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Burton, LeVar

LC control no.n 78064054
Descriptive conventionsrda
LC classificationPS3552.U774
Personal name headingBurton, LeVar
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Variant(s)Burton, Le Var
Burton, Levardis Robert Martyn
Associated countryUnited States
Associated placeGermany
Birth date1957-02-16
Place of birthLandstuhl (Germany)
AffiliationUniversity of Southern California Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.) United States. National Commission on Libraries and Information Science
Profession or occupationActors Motion picture producers and directors Authors
Found inData from CINE for Rebel slaves [MP] 1978: (LeVar Burton; actor)
Data from ALA Booklist for Reading rainbow. 1, Tight times [VR] 1983 (Le Var Burton)
Wikipedia, Apr. 19, 2010 (Levardis Robert Martyn Burton, Jr. (born February 16, 1957), professionally known as LeVar Burton, is an American actor, director and author)
African American National Biography, accessed via The Oxford African American Studies Center online database, July 27, 2014: (Burton, LeVar, born Levardis Robert Martyn Burton Jr; stage / screen actor, motion picture producer / director, radio / television producer / director); born 16 February 1957 in Landstuhl, Germany; returned to the United States in Sacramento, California with his mother at the age of three; studied drama at the University of Southern California's School of Theatre; won an Emmy for his performance in Roots; acted and directed in a variety of television projects; was the host of a PBS children's show Reading Rainbow; remembered also for his starring role as Lieutenant Commander Geordi La Forge on series Star Trek: The Next Generation; published a science fiction novel Aftermath (1997); President Bill Clinton nominated him to the National Commission on Libraries & Information Science (1996))
IMDb, June 7, 2022: (LeVar Burton, actor, director, producer ; b. February 16, 1957 in Landstuhl, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany)
Associated languageeng