Fredi Washington
Birthday: 1903-12-23
Place of Birth: Savannah, Georgia, United States
Biography: Fredericka Carolyn "Fredi" Washington (December 23, 1903 – June 28, 1994) was an American stage and film actress, performer, and writer. She gained recognition for film and stage work in the 1920s and 1930s.
Movies
Emperor Jones
Unscrupulously ambitious, Brutus Jones escapes from jail after killing a guard and, through bluff an...
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Imitation of Life
A struggling widow and her daughter take in a black housekeeper and her fair-skinned daughter. The t...
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Black and Tan
Duke Ellington plays hot jazz in a fictional story that finds him down on his luck; he tries in vain...
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One Mile from Heaven
A female journalist travels to a new neighborhood after getting a (false) lead and is surprised by w...
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Animal Crackers
The well-known explorer and hunter Captain Spaulding has just returned from Africa, and is being wel...
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Square Joe
A well-respected boxer is framed by his enemies in the death of a policeman during a raid on a local...
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Ouanga
In Haiti, a black female plantation owner enacts a voodoo curse, and revives zombies for revenge on ...
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The Letter
A plantation owner's wife goes on trial for shooting a man she says attacked her, but a handwritten ...
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Mills Blue Rhythm Band
In this short film, musical and dance acts perform, first at a night club, then at a "rent party"....
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Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
Ossie Davis narrates a history of "race films," films made before 1950 which catered to a primarily ...
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Cab Calloway's Hi-De-Ho
This jazz musical short has a comedy plot about marital infidelity. Bandleader Cab Calloway plays a ...
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