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Madame Sul-Te-Wan, 1873-1959

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Personal name headingMadame Sul-Te-Wan, 1873-1959
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Variant(s)Conley, Nellie, 1873-1959
Madame Sultewan, 1873-1959
Madame Wan, 1873-1959
Sul-Te-Wan, 1873-1959
Sul-Te-Wan, Madame, 1873-1959
Sul-Te-Wan, Mme., 1873-1959
Te-Wan, Sul, Mme., 1873-1959
Wan, Sul-Te-, Mme., 1873-1959
Associated countryUnited States
Birth date1873-09-12
Death date1959-02-01
Place of birthLouisville (Ky.)
Place of deathWoodland Hills (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Field of activityActing
AffiliationThe Black Four Hundred (Firm) Rair Black Minstrels (Firm) Pier Theater (Venice, Los Angeles)
Profession or occupationActresses Entertainers
Found inDu Bois, W.E.B. Papers, 1803 (1877-1963) 1999 (Madame Sul-Te-Wan, Mme. Sul-Te-Wan)
OCLC, Mar. 4, 2011 (hdg: Sul-Te-Wan, Mme., 1873-1959; usage: Madame Sul-Te-Wan)
Internet movie database, March 18, 2014 (Madame Sul-Te-Wan; born, March 7, 1873 in Louisville, Kentucky, USA; died, February 1, 1959 (age 85) in Hollywood, California, USA; birth name, Nellie Conley; also credited as Sul-Te-Wan, Madame Sultewan, Madame Wan; Actress)
African American National Biography, accessed March 23, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Sul-Te-Wan, Madame; Nellie; Creole Nell; actress, vaudeville performer, radio/television personality; born 12 September 1873 in Louisville, Kentucky, United States; performed vaudeville and burlesque at Buckingham Theater and New Brunswick Saloon; performed in vaudeville, Over-the-Rhine, Cincinnati's German-immigrant neighborhood, Ohio and Cincinnati's dime museum; organized and performed wth her own vaudeville touring companies, The Black Four Hundred and Rair Black Minstrels; performed at Pier Theater, Venice, Los Angeles; starred in The Birth of a Nation (1915), Intolerance(1916); played on TV and radio; was a film actor in Hollywood (1930s-1958); died 01 February 1959 in Woodland Hills, California, United States)
IMDb, January 2, 2019: (Madame Sul-Te-Wan, actress ; b. March 7, 1873 in Louisville, Kentucky, USA as Nellie Wan ; d. February 1, 1959 (age 85) in Hollywood, California, USA ; alternate names: Sul-Te-Wan, Madame Sultewan, Madame Suterman, Madame Sul Te Wan, Madame Wan)
Associated languageeng