Mary Seymour

 

The Tiffanies, Eula Mc Nair, Mary Seymour and Roberta Rivers. All three singers are from Harlem New York! We played the World Famous Apollo Theater Three Times. Show time started at 10am, and we did about 5 shows per day. We recorded the hit song “It’s Got to Be a Great Song.” KR records/Chess. “Sharing the Gifts of Music.”
Circa: 1966

 

“There’s no Business Like Show Business: The Best Business I Know.” This photo was taken before the famous Hotel Theresa on 125 Street in Harlem, New York. Here is a picture of Jackie Wilson. The Tiffanie’s group members are Eula McNair, Roberta Rivers, Mary Seymour, and vocalist Mary Wheeler. During this time, the group was signed up for Calla Records.
circa: 1969“

 

Our entertainment family – Back Stage at the World Famous Copa Copacabana Little Anthony and the Imperials – Ernest Wright, Kenny Winfred Seymour Sr. Mary Seymour, Sammy Strain, Little Anthony, Clarence Collins – Seated Estreline Seymour(Kenny Winfred Seymour’s sr. mom and Wilhelmina Barnett (Mary Seymour mom). – (Circa 1968 /69)

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ARCHIVIST, EDUCATOR, HISTORIAN, and ARTiST
Dale Ricardo Shields is a 2017 winner of The Kennedy Center/Stephen Sondheim Inspirational Teacher Award®, 2017 and 2015 Tony® award nominee for the Excellence in Theatre Education Award, the 2017 AUDELCO/"VIV" Special Achievement Award, 2020, 2021, and 2022 ENCORE AWARD / The Actors Fund and winner of the 2022.

Recently, he won the 2022 Legend Award from his alma mater Ohio University.

He is the 2021 winner of the Paul Robeson Award, presented (jointly) by the Actors Equity Association and the Actors Equity Foundation.

Research Accomplishments:
His extensive professional credits as a Director, Stage manager, and Actor (Broadway, Off-Broadway, Off-Off-Broadway, and Regional) As an actor he has appeared on Saturday Night Live, Another World, Guiding Light, The Cosby Show, and the ITV television series "Special Needs" and commercials and film.

Professor Shields is a member of the Actors Equity Association, Screen Actors Guild, the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, and the American Guild of Musical Artists performance unions and an associate member of the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers.

He began his artistic academic career in New York City at Playwrights Horizon, The South Bronx Action Theatre, and Mind Builders, and then was invited to join the teaching staff at the Joseph Papp Public Theatre (New York Shakespeare Festival). He represented the United States for Theatre Young Audiences at the ASSITEJ Theatre Festival in London, England.

He has been a Professor and Visiting Artist at Ohio University, The College of Wooster, Denison University, Macalester College, Randolph- Macon College, Susquehanna University, and SUNY Potsdam.

He holds B.F.A and M.F.A, Degrees from Ohio University.

Website(s)

Iforcolor.org [Research]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dale_Ricardo_Shields [Career]