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Maidie Norman

Maidie Norman

Acting
16 Oct 1912
02 May 1998
Villa Rica, Georgia, USA

Biography

Maidie Norman was born Maidie Ruth Gamble on October 16, 1912, in Villa Rica, Georgia, to Louis and Lila Gamble. She received a B.A. from Bennett College in 1934 and a master's degree from Columbia University three years later. She also attended the Actors Lab in Hollywood from 1946 to 1949. Norman first appeared on film in The Peanut Man in 1947. Throughout the fifties-not a good time for film roles for black women-she appeared in a number of films, such as Bright Road with Dorothy Dandridge a...

Also Known As

Mady Norman, Madie Norman, Maidie Ruth Norman

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