Category: Actor

Leigh Whipper

By iforcolor in Activist, Actor, Vaudeville
February 5, 2024

LEIGH WHIPPER by Dale Ricardo Shields Leigh Rollin Whipper A massive figure in early American performing arts, breaking racial barriers long before the Civil Rights Movement. The 1st Black member of Actors …

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Actors Equity Association, Brooker and Clayton's Georgia Minstrels, Carole Ione Lewis, Charles Hicks, Dale Ricardo Shields, DuBose Heyward, Evelyn Preer, Flo Clements, Frances Rollin Whipper, Fredi Washington, Georgette Harvey, Haile Selassie, Hattie McDaniel, Henry Fonda, Howard University, James D. Ruffin, James Whitmore, John Steinbeck, Katharine Hepburn, Leighla Frances Whipper, Lois Mailou Jones, Lon Chaney Jr., Louise Beavers, Madame Sul-Te-Wan, Mantan Moreland, Marguerite Whitten, Negro Actors Guild, Oscar Micheaux, Otto Preminger, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Pearl Bailey, Porgy, Russell Birdwell, Samuel Goldwyn, Scatman Crothers, Spring Byington, William Hooker, William J. Whipper

EUGENE LEE

By iforcolor in Actor, Director, Playwright
May 16, 2023

Eugene Lee Actor – Director – Playwright “People don’t change until they get new information. I do think that I kind of shine a light on our darkness so that they can see. I don’t mean shining a light in a negative kind of way. I …

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Adella Gautier, Adleane Hunter, Adolph Caesar, Alexandra Tavares, AMERICAN SON, AUGUST WILSON, BILL COBBS, Brent M. Jennings, Charles Brown, Christoper Demos-Brown, Cotter Smith, Craig T. Nelson, Dale Ricardo Shields, Dale Shields, Denzel Washington, Douglas Turner Ward, Earl Billings, EAST TEXAS HOT LINKS, Ed De Shae, Ellis "Skeeter" Williams, Eugene Lee, Greg Mullavey, Iforcolor.org, James Pickens, Jeff Knapp, Jeremy Jordan, Judd Hirsch, Judy Tate, Kathryn Grody, Kenny Leon, Kerry Washington, Larry Riley, Loretta Devine, Lyndon B. Johnson, Negro Ensemble Company, Oprah Winfrey, Peter Friedman, Richard Gant, Samm Art Williams, Samuel L. Jackson, Steven Jones, Steven Pasquale, Steven Settler, Terrance Ellis, The Women of Brewster Place, Thomas Carter

STAN BROWN

By iforcolor in Actor, Director, Educator, Professor
January 1, 2023

STAN BROWN “As an acting student and then later as a professional actor, I discovered that growing in my ability to give and receive love was essential to my growth and development as an …

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Amy Jo Phillips, Arthur Lessac, Calista Flockhart, Dave Chapelle, Doug Liman, Eldric Bashful, Gabrielle Elisabeth, In the Heat of the Night, I’ll Fly Away, Jessica Stone, Joe De Paul, Karla DeVito, Manoli Figetakis, Marilyn Matheus, Marissa Rosen, Matthew Perry, Natasha Williams, National Theatre School of Canada, Northwestern University, Rick Elice, Robby Benson, Sara Gettelfinger, Sara Gruen, Stan Brown, The Bespoke Tailoring of Mister Bellamy, University of South Carolina, University of Warwick

SANDRA REAVES-PHILLIPS

By iforcolor in Actor, Actress, Singer
December 10, 2022

SANDRA REAVES-PHILLIPS by DALE RICARDO SHIELDS Page 1 -10 Celebrated American actress and singer who left an enduring mark on Broadway, film, and the international jazz and blues circuit. Known for her powerful, “commanding” stage presence and versatile vocal range, she was particularly acclaimed for her portrayals of legendary Black female vocalists. “She succinctly …

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Al Fann, Alan Weeks, AUGUST WILSON, Bertrand Tavernier, Bobby Hutcherson, Children's Aid Society, Clifton Davis, Dale Ricardo Shields, Dale Shields, David Rayfiel, Debye Burrell Cleveland, Dexter Gordon, Don Marshall, Drama League, Felicia Fields, Felicia P. Fields, For Love or Mone, François Cluzet, Garrison Keillor, Gary Easterlins, Gregory Porter, Helen Hayes Award, Herbie Hancock, Homicide: Life on the Street, Iforcolor, Kenley Players, Lacy Phillips, Law & Order, Lean on Me, Ma Rainey, Mahalia Jackson, Marishka Shanice Phillips, Martin Scorsese, Mississippi Charles Bevel, Monte Russell, Monte Russell - Larry John Meyers, Morgan Freeman, One Mo Time, Pope John II, Pope John Paul II, RAY CHARLES, Rick Khan, Rollin' on the T.O.B.A., Ronald "Smokey" Stevens, Round Midnight, Sandra Phillips, SANDRA REAVES-PHILLIPS, Steven Bogarat, Ted Levy, The Carolina Gospel Ensemble, The Happy Hooker, Thomas Martell, Tribeca Performing Arts Center, Vernel Bagneris, William Thunhurst Walker - Don Marshell, World Without Sunshine

Reyno

By iforcolor in Actor
August 26, 2022

REYNO by Dale Ricardo Shields REYNO CRAYTON His early death has left a hole in the New York’s Black Theatre community heart. “We miss you, Ole Friend“ Born: 8/26/52 – Cleveland, Ohio Death: 6/27/90 – Cleveland, Ohio A distinguished actor and artistic leader within the Black theatre community, recognized for …

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Adolph Caesar, Allie Woods, anice Marie Singleton, Anna Deavere Smith, Arthur French, Avery Brooks, Barbara Montgomery, Beth Shorter, BILL COBBS, Brent Jennings, Carol-Jean Lewis, Cedric Turner, Charles Brown, Charles Fuller, Charles Weldon, Clarice Taylor, Clayton Corbin, Cleavon Little, Dale Ricardo Shields, David Alan Grier, David Downing, Debra Byrd, Denise Nicholas, Denzel Washington, Dorian Harwood, Douglas Turner Ward, Dyane Harvey-Salaam, Ellis "Skeeter" Williams, Ernest Thomas, Esther Rolle, Ethel Ayler, Frances Foster, Francis Foster, Gerald Krone, Gina Taylor, Gloria Foster, Graham Brown, Hattie Winston, Jack Landron, James Pickens, Jean Ford, Judyann Elder, Larry Marshall, LaTanya Richardson, Lauren Boxley, Lauren Jones, Laurie Carlos, Lawrence Fishburne, Margaret Ford-Taylor, Mary Alice, Mike Hodge, Morgan Freeman, Moses Gunn, O.L. Duke, Peter Friedman, Peter Oliver-Norman, Phillip Lindsey, Raynor Scheine, Reyno, Richard Roundtree, Robert Gossett, Robert Hooks, Robyn Trussel, Ron O'Neal, Rosalind Cash, Roscoe Lee Browne, Roxie Roker, Russell and Rowena Jelliffe, Ruthanna Graves, Samm Art Williams, Samuel L. Jackson, Sara Allen, Stephanie Mills, Trazana Beverley, Wayne Elbert

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