LC control no. | no2002025477 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Mitchell, Abbie, 1884-1960 |
Associated country | United States |
Birth date | 1884-09-25 |
Death date | 1960-03-16 |
Place of birth | New York (N.Y.) |
Place of death | Harlem (New York, N.Y.) |
Affiliation | Howard Theatre (Washington, D.C.) Lafayette Theatre Players Atlanta University Majestic Theatre (Organization : New York, N.Y.) |
Profession or occupation | Singers Actors Educators |
Special note | Formerly on undifferentiated name record: n92013558 |
Found in | Gershwin, G. Gershwin performs Gershwin [SR] p1991: container insert (Abbie Mitchell, soprano) Southern, E. Biog. dict. of Afro-Amer. and African musicians, 1982 (Mitchell, Abbie; b. Sept. 25, 1884, d. Mar. 16, 1960, New York, N.Y.; concert singer, actress) African American National Biography, accessed March 5, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Mitchell, Abbie; opera singer, concert singer, stage/ screen actor, educator; born 25 September 1884 in New York, United States; acted in musical comedies; admired for her classical repertoire; the first black woman to do a single vaudeville turn at New York's Majestic Theater (1910); was one of the leading performers of the famed Lafayette Players in Harlem (1916-1929); broke into the New York theater mainstream with her appearance in the Pulitzer Prize-winning “In Abraham's Bosom” (1926); appeared on Broadway; was head of the voice department of Tuskegee Institute (1931-1934); created the role of Clara in George Gershwin's opera “Porgy and Bess” (1935); was one of several outstanding actresses to star as Cora in Langston Hughes's “Mulatto” (1938), guest artist and teacher at Atlanta University (1943); organized the Abbie Mitchell Players (throughout the 1940s) and had her own one-woman show, “Harriet Tubman” (1944); appeared in at least five films; was active in the Negro Actors Guild (1937-until the 1950s); died 16 March 1960 in Harlem, New York, United States) |