| LC control no. | no 93013894 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Whipper, Leigh R. (Leigh Rollin), 1877-1975 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Birth date | 1877-10-29 |
| Death date | 1975-07-26 |
| Place of birth | Charleston (S.C.) |
| Place of death | New York (N.Y.) |
| Field of activity | Acting |
| Affiliation | Actors' Equity Association Negro Actors Guild of America Howard University |
| Profession or occupation | African American actors Actors |
| Special note | Afro-American actor and playwright |
| Found in | His The brigand, 1904: t.p. (by Leigh R. Whipper) Bahama passage [MP] 1941: credits (cast of characters, Leigh Whipper) OCLC, 5-13-93 (hdg.: Whipper, Leigh Rollin) Halliwell's filmgoer's comp., 1988 (Whipper, Leigh; b. 1877, d. 1975) Wikipedia, Jan. 6, 2017 (Leigh Rollin Whipper (Oct. 29, 1876 - July 26, 1975) was an American actor on the stage and in motion pictures; first African-American to join the Actors' Equity Association, and one of the founders of the Negro Actors Guild of America) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leigh_Whipper> IMDb, January 2, 2019: (Leigh Whipper, actor ; b. October 29, 1876 in Charleston, South Carolina, USA ; d. July 26, 1975 (age 98) in New York City, New York, USA ; educated in Washington, D.C., attending Howard University, before turning permanently to a life in the theater ; alternate name: Lee Whipper) |
| Associated language | eng |
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