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Maidie Norman

Maidie Norman

Maidie Norman was born Maidie Ruth Gamble on October 16, 1912, in Villa Rica, Georgia, to Louis and Lila Gamble. She received a B.A. from Bennett College in 1934 and a master's degree from Columbia University three years later. She also attended the Actors Lab in Hollywood from 1946 to 1949. Norman first appeared on film in The Peanut Man in 1947. Throughout the fifties-not a good time for film roles for black women-she appeared in a number of films, such as Bright Road with Dorothy Dandridge and Sidney Poitier and Torch Song, both in 1953; About Mrs. Leslie and Susan Slept Here in 1954; and 1956's Written on the Wind. These were often servant roles, with a special fifties blandness. Still, Norman was skillful and professional in her execution of them. In 1962, she got a chance to chew up the scenery with Bette Davis and Joan Crawford in What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? In 1968-69, Norman was an artist-in-residence at Stanford University and, throughout the seventies, she was lecturer, director, and acting teacher at UCLA. At the same time, Norman was highly visible on television, appearing in Mannix, Adam 12, Streets of San Francisco, Kung Fu, The Jeffersons, and others. She was also part of the cast of Roots: The Next Generation in 1979. Norman was a founding member of the American Negro Theater West; in 1977, she was inducted into the Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame; and an award in her name is presented each year for outstanding research by an undergraduate in Black Theater at UCLA. She died on May 6, 1998.

Personal information

Birthday

1912-10-16

Movies and TV shows :

4 for Texas

4 for Texas

1963

5.1

Movie
A Dream for Christmas

A Dream for Christmas

1973

6.0

Movie
A Star Is Born

A Star Is Born

1976

6.0

Movie
About Mrs. Leslie

About Mrs. Leslie

1954

7.0

Movie
poster

Adam-12

1968

7.1

TV
Airport '77

Airport '77

1977

5.6

Movie
poster

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1955

7.7

TV
Another Part of the Forest

Another Part of the Forest

1972

0.0

Movie
poster

Baretta

1975

6.4

TV
Be Pretty and Shut Up!

Be Pretty and Shut Up!

1981

6.3

Movie
poster

Ben Casey

1961

5.7

TV
Bright Road

Bright Road

1953

6.3

Movie
poster

Cagney & Lacey

1982

6.9

TV
poster

Cannon

1971

6.5

TV
poster

Cavalcade of America

1952

3.5

TV
poster

CBS Playhouse

1966

7.0

TV
Delphine and Carole

Delphine and Carole

2020

7.0

Movie
poster

Dr. Kildare

1961

5.4

TV
poster

Dragnet

1951

6.5

TV
Executive Suite

Executive Suite

1954

7.0

Movie
Forever Female

Forever Female

1953

6.7

Movie
poster

Four Star Playhouse

1952

6.1

TV
poster

Funny Face

1971

0.0

TV
poster

Good Times

1974

7.9

TV
poster

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951

8.7

TV
Halloween III: Season of the Witch

Halloween III: Season of the Witch

1982

5.2

Movie
poster

Harry O

1974

4.6

TV
poster

Hotel

1982

6.8

TV
poster

Ironside

1967

6.9

TV
poster

Judd for the Defense

1967

7.5

TV
poster

Kolchak: The Night Stalker

1974

7.6

TV
poster

Kung Fu

1972

7.6

TV
poster

Letter to Loretta

1953

6.2

TV
poster

Little House on the Prairie

1974

8.0

TV
poster

Lux Video Theatre

1950

6.0

TV
Mad at the World

Mad at the World

1955

5.7

Movie
Man with the Gun

Man with the Gun

1955

6.2

Movie
Manhandled

Manhandled

1949

5.1

Movie
poster

Mannix

1967

6.7

TV
poster

Matinee Theater

1955

4.6

TV
poster

Matt Houston

1982

6.2

TV
Maurie

Maurie

1973

0.0

Movie
Movie Movie

Movie Movie

1978

5.8

Movie
poster

Police Woman

1974

6.2

TV
poster

Rhoda

1974

6.2

TV
poster

Roots: The Next Generations

1979

7.3

TV
Say Goodbye, Maggie Cole

Say Goodbye, Maggie Cole

1972

6.8

Movie
Secrets of a Mother and Daughter

Secrets of a Mother and Daughter

1983

6.0

Movie
poster

Simon & Simon

1981

6.7

TV
Sixteen

Sixteen

1972

3.3

Movie
Sty of the Blind Pig

Sty of the Blind Pig

1974

0.0

Movie
Susan Slept Here

Susan Slept Here

1954

6.1

Movie
Tarzan's Hidden Jungle

Tarzan's Hidden Jungle

1955

4.9

Movie
poster

The F.B.I.

1965

5.4

TV
poster

The Incredible Hulk

1977

7.2

TV
poster

The Jeffersons

1975

7.3

TV
The Lie

The Lie

1973

6.0

Movie
poster

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

1964

7.1

TV
The Opposite Sex

The Opposite Sex

1956

5.2

Movie
The Peanut Man

The Peanut Man

1947

0.0

Movie
poster

The Streets of San Francisco

1972

7.0

TV
poster

The Twilight Zone

1959

8.4

TV
The Well

The Well

1951

7.0

Movie
Thornwell

Thornwell

1981

6.0

Movie
Torch Song

Torch Song

1953

6.0

Movie
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

1962

7.9

Movie
Written on the Wind

Written on the Wind

1956

6.9

Movie