Louise Beavers

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Louise Beavers (March 8, 1902 – October 26, 1962) was an American film and television actress. Beavers appeared in dozens of films and two hit television shows from the 1920s until 1960, most often cast in the role of a maid, servant, or slave. She was a native of Cincinnati, Ohio, and a member of Sigma Gamma Rho sorority, one of the four African-American sororities. Beavers was a breakthrough actress for black women and 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". Louise Beavers started her career in the 1920s. At the time, black people in films were limited to acting in only very few roles, usually as slaves or domestic help. She played the "mammy" in many of the movies she...

Known for

The Danny Thomas ShowSeries • 1953Bourbon Street BeatSeries • 1959Holiday InnMovie • 194242nd StreetMovie • 1933Make Way for TomorrowMovie • 1937Tammy and the BachelorMovie • 1957Good SamMovie • 1948Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream HouseMovie • 1948Made for Each OtherMovie • 1939Reap the Wild WindMovie • 1942Shadow of the Thin ManMovie • 1941BombshellMovie • 1933Doctor XMovie • 1932The Jackie Robinson StoryMovie • 1950She Done Him WrongMovie • 1933The Midnight PatrolMovie • 1933The Big StreetMovie • 1942Imitation of LifeMovie • 1934The Story of Temple DrakeMovie • 1933CoquetteMovie • 1929The Last GangsterMovie • 1937Primrose PathMovie • 1940Bullets or BallotsMovie • 1936MillieMovie • 1931