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Maidie Norman

Maidie Norman

Actor Oct 16 (died age 85) Villa Rica, Georgia, USA 1947–2020 (73 year career)
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Biography

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 a…

Known For

What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
Film

What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

Elvira Stitt
Written on the Wind
Film

Written on the Wind

Bertha
Halloween III: Season of the Witch
Film

Halloween III: Season of the Witch

Nurse Agnes
A Star Is Born
Film

A Star Is Born

Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
Airport '77
Film

Airport '77

Dorothy
Executive Suite
Film

Executive Suite

Housekeeper (uncredited)
Man with the Gun
Film

Man with the Gun

Sarah (uncredited)
4 for Texas
Film

4 for Texas

Burden's Maid

Filmography

Acting (69)

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