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The HistoryMakers video oral history with Armelia McQueen.

Title
  1. The HistoryMakers video oral history with Armelia McQueen.
Published by
  1. Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]

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Details

Additional authors
  1. McQueen, Armelia
  2. Lesure, Jacques
  3. Burghelea, Neculai
  4. HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
Description
  1. 1 online resource (6 video files (2 hr., 51 min., 31 sec.)) : sound, color.
Summary
  1. Actress Armelia McQueen was born on January 6, 1952 in Southern Pines, North Carolina. She was raised in Brooklyn, New York. She attended New York City's Central Commercial High School where she graduated in 1964. McQueen went on to briefly enroll at the Fashion Industry School, majoring in fashion design. Later, in 1972, she attended Herbert Berghoff Drama School where she received acting lessons. McQueen's acting career began when she was hired for a role in the production of Hot & Cold Heroes. In 1976, she was hired for the role of Tune Ann in the film I> Sparkle. In 1978, she made her Broadway debut in the original production of Ain't Misbehavin' where she won a Theatre World Award for Best Debut Performance. McQueen was featured in various sitcoms and films throughout the 1980s and 1990s, including: Action Jackson (1988); Ghost (1990); Bulworth (1998) and Life (1999).
Alternative title
  1. History Makers video oral history with Armelia McQueen
  2. Armelia McQueen
Subject
  1. Nonfiction films
  2. Internet videos
  3. Oral histories
  4. Interviews
  5. Actress
  6. African Americans > Interviews
  7. McQueen, Armelia > Interviews
Genre/Form
  1. Internet videos.
  2. Interviews.
  3. Nonfiction films.
  4. Oral histories.
Credits (note)
  1. Videographer, Neculai Burghelea.
Title
  1. The HistoryMakers video oral history with Armelia McQueen.
Publisher
  1. Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
Country of producing entity
  1. United States naf
Playing time
  1. 025131
Type of content
  1. two-dimensional moving image
Type of medium
  1. computer
Type of carrier
  1. online resource
Digital file characteristics
  1. video file
Performer
  1. Jacques Lesure, interviewer.
Credits
  1. Videographer, Neculai Burghelea.
Event
  1. Recorded Los Angeles, California 2008 April 3.
Source of description
  1. Vendor-supplied metadata.
Connect to:
  1. Available from home with a valid library card and onsite at NYPL
Indexed term
  1. Actress.
Added author
  1. McQueen, Armelia, interviewee.
  2. Lesure, Jacques, interviewer.
  3. Burghelea, Neculai, director of photography.
  4. HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
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