| LC control no. | no2011054025 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Madame Sul-Te-Wan, 1873-1959 |
| 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 country | United States |
| Birth date | 1873-09-12 |
| Death date | 1959-02-01 |
| Place of birth | Louisville (Ky.) |
| Place of death | Woodland Hills (Los Angeles, Calif.) |
| Field of activity | Acting |
| Affiliation | The Black Four Hundred (Firm) Rair Black Minstrels (Firm) Pier Theater (Venice, Los Angeles) |
| Profession or occupation | Actresses Entertainers |
| Found in | Du 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 language | eng |
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