Louise Beavers

Acting

Louise Beavers

Born March 8, 1902 · Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

Died October 26, 1962 · aged 60

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 sor…

Known For

Holiday InnHoliday Inn · 1942
Holiday Inn
★ 7.01942
MovieComedyDrama
Lovely Linda Mason has crooner Jim Hardy head over heels, but suave stepper Ted Hanover wants her for his new dance partner after fickle Lila Dixon gives him the brush. Jim's supper club, Holiday Inn, is the setting for the chase by Hanover and his manager.
Primrose PathPrimrose Path · 1940
Primrose Path
★ 6.71940
MovieDramaRomance
Ellie Mae lives on Primrose Hill with her good-hearted and fancy free mother, her drunken father, her younger sister and a mean-spirited grandmother. The Hill is not a good part of town, however. When she meets and falls for a hard-working man, they marry and she hides her past from him. When he discovers the truth it jeopardizes their marriage.
The Jackie Robinson StoryThe Jackie Robinson Story · 1950
The Jackie Robinson Story
★ 6.31950
MovieDramaFamily
Biography of Jackie Robinson, the first black major league baseball player in the 20th century. Traces his career in the negro leagues and the major leagues.
VirginiaVirginia · 1941
Virginia
★ 9.01941
MovieDramaRomance
Post-Civil War romantic drama about defeated Southerners, starring Madeleine Carroll and Fred MacMurray.
Reap the Wild WindReap the Wild Wind · 1942
Reap the Wild Wind
★ 6.31942
MovieAdventureAction
The Florida Keys in 1840, where the implacable hurricanes of the Caribbean scream, where the salvagers of Key West, like the intrepid and beautiful Loxi Claiborne and her crew, reap, aboard frail schooners, the harvest of the wild wind, facing the shark teeth of the reefs to rescue the sailors and the cargo from the shipwrecks caused by the scavengers of the sea.
Make Way for TomorrowMake Way for Tomorrow · 1937
Make Way for Tomorrow
★ 7.51937
MovieDramaRomance
An elderly couple are forced to separate themselves from each other after their children refuse to take both into one house.
Follow the BoysFollow the Boys · 1944
Follow the Boys
★ 5.71944
MovieMusicComedy
During World War II, all the studios put out "all-star" vehicles which featured virtually every star on the lot--often playing themselves--in musical numbers and comedy skits, and were meant as morale-boosters to both the troops overseas and the civilians at home. This was Universal Pictures' effort. It features everyone from Donald O'Connor to the Andrews Sisters to Orson Welles to W.C. Fields to George Raft to Marlene Dietrich, and dozens of other Universal players.
Doctor XDoctor X · 1932
Doctor X
★ 6.01932
MovieHorrorThriller
A wisecracking New York reporter intrudes on a research scientist's quest to unmask The Moon Killer.

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