Rose McClendon | |
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![]() Rose McClendon as Serena in Porgy (1927) | |
Born | Rosalie Virginia Scott August 27, 1884 |
Died | July 12, 1936 New York City, U.S. | (aged 51)
Resting place | Mount Hope Cemetery (Hastings-on-Hudson) |
Spouse |
Henry Pruden McClendon
(m. 1904) |
Rose McClendon (August 27, 1884 – July 12, 1936) was a leading African-American Broadway actress of the 1920s. A founder of the Negro People's Theatre, she guided the creation of the Federal Theatre Project's African American theatre units nationwide and briefly co-directed the New York Negro Theater Unit.
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