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Amanda Randolph is a Actor American born on 2 september 1896 at Louisville (USA)

Amanda Randolph

Amanda Randolph
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Nationality USA
Birth 2 september 1896 at Louisville (USA)
Death 24 august 1967 (at 70 years) at Duarte (USA)

Amanda E. Randolph (September 2, 1896 – August 24, 1967) was an American actress, singer and musician. She was the first African-American performer to star in a regularly scheduled network television show, appearing in DuMont's The Laytons.

Biography

Randolph married Arthur Sherman in Cincinnati on September 12, 1918, by Rev. James Parkhurst Foote (1878–1949), minister of Zion Methodist Episcopal Church. They later divorced.

Her second marriage was to Harry Hansberry sometime after 1940. Hansberry was the owner of the "Hansberry's Clam House" (aka "Edith's Clam House") at 146 West 133rd Street, New York City's most famous gay speakeasies in Harlem, The couple had two children before separating. They were estranged when Hansberry died of a heart attack in 1961.

Usually with

Robert Adler
Robert Adler
(2 films)
Frank Capra
Frank Capra
(1 films)
Bess Flowers
Bess Flowers
(2 films)
Arthur Rosson
Arthur Rosson
(1 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Amanda Randolph (8 films)

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Actress

Pocketful of Miracles, 2h16
Directed by Frank Capra
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Action, Crime
Actors Glenn Ford, Bette Davis, Hope Lange, Arthur O'Connell, Peter Falk, Mickey Shaughnessy
Roles Annie's Neighbor
Rating71% 3.550623.550623.550623.550623.55062
Dave the Dude (Glenn Ford) is a successful, very superstitious New York City gangster who buys apples from street peddler Apple Annie (Bette Davis) to bring him good luck. On the eve of a very important meeting, he finds Annie terribly upset.
Heller in Pink Tights, 1h40
Directed by George Cukor, Arthur Rosson
Origin USA
Genres Action, Adventure, Romance, Western
Themes Théâtre
Actors Sophia Loren, Anthony Quinn, Steve Forrest, Margaret O'Brien, Ramón Novarro, Eileen Heckart
Rating58% 2.9497852.9497852.9497852.9497852.949785
In the 1880s, followed by bill collectors, the Healy Dramatic Company arrives in Cheyenne to play at the west’s grandest theater. Continental actress, Angela, and owner-manager, Tom Healy, head a troupe that includes Della as ingenue, her mother, a character actress, Lorna, and a grand old Shakespearean ham, Doc Montague. After a creditor arrives, Angela collects a night’s receipt from a man named, Pierce, the theater owner. She risks it all in a poker game with gunslinger Clint Mabry, puts herself up as collateral, and loses.
Mister Scoutmaster, 1h27
Directed by Henry Levin
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Clifton Webb, Edmund Gwenn, George Winslow, Frances Dee, Veda Ann Borg, Lee Aaker
Roles Savannah, the Maid
Rating67% 3.3882653.3882653.3882653.3882653.388265
An arrogant, aloof television personality gets more than he's bargained for when he consents to be leader to a troop of Boy Scouts. The sponsor of Robert Jordan's (Clifton Webb) TV program says he might cancel the show because Jordan appeals only to a middle-aged following and is out of touch with a younger audience.
She's Working Her Way Through College, 1h44
Directed by H. Bruce Humberstone
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Films based on plays
Actors Virginia Mayo, Julie Newmar, Ronald Reagan, Gene Nelson, Don DeFore, Phyllis Thaxter
Roles Maybelle
Rating60% 3.047653.047653.047653.047653.04765
Angela Gardner (Virginia Mayo) is an exotic dancer who decides to improve her mind; she enrolls in a college where Professor John Palmer (Ronald Reagan) teaches English. There is an old rivalry between the bookish Palmer and onetime college football jock Shep Slade (Don DeFore). When the college trustees oppose Angela's presence on campus, Palmer staunchly defends her right to an education.
No Way Out
No Way Out (1950)
, 1h46
Directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about racism, Children's films
