The HistoryMakers video oral history with Gertrude Hadley Jeannette.

Format Video (Streaming)
PublicationChicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016].
Description1 online resource (6 video files (2 hr., 49 min., 52 sec.)) : sound, color.
Supplemental Contenthttps://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=https://da.thehistorymakers.org/storiesForBio;ID=A2005.133
Subjects

Other author/creatorJeannette, Gertrude, 1914-2018 interviewee.
Other author/creatorCrowe, Larry F., interviewer.
Other author/creatorBurghelea, Neculai, director of photography.
Other author/creatorHistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
Variant title History Makers video oral history with Gertrude Hadley Jeannette
Portion of title Gertrude Hadley Jeannette
Abstract Actress and playwright Gertrude Hadley Jeannette was born on November 28, 1914 in Urbana, Arkansas. Jeannette graduated from Dunbar High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. In 1934, Jeannette eloped, moving to New York City where she became the first woman to drive a cab. Jeannette furthered her education, taking bookkeeping, speech, and acting classes. In 1945, Jeannette was cast in the lead role in Our Town. In 1950, she and Fred O'Neil appeared on television in James Weldon Johnson's God's Trombone on CBS' General Electric Hour. As a result of this exposure, Jeannette performed in Broadway plays like Lost In The Stars, Amen Corner, and The Great White Hope. In 1979, Jeannette founded the H.A.D.L.E.Y. players to give artists a chance to develop their talents and skills in theatre and to enrich cultural life in Harlem. She received the Paul Robeson Award from the Actor's Equity Association.
CreditsVideographer, Neculai Burghelea.
Performer Larry Crowe, interviewer.
Date/time/place of a event noteRecorded New York, New York 2005 June 9.
Source of descriptionVendor-supplied metadata.
Genre/formInternet videos.
Genre/formInterviews.
Genre/formNonfiction films.
Genre/formOral histories.
Genre/formOral histories.
Genre/formInternet videos.
Genre/formNonfiction films.
Stock numberA2005.133 HistoryMakers