Mitchell, Abbie, 1884-1960

LC control no.	no2002025477
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Mitchell, Abbie, 1884-1960 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
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)