Actors - Rose McClendon

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Rose McClendon (b. circa in 1885 - d. July 12, 1936) was a leading African American Broadway actress of the 1920's.

Rose was born circa in 1885 in South Carolina she later moved to New York City as a child. She started acting in church plays as a young child, but did not become a professional actress until her thirties, after winning a scholarship to the American Academy of Dramatic Art.

Her first claim to fame came in Deep River, a "native opera with jazz", in 1926. In addition to her acting abilities, she showed her talent for directing several plays at the Harlem Experimental Theatre, she also helped found the Negro People's Theatre in Harlem in 1935.

That organization increased opportunities for black actors and playwrights. As an important and impressive African American contributor to movie and stage during the Harlem Renaissance she was a source of inspiration which helped with the Negro literary movement.

Productions

Deep River 1926
Abraham's Bosom 1927
Porgy 1928
Black Souls 1932
Never No More 1932
Panic 1935
Mulatto 1936

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