Lillian Randolph, 1952

Item Overview

Title

Lillian Randolph, 1952

Alternative title

Early Motion Picture Actresses

Photographer

Kisch, John D.

Date Created

[1952]

Date

1952

Collection

Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Notes

Description

Publicity still of American actress Lillian Randolph wearing a maid's costume in the television show 'Beulah.'
Lillian Randolph was a 20th Century actress who routinely, yet proudly, presented the role of the black domestic in film and radio and defended her right to maintain such characters in an intelligent fashion for much of her career. She was also a singer, and a veteran of radio, film, and television.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Keywords

Genre

photographs

Names

Randolph, Lillian, 1898-1980

Subject Geographic

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

African American singers
African American actresses