Louise Beavers

Actress

March 8, 1902 (60 years)

† October 26, 1962

Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Louise Beavers (March 8, 1902 – October 26, 1962) was an American film and television actress. Beavers appeared in dozens of films and two hit television shows from the 1920s until 1960, most often cast in the role of a maid, servant, or slave. She was a native of Cincinnati, Ohio, and a member of Sigma Gamma Rho sorority, one of the four African-American sororities. Beavers was a breakthrough actress for black women and became known as a symbol of a "mamm…

Filmography

6.2

The Danny Thomas Show

Louise

Danny Thomas, an entertainer, tries to balance his home life with the needs of his career, with hilarious results.

6.0

Bourbon Street Beat

Mrs. Teale

"Bourbon Street Beat" is a private detective series produced by Warner Brothers Television which aired on the ABC network from October 5, 1959, to July 4, 1960. It featured Richard Long as Rex Randolph, Andrew Duggan as Cal Calhoun, Van Williams as Kenny Madison, and Arlene Howell as Melody Lee Mercer, the secretary at the New Orleans detective agency in which they worked. The show is set in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA and revolves around the lives of Rex Randolph (Long) and Cal Calhoun (Duggan), who run a detective agency called Randolph and Calhoun — Special Services. The agency is based in the Absinthe House, a French Quarter nightclub on Bourbon Street.

7.0

Tammy and the Bachelor

Osia

An unsophisticated young woman from the Mississippi swamps falls in love with an unconventional southern gentleman.

6.7

The Swamp Fox

The story of Revolutionary War hero Francis Marion, an American patriot who fought the British Tories using unusual methods, becoming known as “The Swamp Fox.”

7.0

Holiday Inn

Mamie

Lovely Linda Mason has crooner Jim Hardy head over heels, but suave stepper Ted Hanover wants her for his new dance partner after fickle Lila Dixon gives him the brush. Jim's supper club, Holiday Inn, is the setting for the chase by Hanover and his manager.

6.4

Reap the Wild Wind

Maum Maria

The Florida Keys in 1840, where the implacable hurricanes of the Caribbean scream, where the salvagers of Key West, like the intrepid and beautiful Loxi Claiborne and her crew, reap, aboard frail schooners, the harvest of the wild wind, facing the shark teeth of the reefs to rescue the sailors and the cargo from the shipwrecks caused by the scavengers of the sea.

6.3

It's Tough to Be Famous

Ada, Janet's Maid

Scotty, an unwilling Navy war hero is cast into the limelight. He wants to get married and be an engineer, but is forced to fulfil the expectations of the public, his employer and his PR agent, which he hates. Although he and his long time girlfriend Janet love each other, they are pressured to marry before they are ready. The strain takes its toll on both of them.

6.9

42nd Street

Pansy (uncredited)

Broadway director Julian Marsh needs just one more hit show so he can retire and recover his health. It looks like he just may pull it off until temperamental star Dorthy Brock breaks her ankle on the eve of the show's premiere and has to be replaced by her understudy Peggy.

5.5

Young America

Maid (Uncredited)

Mrs. Doray sits with a Juvenile Court Judge to learn more about problem children and what to do about them. One of the cases involves 13 year old Arthur, "the worst kid in town", who moves cars away from fiire-plugs without the knowledge of the owners. The judge gives Arthur and friend Nutty another chance. However they run into further trouble when they break into Mr. Doray's drugstore to get medicine for Nutty's grandmother. Mr. Doray is not sympathetic and completely against his wife's plan to become Arthur's guardian. More incidents occur with Mr. Doray quick to judge prior to getting all of the facts. Mrs. Doray must choose between her marriage and Arthur.

5.9

Belle Starr

Mammy Lou

After her family's mansion is burned down by Yankee soldiers for hiding the rebel leader Captain Sam Starr Belle Shirley vows to take revenge. Breaking Starr out of prison, she joins his small guerrilla group for a series of raids on banks and railroads, carpetbaggers and enemy troops. Belle's bravado during the attacks earns her a reputation among the locals as well as the love of Starr himself. The pair get married, but their relationship starts to break down when Sam Starr lets a couple of psychotic rebels into the gang, leaving Belle to wonder if he really cares about the Southern cause.

6.0

Doctor X

Louise (Uncredited)

A wisecracking New York reporter intrudes on a research scientist's quest to unmask The Moon Killer.

6.0

The Goddess

The Cook

A woman adored by the people around her ultimately struggles to be happy with herself.

6.3

The Jackie Robinson Story

Jackie's Mother

Biography of Jackie Robinson, the first black major league baseball player in the 20th century. Traces his career in the negro leagues and the major leagues.

7.0

Imitation of Life

Delilah Johnson

A struggling widow and her daughter take in a black housekeeper and her fair-skinned daughter. The two women start a successful business but face familial, identity, and racial issues along the way.

7.0

Shadow of the Thin Man

Stella

High society sleuths Nick and Nora Charles run into a variety of shady characters while investigating a race-track murder.

7.0

Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House

Gussie

An advertising executive dreams of getting out of the city and building a perfect home in the country, only to find the transition fraught with problems.

6.5

The Story of Temple Drake

Minnie

The coquettish granddaughter of a respected small-town judge is stranded at a bootleggers’ hide-out, subjected to an act of nightmarish sexual violence, and plunged into a criminal underworld that threatens to swallow her up completely.

5.9

She Done Him Wrong

Pearl

New York singer and nightclub owner Lady Lou has more male friends than can be imagined. One is a vicious escaped criminal on the way to see 'his' girl, unaware she hasn't exactly been faithful in his absence. Help is at hand in the form of young Captain Cummings, a local temperance league leader.

7.5

Make Way for Tomorrow

Mamie

An elderly couple are forced to separate themselves from each other after their children refuse to take both into one house.

6.5

Bombshell

Loretta

A glamorous film star rebels against the studio, her pushy press agent and a family of hangers-on.