Georgia Allen
Georgia Allen | |
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| Born | Georgia Williams Allen May 12, 1919 |
| Died | January 11, 2014 (aged 94) Atlanta, Georgia |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of California, Santa Barbara |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1949[1]–2006 |
| Partner(s) | Thaddius S. Allen (1942–2009; his death)[2] |
Georgia Williams Allen (May 12, 1919 – January 11, 2014) was an American actress. She was active from 1949 to 2006, beginning in local theater before progressing to both television and movie roles.
Early life[]
Allen was born in Beaumont, Texas.[1] She later moved, via Cleveland, Ohio, to Atlanta, Georgia, where she became an educator in the public school system.[3]
She earned her master's degree at the University of California, Santa Barbara.[3]
Acting career[]
Allen was a repertory player with Atlanta University Summer Theater for thirty years (1949 to 1979).[1]
Her first screen role was as the mother of Clifton Davis' character, Gus, in Together for Days (1972).[citation needed]
After a five-year break, she returned in 1977 as Mrs. Jones in Greased Lightning.[citation needed]
She appeared in four television movies between 1979 and 1982, then several more from the mid-1980s onward.[citation needed]
Between 1990 and 1994, she appeared as three different characters in the television series In the Heat of the Night.[citation needed]
In 1997 she played Lucille Wright, the caterer of the party hosted by Kevin Spacey's character, Jim Williams, in Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil.[citation needed]
Awards[]
Allen was awarded the Bronze Jubilee Award by WETV in 1979; the Ray McIver Award by the Just Us Theater in 1993; and the Legacy Award by Jomandi Productions, also in 1993.[1]
Her last-known appearance was as Ruby in Madea's Family Reunion (2006).[citation needed]
Personal life[]
Allen was educated at Clark College in Atlanta, graduating in 1942. That same year, she married Thaddius S. Allen, with whom she had a daughter and a son during their 67-year marriage.[2]
Death[]
Allen died on January 11, 2014, having survived her husband by five years. She is interred in Atlanta's Crest Lawn Cemetery.[2]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e Profiles of African American Stage Performers and Theatre People, 1816-1960 - Google Books
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Atlanta Journal-Constitution, January 13, 2014
- ^ Jump up to: a b Tilley, Kathy (July 6, 1973). "Acting a Part-Time Job, Full-Time Love". The Atlanta Constitution. p. 31. Retrieved October 22, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
External links[]
- 1919 births
- 2014 deaths
- 20th-century American actresses
- 21st-century American actresses
- Schoolteachers from Georgia (U.S. state)
- American women educators
- American film actresses
- American television actresses
- Actresses from Ohio
- Clark Atlanta University alumni
- People from Beaumont, Texas
- People from Cleveland