun
1955-11-05
Mad at the World
1955-05-13
Tarzan's Hidden Jungle
1955-02-16
About Mrs. Leslie
1954-08-03
Susan Slept Here
1954-07-28
Executive Suite
1954-04-30
Forever Female
1953-11-28
Torch Song
1953-10-01
Bright Road
1953-04-17
The Well
1951-09-24
Manhandled
1949-07-21
The Peanut Man
1947-06-01
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