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Title: Madame Sul-Te-Wan, 1939
Alternative Title: Early Motion Picture Actresses
Date Created and/or Issued: 1939-10
October 1939
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
Rights Information: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
Description: Madame Sul-Te-Wan (born Nellie Crawford) was an African American stage, film and television actress. She was a character actress, most often appearing in "Mammy" roles.” She departed from this type casting when she appeared in the African-American cast musical drama, Carmen Jones, as Dorothy Dandridge's grandmother (1954).
Portrait of Madame Sul-Te-Wan in Silhouette Magazine, October 1939, p. 21.
Written on back of photo: Mme. Sul-Te-Wan, actress. From Silhouette Mag, 0ct '39, p.21
Type: image
Identifier: uclalsc_1889_b22_f04_001a.tif
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Subject: African American actresses
Madame Sul-Te-Wan, 1873-1959
Source: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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