Maidie Norman
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Biography
Filmography
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Taught drama at Texas State University-Tyler, UCLA, and Stanford University
Biography
Though she didn't begin acting until she was almost 40, Maidie Norman quickly made up for lost time with a variety of steady supporting roles in everything from sitcoms to feature films. She made her theatrical debut with a minor role in "The Burning Cross," about a war veteran who comes to regret signing up for the Ku Klux Klan, and appeared in several live TV anthologies before being cast in the Douglas Sirk melodrama,
Filmography
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Cast (Special)
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Life Events
1947
Film debut in "Burning Cross"
1949
Made her stage debut as Honey in "Deep Are the Roots" at the Mayan Theatre in Los Angeles, CA
1951
Had a leading role in "The Well"
1962
Refused to speak in stereotypical dialect in "What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?" and changed some of her lines
1964
Named Woman of the Year by the "Los Angeles Sentinel"
1977
Inducted into the Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame in Oakland, CA
1979
Appeared in the ABC miniseries "Roots: The Next Generation"
1985
Earned a professional artist award from the California Educational Theatre Association
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Notes
Taught drama at Texas State University-Tyler, UCLA, and Stanford University
