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Vivienne Baber was an actress in the United States. She had a starring role in the 1932 film The Black King.
Baber was born in Brooklyn, New York. She began acting on stage productions in 1929, at age 15; her first role was the main character in the play, Harlem.[1]
She played the starring role in a 1929 production of Make Me Know It at Wallack's Theatre in New York City.[2] She played a part in You Know Me that same year at Wallack's Theatre.[3]
After disliking the roles she was typecast in, she quit acting for seven years. During this time, she worked for the Afro-American Newspapers and organized a children's theater organization in Washington, D.C. She returned to acting around 1946 to play the character Wini Bennett in the play, On Whitman Avenue in New York City.[1]
Baber was a principal actor in a 1932 production of the musical comedy Shuffle Along by Flournoy Miller.[4]
She was the only woman cast in one show.[5]
Theater
- Harlem[6]
- Savage Rhythm[6]
- Make Me Know It (1929) as Mona Bannon[7]
- Shuffle Along of 1933 as Alice Walker[8][9] a revival of Shuffle Along
- On Whitman Avenue as Wini Bennett[10]
Filmography
- They Know Their Groceries (1929)
- The Black King (1932) as Mary Lou Lawton
References
- ^ a b "Vivienne Baber of Brooklyn Glad She's Not Playing Hussy". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. 27 May 1946. p. 13. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- ^ "New Colored Play "Coincidental"". Daily News. November 3, 1929. p. 77. Retrieved November 15, 2021.
- ^ "Monday Night On Broadway". The Standard Union. 2 November 1929. p. 5. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- ^ "Hot Feet, Hot Horns In New 'Shuffle Along'". Daily News. December 27, 1932. p. 35. Retrieved November 15, 2021.
- ^ Jefferson, Miles M. (1947). "The Negro on Broadway, 1946-1947". Phylon (1940-1956). 8 (2): 146–159. doi:10.2307/271722 – via JSTOR.
- ^ a b https://www.newspapers.com/clip/88937419/mantan-is-comedian/
- ^ "Vivienne Baber". Playbill.
- ^ Peterson, Bernard L. (November 14, 1993). "A Century of Musicals in Black and White: An Encyclopedia of Musical Stage Works By, About, Or Involving African Americans". Greenwood Publishing Group – via Google Books.
- ^ Dietz, Dan (March 29, 2018). "The Complete Book of 1930s Broadway Musicals". Rowman & Littlefield – via Google Books.
- ^ McGrath, Patrick J. (August 23, 2006). "John Garfield: The Illustrated Career in Films and on Stage". McFarland – via Google Books.