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Nell Carter scrapbook collection

Title
  1. Nell Carter scrapbook collection, 1981-2003.
Supplementary content
  1. Finding aid
Author
  1. Carter, Nell.

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Description
  1. 3 linear feet (3 print boxes)
Summary
  1. The Nell Carter scrapbooks collection features newspaper and magazine articles, and playbills that highlight both the professional and personal life of the award-winning singer and actress. The NBC sitcom "Gimme a Break!" (1981-1987), is represented in critical reviews of Carter and her show. Also featured in the collection are clippings related to the award-winning musical "Ain't Misbehavin'," which Carter received a Tony Award in 1978. The scrapbook includes clippings from the televised special of Ain't Misbehavin', which aired in 1982, and the revival of the play on Broadway in 1988. In 1982, Carter received an Emmy for her performance in the televised version of the musical.
  2. The collection also includes clippings from the revival of the musical "Hello Dolly!" in 1991, which Carter co-starred with Nipsey Russell as leads. The scrapbooks also feature clippings and articles relating to sitcoms Carter starred in during the 1990s including "You Take the Kids" (1990-1991) and "Hangin' with Mr. Cooper," as well as playbills and other material relating to the 1997 Broadway revival of the hit musical "Annie". Carter's personal life is also represented in the scrapbooks.
Subject
  1. African American motion picture actors and actresses
  2. Scrapbooks
  3. African American actresses
  4. African American lesbians
  5. Actresses > United States
  6. African American women entertainers
  7. Reviews
  8. African Americans in television broadcasting
  9. African Americans in the performing arts
  10. Television actors and actresses > United States
  11. Women in the theater
  12. Carter, Nell
  13. Articles
  14. African American women in popular culture
  15. Lesbian actresses
  16. African American women singers
  17. Black author
  18. African American women on television
Genre/Form
  1. Scrapbooks.
  2. Reviews.
  3. Articles.
Call number
  1. Sc MG 904
Source (note)
  1. Eddie Kelly, Dick Clark Original American Bandstand Dancer, 1951-1961
Biography (note)
  1. Nell Carter was an award-winning singer and actress who appeared in many popular theater, television and film works from 1971 until her death in 2003. Born Nell Ruth Hardy in 1948, she made her Broadway debut in the short-lived 1971 musical "Soon." Her breakthrough role was in the 1978 Broadway production of "Ain't Misbehavin'," a musical revue inspired by the jazz music of Fats Waller and the Harlem Renaissance. Carter won a Tony Award for her performance as well an Emmy Award for her reprisal in the 1982 NBC television broadcast of the show. In 1979, she appeared in the film adaption and soundtrack of the musical "Hair." Carter starred in the NBC sitcom "Gimme a Break!" from 1981 until 1987, receiving multiple Emmy and Golden Globe nominations for her role as the housekeeper Nell Harper. Carter, who in some TV series also appeared as Nell Ruth Carter, was active in the theater and on television and film throughout the 1980s and 1990s; notable acting credits include roles in revivals of "Hello Dolly!" and "Annie," the ABC sitcoms "You Take the Kids" and "Hangin' with Mr. Cooper," and in the films "Bebe's Kids" and "The Glass Harp." Carter was married twice and lived with her partner, Ann Kaser, after her second divorce until her death in 2003 from heart complications related to diabetes. She is survived by a daughter and two adopted sons.
Author
  1. Carter, Nell.
Title
  1. Nell Carter scrapbook collection, 1981-2003.
Type of content
  1. text
Type of medium
  1. unmediated
Type of carrier
  1. sheet
  2. volume
Biography
  1. Nell Carter was an award-winning singer and actress who appeared in many popular theater, television and film works from 1971 until her death in 2003. Born Nell Ruth Hardy in 1948, she made her Broadway debut in the short-lived 1971 musical "Soon." Her breakthrough role was in the 1978 Broadway production of "Ain't Misbehavin'," a musical revue inspired by the jazz music of Fats Waller and the Harlem Renaissance. Carter won a Tony Award for her performance as well an Emmy Award for her reprisal in the 1982 NBC television broadcast of the show. In 1979, she appeared in the film adaption and soundtrack of the musical "Hair." Carter starred in the NBC sitcom "Gimme a Break!" from 1981 until 1987, receiving multiple Emmy and Golden Globe nominations for her role as the housekeeper Nell Harper. Carter, who in some TV series also appeared as Nell Ruth Carter, was active in the theater and on television and film throughout the 1980s and 1990s; notable acting credits include roles in revivals of "Hello Dolly!" and "Annie," the ABC sitcoms "You Take the Kids" and "Hangin' with Mr. Cooper," and in the films "Bebe's Kids" and "The Glass Harp." Carter was married twice and lived with her partner, Ann Kaser, after her second divorce until her death in 2003 from heart complications related to diabetes. She is survived by a daughter and two adopted sons.
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Local subject
  1. Black author.
Research call number
  1. Sc MG 904
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