Full Name Estelle Hemsley Role Actress Name Estelle Hemsley | Years active 1936-1966 Occupation Actress | |
Born May 5, 1887 ( 1887-05-05 ) Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. Resting place Pierce Brothers Valhalla Memorial Park Died November 5, 1968, Hollywood, California, United States Nominations Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture Movies America America, Take a Giant Step, The Leech Woman, Green Mansions, Edge of the City Similar People | ||
Estelle Hemsley (May 5, 1887 - November 5, 1968) was a prominent early African American actress of stage and screen. She appeared in the stage and screen versions of Take a Giant Step, earning a Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actress in the 1959 movie directed by Philip Leacock. Her other notable film roles include playing Grandmother Topouzoglou in Elia Kazan's 1963 movie America, America (nominated for the Oscar for Best Picture), the role of Cla-Cla in Mel Ferrer's 1959 film Green Mansions, the mother of Ruby Dee in Edge of the City (1957), and Catherine in Robert Mulligan's 1965 movie Baby the Rain Must Fall.
Filmography
Actress
1965
Baby the Rain Must Fall as
Catherine
1963
America America as
Grandmother Topouzoglou
1960
The Leech Woman as
Old Malla
1959
Take a Giant Step as
Gram Martin
1959
Camera Three (TV Series)
- The Culture of Poverty: Five Families (1959)
1959
The Green Pastures (TV Movie) as
Mrs. Deshee
1959
Green Mansions as
Cla-Cla
1957
The Green Pastures (TV Movie) as
Mrs. Deshee
1957
Edge of the City as
Mrs. Price
1954
The Philco Television Playhouse (TV Series) as
Negro Woman
- The Mother (1954) - Negro Woman
1948
The Return of Mandy's Husband as
Mandy
References
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