The HistoryMakers video oral history with Gertrude Hadley Jeannette.
| Format | Video (Streaming) |
| Publication | Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]. |
| Description | 1 online resource (6 video files (2 hr., 49 min., 52 sec.)) : sound, color. |
| Supplemental Content | https://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=https://da.thehistorymakers.org/storiesForBio;ID=A2005.133 |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Jeannette, Gertrude, 1914-2018 interviewee. |
| Other author/creator | Crowe, Larry F., interviewer. |
| Other author/creator | Burghelea, Neculai, director of photography. |
| Other author/creator | HistoryMakers (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. |
| Credits | Videographer, Neculai Burghelea. |
| Performer | Larry Crowe, interviewer. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded New York, New York 2005 June 9. |
| Source of description | Vendor-supplied metadata. |
| Genre/form | Internet videos. |
| Genre/form | Interviews. |
| Genre/form | Nonfiction films. |
| Genre/form | Oral histories. |
| Genre/form | Oral histories. |
| Genre/form | Internet videos. |
| Genre/form | Nonfiction films. |
| Stock number | A2005.133 HistoryMakers |