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Minnie Gentry is a Actor American born on 2 december 1915 at Norfolk (USA)
Minnie Gentry (December 2, 1915 – May 11, 1993) was an American actress.
Gentry was born Minnie Lee Watson in Norfolk, Virginia, the daughter of Mincie and Taylor Watson. Her family moved to Cleveland during her childhood, where she began studying piano at the age of nine, at the Phyllis Wheatley School of Music. She began acting at the Friendly Inn Settlement and married Lloyd Gentry in 1932. Subsequently, she appeared in many plays at the African-American theater the Karamu House.
During the 1940s, Gentry performed in a number of Broadway productions and later appeared in several films, including School Daze, Def by Temptation, and Jungle Fever, as well as the television series All My Children and The Cosby Show.
Gentry's great-grandson is actor Terrence Howard.
^ Encyclopedia of Cleveland History:GENTRY, MINNIE LEE WATSON
^ "Obituary: Anita Williams / Mother of actor, recruiter at Pitt". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. 27 September 2008. Retrieved 12 January 2013.
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Birth name Minnie Lee Watson
Nationality USA
Birth 2 december 1915 at Norfolk (USA)
Death 11 may 1993 (at 77 years)
Nationality USA
Birth 2 december 1915 at Norfolk (USA)
Death 11 may 1993 (at 77 years)
Gentry was born Minnie Lee Watson in Norfolk, Virginia, the daughter of Mincie and Taylor Watson. Her family moved to Cleveland during her childhood, where she began studying piano at the age of nine, at the Phyllis Wheatley School of Music. She began acting at the Friendly Inn Settlement and married Lloyd Gentry in 1932. Subsequently, she appeared in many plays at the African-American theater the Karamu House.
During the 1940s, Gentry performed in a number of Broadway productions and later appeared in several films, including School Daze, Def by Temptation, and Jungle Fever, as well as the television series All My Children and The Cosby Show.
Gentry's great-grandson is actor Terrence Howard.
^ Encyclopedia of Cleveland History:GENTRY, MINNIE LEE WATSON
^ "Obituary: Anita Williams / Mother of actor, recruiter at Pitt". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. 27 September 2008. Retrieved 12 January 2013.
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Def by Temptation (1990)
, 1h35Genres Thriller, Horror, Romance
Themes Vampires in film
Actors Kadeem Hardison, Samuel L. Jackson, Bill Nunn, Minnie Gentry, Michael Michele
Rating52%
The story is set in New York: the main storyline revolves around two friends who move in together. One of them meets a seemingly perfect woman (Cynthia Bond) who, in secret, kills all the men who she sleeps with. She is a succubus type demon who seeks blood and vengeance against men foolish enough to be tempted by her.
, 1h44Directed by John Sayles
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Comedy, Comic science fiction
Themes Comedy science fiction films, Films about extraterrestrial life
Actors Joe Morton, Steve James, Bill Cobbs, David Strathairn, Caroline Aaron, John Sayles
Roles Mrs. Brown
Rating66%
The sweet-natured and honest Brother looks like an ordinary African American man, distinguished only by his being mute and - although other characters in the film never see them - his feet each have three large toes. Upon arrival in Ellis Island, the Brother displays psychic powers, being able to hear the experiences of the immigrants that came before him. The Brother also has telekinetic powers but, unable to speak, he struggles to express himself and adjust to his new surroundings, including a stint in the Job Corps at a video arcade in Manhattan.
Greased Lightning (1977)
, 1h36Directed by Michael Schultz
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Comedy, Action
Themes Sports films, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Auto racing films, Road movies
Actors Beau Bridges, Richard Pryor, Pam Grier, Cleavon Little, Vincent Gardenia, Earl Hindman
Rating63%
Wendell Scott, a taxi cab driver in post-World War II, learns his craft for car racing by transporting illegal moonshine in the backwoods of Virginia. By the mid-1960s, he was a veteran driver who had won his battles with the white racetrack owners and police officers.
Black Caesar (1973)
, 1h35Directed by Larry Cohen
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Mafia films, Gangster films
Actors Fred Williamson, Gloria Hendry, D'Urville Martin, Julius Harris, Don Pedro Colley, Minnie Gentry
Rating63%
Tommy Gibbs (Fred Williamson) is an African-American who grew up in Harlem, New York City. As a kid, he was brutally assaulted by racist white cop McKinney. The incident led him to a life of crime. As an adult, he joins New York mafia and becomes the head of a black crime syndicate in Harlem. He wages a gang war with the Italian mobsters of New York City and begins to establish a criminal empire, keeping a ledger book of all his dealings as leverage over his business associates, including McKinney.
Georgia, Georgia (1972)
, 1h31Directed by Stig Björkman
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Dirk Benedict, Stig Engström, Minnie Gentry, Vibeke Løkkeberg, Diana Sands
Roles Mrs. Alberta Anderson
Rating65%