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Louise Beavers is a Actor American born on 8 march 1902 at Cincinnati (USA)

Louise Beavers

Louise Beavers
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Nationality USA
Birth 8 march 1902 at Cincinnati (USA)
Death 26 october 1962 (at 60 years) at Hollywood (USA)

Louise Beavers (March 8, 1902 – October 26, 1962) was an African-American film and television actress. Beavers appeared in dozens of films from the 1920s until 1960, most often in the role of a maid, servant, or slave. A native of Cincinnati, Ohio, Beavers was a member of Sigma Gamma Rho sorority, one of the four African-American sororities.

Biography

Louise Beavers was a breakthrough actress for blacks. Beavers became known as a symbol of a “mammy” on the screen. A mammy archetype “is the portrayal within a narrative framework or other imagery of a black domestic servant, generally good-natured, often overweight, and loud”.

Best films

What Price Hollywood? (1932)
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Filmography of Louise Beavers (126 films)

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Actress

All the Fine Young Cannibals, 1h52
Directed by Vincente Minnelli, Michael Anderson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical, Romance
Themes Musical films
Actors Robert Wagner, Natalie Wood, Susan Kohner, George Hamilton, Pearl Bailey, Jack Mullaney
Roles Rose
Rating59% 2.999472.999472.999472.999472.99947
{{Le soir même des obsèques de son père, pasteur à Fine Alley Chad Bixby retrouve dans une auberge de Deep Ellum, village noir, où il a ses meilleurs amis, sa jeune amie Sara, l'aînée de huit enfants, venue le rejoindre. La jeune fille, qui aide laborieusement sa mère à élever ses jeunes frères et sœurs, se heurte à l'autorité de son père qui réprouve ses sorties nocturnes, Chad ne pardonne pas à son père son racisme intransigeant qui lui a valu de recevoir de si belles corrections que son corps est marqué de cicatrices ineffaçables. Ces deux jeunes gens malheureux ne trouvent d'apaisement et de refuge que dans leur amour.
The Facts of Life, 1h43
Directed by Norman Panama, Melvin Frank
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality
Actors Bob Hope, Lucille Ball, Ruth Hussey, Don DeFore, Louis Nye, Philip Ober
Roles Gussie
Rating62% 3.144423.144423.144423.144423.14442
As the yearly vacation of six neighbors, the Gilberts, Masons, and Weavers, approaches, Kitty Weaver (Lucille Ball) and Larry Gilbert (Bob Hope) find themselves frustrated with the routine. When both their spouses (Ruth Hussey and Don DeFore) are kept away from the vacation, Kitty and Larry find themselves alone in Acapulco, with the Masons (Philip Ober and Marianne Stewart) bedridden with illness. Forced together, Kitty and Larry fall in love. Once the vacation is over, however, they have difficulties in either abandoning or continuing their romance.
The Goddess, 1h45
Directed by John Cromwell
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about television
Actors Kim Stanley, Lloyd Bridges, Patty Duke, Steven Hill, Bert Freed, Joan Copeland
Roles The Cook
Rating65% 3.295023.295023.295023.295023.29502
Emily Ann Faulkner (Patty Duke) is born into poverty in The South, has no father, no friends, and is unloved by her indifferent mother (Betty Lou Holland), who does not want to be tied down by a child. When Emily Ann becomes a teenager (Kim Stanley) she remains a loner but has a sensual sexuality that attracts boys. She marries young but leaves her first husband, a world-weary GI, John Tower (Steven Hill), for Hollywood.
Tammy and the Bachelor, 1h29
Directed by Joseph Pevney
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Debbie Reynolds, Walter Brennan, Leslie Nielsen, Mala Powers, Sidney Blackmer, Adam West
Roles Osia
Rating68% 3.447743.447743.447743.447743.44774
Tambrey "Tammy" Tyree (Debbie Reynolds) is a seventeen-year-old girl living in a houseboat in
Good-bye, My Lady, 1h34
Directed by William A. Wellman
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about animals, Films about children, Films about dogs
Actors Walter Brennan, Brandon deWilde, William Hopper, Sidney Poitier, Louise Beavers, Phil Harris
Roles Bonnie Drew
Rating71% 3.5932253.5932253.5932253.5932253.593225
Young orphan boy Skeeter (Brandon deWilde) is being raised in a Mississippi swamp cabin by his poor and toothless Uncle Jesse Jackson (Walter Brennan). One night, a mysterious noise is heard. They later discover that the noise was caused by a strange breed of dog (My Lady of the Congo) they do not recognize. Rather than a bark, the dog has a yodel or laugh. The animal has keen senses, and they decide to train her for bird hunting.
Teenage Rebel, 1h34
Directed by Edmund Goulding
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films based on plays, Children's films
Actors Ginger Rogers, Michael Rennie, Mildred Natwick, Lili Gentle, Louise Beavers, Irene Hervey
Roles Willamay
Rating61% 3.0501753.0501753.0501753.0501753.050175
A sensitive young woman who has been living with her divorced father goes to live at her mother's home for three weeks.
You Can't Run Away from It, 1h35
Directed by Dick Powell
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about writers, Films about journalists, Musical films
Actors June Allyson, Jack Lemmon, Charles Bickford, Paul Gilbert, Jim Backus, Stubby Kaye
