Powell Lindsay
US actor
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Powell Lindsay (1905–1987) was an American actor, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on stage and film as well as a director and writer of theatrical productions in the United States.[1] He's been described as the "muse of black social realism on film."[2] He was friends with Langston Hughes and produced works highlighting the work of Hughes.[3]
He was married to June Lindsey (1920-2013)[4]
He died of cancer at home in Ann Arbor, Michigan on September 22, 1987.[5]
Theater
Actor
- Tobacco Road (1950 revival)
Director
- Big White Fog (1940 rendition of Theodore Ward's play)[6]
- Flight from Fear (1954) staged at Detroit's Masonic Temple
- This is Our America (1956)
Filmography
- That Man of Mine (1946)
- Jivin’ in Be-Bop (1946)
- Love in Syncopation (1946)
- Souls of Sin (1949)
