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Powell Lindsay (1905 – 1987) was an actor, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on stage and film as well as a director and writer of theatrical productions in the United States.[1] He's been described as the "muse of black social realism on film."[2] He was friends with Langston Hughes and produced works highlighting the work of Hughes.[3]

He was married to June Lindsey (1920-2013)[4]

He died of cancer at home in Ann Arbor, Michigan on September 22, 1987.[5]

Theater

Actor

• Tobacco Road (1950 revival)

Director

• Big White Fog (1940 rendition of Theodore Ward's play)[6]
• Flight from Fear (1954) staged at Detroit’s Masonic Temple
• This is Our America (1956)

Filmography

• That Man of Mine (1946)
• Jivin’ in Be-Bop (1946)
• Love in Syncopation (1946)
• Souls of Sin (1949)

References

External links

• Powell Lindsay at IMDb

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