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Madame Sul-Te-Wan

Madame Sul-Te-Wan is known for acting, with popular credits including The Narrow Street, Black Moon, Who's Your Father?, The Pagan Lady.

Born 07 Mar 1873 Louisville, Kentucky, USA

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Madame Sul-Te-Wan (born Nellie Crawford; March 7, 1873 – February 1, 1959) was the first African-American actress to sign a film contract and be a featured performer. She was an American stage, film and television actress for over 50 years. The daughter of former slaves, she began her career in entertainment touring the East Coast with various theatrical companies and moved to California to become a member of the fledgling film community. She became known as a character actress, appeared in high-profile films such as The Birth of a Nation (1915) and Intolerance (1916), and easily navigated the transition to the sound films. In 1986, she was inducted into the Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame.

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1958 The Buccaneer as Good Luck Charm Vendor movie 1958 Tarzan and the Trappers as Witch Woman movie 1957 Band of Angels as Flower Vendor (Uncredited) movie 1957 Something of Value as Midwife (Uncredited) movie 1954 Carmen Jones as Hagar – Carmen's Grandmother (Uncredited) movie 1949 The Story of Seabiscuit as Libby movie 1949 Mighty Joe Young as Young Family Servant (Uncredited) movie 1943 Thank Your Lucky Stars as Bit in "Ice Cold Katie" Number (uncredited) movie 1943 Revenge of the Zombies as Beulah movie 1942 Mokey as Miss Cully (uncredited) movie 1941 Sullivan's Travels as Church Harmonium Player (Uncredited) movie 1941 King of the Zombies as Tahama movie 1940 Love Thy Neighbor as Lady McBeth movie 1940 Maryland as Naomi movie 1940 Safari as Native Woman movie 1939 Torchy Blane... Playing with Dynamite as Ruby (uncredited) movie 1939 Tell No Tales as Jim Alley's Mother (uncredited) movie 1938 Kentucky as Lily movie 1938 The Affairs of Annabel as Benzedrina (uncredited) movie 1938 The Toy Wife as Eve, a Black Servant (Uncredited) movie 1938 In Old Chicago as Hattie movie 1938 Island in the Sky as Scrubwoman (Uncredited) movie 1937 Maid of Salem as Tituba movie 1936 San Francisco as Earthquake Survivor (Uncredited) movie 1935 So Red the Rose as Slave (Uncredited) movie 1934 Imitation of Life as Cook (uncredited) movie 1934 Black Moon as Ruva movie 1934 Operator 13 as Slave at Medicine Show ( Uncredited) movie 1934 A Modern Hero as Mme. Azais' Neighbor ( Uncredited) movie 1933 King Kong as Native Handmaiden (uncredited) movie 1933 Ladies They Talk About as Mustard (uncredited) movie 1932 Jungle Mystery as Native Woman in Stockade (Uncredited) movie 1931 Heaven on Earth as Voodoo Sue movie 1931 The Pagan Lady as Carla the Servant movie 1930 The Thoroughbred as Sacharine movie 1930 Sarah and Son as Belloc's Maid (Uncredited) movie 1929 Queen Kelly as Kali Sana - Aunt's Cook (uncredited) movie 1929 Thunderbolt as Bit Role movie 1929 The Carnation Kid as The Maid (Uncredited) movie 1927 Uncle Tom's Cabin as Slave at Wedding (uncredited) movie 1927 College as Cook (uncredited) movie 1925 The Golden Bed as Boarding House Maid (Uncredited) movie 1925 The Narrow Street as Easter movie 1924 The Lightning Rider as Mammy movie 1922 Manslaughter as Prison Inmate (uncredited) movie 1922 The Show as Maid (uncredited) movie 1920 Why Change Your Wife? as Sally's Maid (Uncredited) movie 1919 His Musical Sneeze as Maid (uncredited) movie 1918 Who's Your Father? as Black Mother (uncredited) movie 1918 Old Wives for New as Viola's Maid (uncredited) movie 1918 Tarzan of the Apes as Esmeralda - Jane's Maid (uncredited) movie 1917 Stage Struck as Uncredited movie 1916 The Children Pay as Uncredited movie 1916 Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages as Girl at the Marriage Market (uncredited) movie 1916 Hoodoo Ann as Black Cindy movie 1915 The Birth of a Nation as Black Woman (uncredited) movie 1915 The Cause of It All as Mary - The Hotel Cook movie TBA Squirrel Food as Flirt movie

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Madame Sul-Te-Wan is known for acting, with popular credits including The Narrow Street, Black Moon, Who's Your Father?, The Pagan Lady.

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Madame Sul-Te-Wan is known for credits including The Narrow Street, Black Moon, Who's Your Father?, The Pagan Lady, Tarzan of the Apes.

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