Louise Beavers
Acting
Born March 8, 1902 · Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Biography
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…
Known For · 40 titles
The Danny Thomas Show
Bourbon Street Beat
Holiday Inn
The Beulah Show
Bullets or Ballots
The Swamp Fox
Make Room for Granddaddy
42nd Street
Tammy and the Bachelor
Good Sam
Doctor X
Party Husband
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
Second Choice
Du Barry Was a Lady
The Story of Temple Drake
You Can't Run Away from It
Shadow of the Thin Man
Reap the Wild Wind
Make Way for Tomorrow
Made for Each Other
Belle Starr
All the Fine Young Cannibals
She Done Him Wrong
Teenage Rebel
Wild Girl
The Big Street
Her Bodyguard
The Last Gangster
Central Airport
Manslaughter
Our Blushing Brides
A Southern Yankee
Imitation of Life
No Time for Comedy
Pick-up
What Price Hollywood?
Follow the Boys
Thunderbolt
Girls About Town