Actors Richard Widmark, Linda Darnell, Ruby Dee, Stephen McNally, Amanda Randolph, Sidney Poitier
Rating73% 3.6949553.6949553.6949553.6949553.694955
Dr. Luther Brooks (Sidney Poitier), an intern who has just passed the state board examination to qualify for his license to practice, is the first African-American doctor at the urban county hospital at which he trained. Because he lacks self-confidence, Luther requests to work as a junior resident at the hospital for another year. Johnny (Dick Paxton) and Ray Biddle (Richard Widmark), brothers who were both shot in the leg by a policeman as they attempted a robbery, are brought to the hospital's prison ward. As Luther tends to the disoriented Johnny, he is bombarded with racist slurs by Ray, who grew up in Beaver Canal, the white working class section of the city. Believing that Johnny has a brain tumor, Luther administers a spinal tap, but Johnny dies during the procedure. Wondering if Ray's antagonism may have caused him to be careless, Luther consults his mentor, chief medical resident Dr. Daniel Wharton (Stephen McNally), and Wharton concedes that a brain tumor was only one possibility. Feeling that he must prove the accuracy of his diagnosis, Luther requests an autopsy, but Wharton informs him that according to state law, they cannot proceed without the permission of the deceased's family. When Ray refuses, as he does not want his brother's body to be cut up, Wharton confers with the head of the hospital, Dr. Sam Moreland (Stanley Ridges), about requisitioning an autopsy.
The Notorious Elinor Lee, 1h47
Directed by Oscar Micheaux
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Boxing films, Le boxe anglaise
Actors Robert Earl Jones, Amanda Randolph, Oscar Polk, Juano Hernández
Rating62% 3.106823.106823.106823.106823.10682
Elinor Lee, a gangster’s moll living in the Harlem section of New York City, has signed up-and-coming boxer Benny Blue to a 10-year contract. Lee and a pair of corrupt fight promoter scheme to build up Blue as a potential champion, with the goal of betting against him when they force him to take a dive in a champion fight. Lee conspires to hire Fredi, an old friend of Blue and an escaped convict hiding from the law, to be his sweetheart and to control him for Lee and her partners.
Lying Lips
Lying Lips (1939)
, 1h
Directed by Oscar Micheaux
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical
Actors Robert Earl Jones, Juano Hernández, Amanda Randolph
Roles Matron
Rating47% 2.353082.353082.353082.353082.35308
Elsie, a popular nightclub singer, refuses to go out with the customers at the request of the white owner of the club. The owner decides to get Benjamin, the black manager of the club, to talk to Elsie and try to persuade her to cooperate. Benjamin refuses and quits his job. Benjamin tells Elsie of his conversation with the owner and persuades Elsie to stay on because she is popular and can make a lot of money, but he warns her to be careful. Elsie stays, but still refuses to date the customers.
Swing!
Swing! (1938)
, 1h9
Directed by Oscar Micheaux
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical
Themes Musical films
Actors Amanda Randolph
Roles Liza Freeman
Rating57% 2.861472.861472.861472.861472.86147
Mandy Jenkins (Cora Green), an African American cook for a wealthy white family in Birmingham, Alabama, discovers her husband Cornell is having an affair with Eloise Jackson (Hazel Diaz). When she confronts her husband and Eloise at a nightclub, a violent fight ensues. Eloise leaves Birmingham and relocates to the Harlem section of New York City, where she gets a job as a cabaret vocalist under the false name of Cora Smith. She is followed to Harlem by her husband, Lem, who becomes mixed up in the local crime scene. Mandy also arrives in New York, having left Cornell. She gets a job as the wardrobe mistress at the cabaret where Eloise is performing. When Eloise breaks her leg during a drunken fall, Mandy is recruited as the last-minute substitute and becomes a musical star as the revue is transferred to Broadway. Cornell, who is now destitute, reunites with Mandy and agrees never to cheat on her again.