Louise Beavers
- Birthday
- Mar 8, 1902
- Birthplace
- Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Bio: African American actress Louise Beavers was born in Cincinnati and raised in California, where she attended Pasadena High School. Louise's entree into Hollywood was as maid to silent film star Leatrice Joy. With Ms. Joy's encouragement, Louise began accepting small film parts in 1923, and three years later became a full-time performer when she joined the Ladies… More Bio: African American actress Louise Beavers was born in Cincinnati and raised in California, where she attended Pasadena High School. Louise's entree into Hollywood was as maid to silent film star Leatrice Joy. With Ms. Joy's encouragement, Louise began accepting small film parts in 1923, and three years later became a full-time performer when she joined the Ladies Minstrel Troupe. After co-starring in the 1927 Universal remake of Uncle Tom's Cabin, Ms. Beavers worked steadily in films, usually playing maids, housekeepers and "mammies." Her most famous role was as troubled pancake entrepreneur Aunt Delilah in the 1934 filmization of Fannie Hurst's Imitation of Life. Another breakaway from stereotype was as the title character's strong-willed mother in The Jackie Robinson Story (1950), On television, Louise Beavers starred on the weekly sitcom Beulah from 1952 through 1953, and played Louise the maid on the 1953 pilot episode of Make Room for Daddy. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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Filmography
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The Life of Jackie Robinson (2003)
- Actor
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The Facts of Life (1960)
- Gussie
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All the Fine Young Cannibals (1960)
- Rose
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The Goddess (1958)
- Cook
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Tammy and the Bachelor (1957)
- Osia
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Louise Beavers Videos
Tammy And The Bachelor
1 minutes 21 seconds
Holiday Inn
2 minutes 16 seconds
Made For Each Other
22 seconds
Reap The Wild Wind
1 minutes 41 seconds
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
1 minutes 31 seconds
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