Thea Sharrock

Thea Sharrock

female, 33 years old
Theatre director, Alumni of St Hugh's College, Oxford, National Theatre, Royal National Theatre, artistic director, Alumni of the Anna Scher Theatre School…TheEmperorJones
Thea Sharrock (born 1976) is an award-winning English theatre director. In 2001, when at age 22 she became artistic director of London's Southwark...
Fredi Washington

Fredi Washington

female, deceased (1994)
carmen jones, film actor, Civil Rights, From Savannah, Georgia, passes, TheEmperorJones
Fredi Washington (Fredericka Carolyn Washington) (December 23 1903 - June 28 1994) was an African-American film actress of the 1930s. She is most...
Ruby Elzy

Ruby Elzy

female, deceased (1943)
My Man's Gone Now, Gershwin Memorial Concert, Opera Singer, hollywood bowl, aria, porgy and bess…TheEmperorJones, Birth of the Blues
Ruby Elzy (February 20, 1908 - June 26, 1943), was a pioneer African American operatic soprano who created the role of Serena in George Gershwin's...
Lawrence Tibbett

Lawrence Tibbett

male, deceased (1960)
buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Technicolor, new moon, American operatic baritone, mgm, The New Moon…The Rogue Song, TheEmperorJones
Lawrence Mervil Tibbett (November 16, 1896 - July 15, 1960) is acknowledged as one of the greatest American male singers of opera in his day. His...
Jules Bledsoe

Jules Bledsoe

male, deceased (1943)
Columbia University, deep river, hippodrome, EMI, Bishop College, TheEmperorJones…A Night on the Town
Jules Bledsoe (1898-1943), baritone, was a renowned opera singer and the first African American artist to gain regular employment in Broadway....