Roles Maid
Rating58% 2.9495452.9495452.9495452.9495452.949545
Because she married an international playboy, Ellie Andrews (June Allyson) is kidnapped by her own father, Texas cattleman A. A. Andrews (Charles Bickford). She escapes, managing to evade his nationwide search for her with the help of Peter Warne (Jack Lemmon), a jobless reporter, who sees himself getting the biggest story of the year - until he and Ellie fall in love. When Ellie suspects Peter has sold her out, she returns home. Realizing his daughter really loves the newspaperman, Andrews tries to persuade Ellie to run away again, this time from her own wedding ceremony. Who will Ellie choose, her husband or the man who has stolen her heart?
Never Wave at a WAC, 1h27
Directed by Norman Z. McLeod
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Adventure, Romance
Themes Military humor in film
Actors Rosalind Russell, Paul Douglas, Marie Wilson, William Ching, Leif Erickson, Arleen Whelan
Roles Artamesa
Rating58% 2.946692.946692.946692.946692.94669
A divorced socialite and daughter (Russell) of a United States senator (Douglas) asks her father to get her an officer's commission in the Women's Army Corps, so that she can be near her officer boyfriend.
Colorado Sundown, 1h7
Directed by William Witney
Origin USA
Genres Action, Western
Actors Rex Allen, Mary Ellen Kay, Slim Pickens, June Vincent, Fred Graham, Louise Beavers
Roles Mattie, Jackie's Maid
Rating60% 3.0436753.0436753.0436753.0436753.043675
I Dream of Jeanie, 1h30
Directed by Allan Dwan
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Political films
Actors Bill Shirley, Ray Middleton, Lynn Bari, Rex Allen, Richard "Dick" Simmons, Andrew Tombes
Roles Mammy
Rating58% 2.9413952.9413952.9413952.9413952.941395
In 1849 the song Oh, Susannah is a nationwide hit--but bookkeeper Stephen Foster has given his work to several music houses without charge and without credit. His refined true love Inez McDowell, a classically trained singer, despises popular music, especially Stephen's songs. Foster's world changes when Edwin P. Christy sets him straight on the music business and launches his career as an author of the songs the Christy Minstrels use in their shows.
The Jackie Robinson Story, 1h17
Directed by Alfred E. Green
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Comedy
Themes Films about racism, Sports films, Baseball films
Actors Ruby Dee, Minor Watson, Louise Beavers, Richard Lane, Harry Shannon, Ben Lessy
Roles Jackie's Mother
Rating62% 3.149113.149113.149113.149113.14911
The film begins with Robinson as a boy. He is given a worn-out baseball glove by a stranger impressed by his fielding skills. As a young man, he becomes a multi-sport star at the University of California, Los Angeles, but as he nears graduation, he worries about his future. His older brother Mack was also an outstanding college athlete and graduate, but the only job he could get was that of a lowly street cleaner.
My Blue Heaven, 1h36
Directed by Henry Koster
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical theatre, Musical, Romance
Actors Betty Grable, Dan Dailey, David Wayne, Jane Wyatt, Mitzi Gaynor, Una Merkel
Roles Selma
Rating61% 3.0990953.0990953.0990953.0990953.099095
Kitty Moran (Betty Grable), a radio star, finds out she is pregnant. After she miscarries, Kitty and her husband Jack (Dan Dailey) move their show to television and become determined to adopt a baby.
Tell It to the Judge, 1h27
Directed by Norman Foster
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Rosalind Russell, Robert Cummings, Gig Young, Marie McDonald, Harry Davenport, Fay Baker
Roles Cleo, Marsha's Maid (uncredited)
Rating63% 3.194923.194923.194923.194923.19492
Appointed to be a federal judge, Marsha Meredith (Rosalind Russell) is questioned by a U.S. Senate committee, specifically about her divorce from lawyer Peter Webb (Robert Cummings).
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House, 1h34
Directed by H. C. Potter
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Cary Grant, Myrna Loy, Melvyn Douglas, Reginald Denny, Sharyn Moffett, Ian Wolfe
Roles Gussie
Rating71% 3.5980753.5980753.5980753.5980753.598075
Jim Blandings (Grant), a bright account executive in the advertising business, lives with his wife Muriel (Loy) and two daughters in a cramped New York apartment. Muriel secretly plans to remodel their apartment. After rejecting this idea, Jim Blandings comes across an ad for new homes in Connecticut and they get excited about moving.
For the Love of Mary, 1h30
Directed by Frederick de Cordova
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Deanna Durbin, Edmond O'Brien, Don Taylor, Jeffrey Lynn, Ray Collins, Hugo Haas
Roles Bertha
Rating65% 3.2894553.2894553.2894553.2894553.289455
Mary Peppertree (Deanna Durbin) starts a new job as a telephone operator at the White House, where her father Timothy has been working as a guard for many years. A former Supreme Court telephone operator, Mary takes her first call from David Paxton (Don Taylor), a fishing expert who insists on speaking to the President about a political issue involving a small Pacific island. After hanging up on him twice, Mary spends the rest of her day fielding calls from various Supreme Court justices who attempt to reconcile her with her former fiancé, Phillip Manning (Jeffrey Lynn), a Justice Department attorney.