Amos 'n' Andy was an American radio sitcom about black characters, initially set in Chicago then later in the Harlem section of New York City. While the...
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Spencer Williams Jr. (section Amos 'n' Andy)
13, 1969) was an American actor and filmmaker. He portrayed Andy on TV's The Amos 'n' Andy Show and directed films including the 1941 race film The Blood...
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who is best known for playing the cabdriver Amos Jones in the 1950s television comedy series Amos 'n' Andy. Alvin Childress was born in Meridian, Mississippi...
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Dialect comedy (section Amos N Andy)
performers took their blackface act, Sam N Henry, which they did not have the rights to and changed it to Amos N Andy, which became one of the most popular...
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situation comedy form. He is best known for his work in the radio series Amos 'n' Andy. Gosden was born in Richmond, Virginia, the son of Emma L. (Smith) and...
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premise on a more ambitious scale to create their long-running radio show Amos 'n' Andy. In late 1925, radio performers Gosden and Correll had been approached...
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best for his work in the radio series Amos 'n' Andy with Freeman Gosden. Correll voiced the main character Andy Brown, along with various lesser characters...
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and Samuel L. Jackson. The film's title parodies that of the sitcom Amos 'n' Andy, while the premise is akin to that of The Defiant Ones. Shot in and...
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best known for his role as Lightnin' (Willie Jefferson) on TV's The Amos 'n' Andy Show. Nick Stewart was born on March 15, 1910, in Harlem, New York City...
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the starring role of George "Kingfish" Stevens in the CBS TV's The Amos 'n' Andy Show. He proudly stated, "I've made it a point never to tell a joke...
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