Madame Sul-Te-Wan

Madame Sul-Te-Wan

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Madame Sul-Te-Wan (born Nellie Crawford; March 7, 1873 – February 1, 1959) was the first African-American actress to sign a film contract and be a featured performer. She was an American stage, film and television actress for over 50 years. The daughter of former slaves, she began her career in entertainment touring the East Coast with various theatrical companies and moved to California to become a member of the fledgling film community. She became known as a character actress, appeared in high-profile films such as The Birth of a Nation (1915) and Intolerance (1916), and easily navigated the transition to the sound films. In 1986, she was inducted into the Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame.

Known For: Acting

Born: Louisville, Kentucky, USA, 1873-03-07

Died: 1959-02-01

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1915	The Cause of It All	Mary - The Hotel Cook	0
2	1915	The Birth of a Nation	Black Woman (uncredited)	60
3	1916	Hoodoo Ann	Black Cindy	56
4	1916	Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages	Girl at the Marriage Market (uncredited)	71
5	1916	The Children Pay	Uncredited	0
6	1917	Stage Struck	Uncredited	0
7	1918	Tarzan of the Apes	Esmeralda - Jane's Maid (uncredited)	54
8	1918	Old Wives for New	Viola's Maid (uncredited)	65
9	1918	Who's Your Father?	Black Mother (uncredited)	0
10	1919	His Musical Sneeze	Maid (uncredited)	53
11	1920	Why Change Your Wife?	Sally's Maid (Uncredited)	59
12	1922	The Show	Maid (uncredited)	65
13	1922	Manslaughter	Prison Inmate (uncredited)	54
14	1924	The Lightning Rider	Mammy	0
15	1925	The Narrow Street	Easter	0
16	1925	The Golden Bed	Boarding House Maid (Uncredited)	35
17	1927	College	Cook (uncredited)	68
18	1927	Uncle Tom's Cabin	Slave at Wedding (uncredited)	69
19	1929	The Carnation Kid	The Maid (Uncredited)	0
20	1929	Thunderbolt	Bit Role	58
21	1930	Sarah and Son	Belloc's Maid (Uncredited)	53
22	1930	The Thoroughbred	Sacharine	47
23	1931	The Pagan Lady	Carla the Servant	25
24	1931	Heaven on Earth	Voodoo Sue	30
25	1932	Jungle Mystery	Native Woman in Stockade (Uncredited)	0
26	1932	Queen Kelly	Kali Sana – Aunt's Cook (Uncredited)	65
27	1933	Ladies They Talk About	Mustard (uncredited)	61
28	1933	King Kong	Native Handmaiden (uncredited)	76
29	1934	A Modern Hero	Mme. Azais' Neighbor ( Uncredited)	70
30	1934	Operator 13	Slave at Medicine Show ( Uncredited)	57
31	1934	Black Moon	Ruva	52
32	1934	Imitation of Life	Cook (uncredited)	70
33	1935	So Red the Rose	Slave (Uncredited)	65
34	1936	San Francisco	Earthquake Survivor (Uncredited)	66
35	1937	Maid of Salem	Tituba	59
36	1938	Island in the Sky	Scrubwoman (Uncredited)	70
37	1938	In Old Chicago	Hattie	65
38	1938	The Toy Wife	Eve, a Black Servant (Uncredited)	48
39	1938	The Affairs of Annabel	Benzedrina (uncredited)	40
40	1938	Kentucky	Lily	58
41	1939	Tell No Tales	Jim Alley's Mother (uncredited)	53
42	1939	Torchy Blane.. Playing with Dynamite	Ruby (uncredited)	60
43	1940	Safari	Native Woman	40
44	1940	Maryland	Naomi	62
45	1940	Love Thy Neighbor	Lady McBeth	65
46	1941	King of the Zombies	Tahama	51
47	1941	Sullivan's Travels	Church Harmonium Player (Uncredited)	74
48	1942	Mokey	Miss Cully, Old Black Woman (Uncredited)	50
49	1943	Revenge of the Zombies	Beulah	52
50	1943	Thank Your Lucky Stars	Bit in "Ice Cold Katie" Number (uncredited)	61
51	1949	Mighty Joe Young	Young Family Servant (Uncredited)	64
52	1949	The Story of Seabiscuit	Libby	58
53	1954	Carmen Jones	Hagar – Carmen's Grandmother (Uncredited)	60
54	1957	Something of Value	Midwife (Uncredited)	55
55	1957	Band of Angels	Flower Vendor (Uncredited)	62
56	1958	Tarzan and the Trappers	Witch Woman	40
57		Squirrel Food	Flirt	0
58	1958	The Buccaneer	Good Luck Charm Vendor	64

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