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Roscoe Lee Browne (May 2, 1922[2] – April 11, 2007) was an American character actor and director. He resisted playing stereotypically black roles, instead performing in several productions with New York City's Shakespeare Festival Theater, Leland Hayward's satirical NBC series That Was the Week That Was, and a poetry performance tour of the ...
Early life and education. Born in Woodbury, New Jersey, Browne was the fourth son of Baptist minister Sylvanus S. Browne and his wife, Lovie Lee (Usher). He graduated from Woodbury Junior-Senior High School in 1939. [8] Browne attended historically black Lincoln University in Pennsylvania.
Acting titan Roscoe Lee Browne was born to a Baptist minister and his wife on May 2, 1922, in Woodbury, New Jersey. He attended Lincoln University, an historically black university in Pennsylvania until 1942, when he enlisted in the U.S. Army during World War II, where he served in Italy with the Negro 92nd Infantry Division and organized the ...
Aug 21, 2022 · “True to life, Roscoe was gay. He was flamboyantly gay. I had never encountered anyone like him,” according to Cumbaka. “ He was immediately recognized as highly educated, superior in speech, and sophisticated. This was my first screen role, my dream come true.
Oct 5, 2005 · Roscoe Lee Browne. Biography. Digital Archive. Tony and Emmy award winning theatre, film and television actor Roscoe Lee Browne was born on May 2, 1922 in Woodbury, New Jersey. He attended Lincoln University in Pennsylvania until 1942, when he enlisted in the U.S. Army during World War II.
At the time of his death of cancer on April 11, 2007, the never-married octogenarian was still omnipresent, more heard than seen perhaps. Among his last works was his narrations of a Garfield film feature and the most recent movie spoof Epic Movie (2007). Born May 2, 1922.
Feb 11, 2007 · Actor, director, and narrator Roscoe Lee Browne was born on May 2, 1925 in Woodbury, New Jersey, the son of Sylvanus Browne, a Baptist minister, and Lovie Lee.
Acting titan Roscoe Lee Browne was born to a Baptist minister and his wife on May 2, 1922, in Woodbury, New Jersey. He attended Lincoln University, an historically black university in Pennsylvania until 1942, when he enlisted in the U.S. Army during World War II, where he served in Italy with the Negro 92nd Infantry Division and organized the ...
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Jun 8, 2018 · Roscoe Lee Browne 1925–2007. Actor, director, writer. Roscoe Lee Browne's rich and soothing baritone was instantly recognizable to many film and television viewers who did not know his name.
Roscoe Lee Browne. Actor. 30 April 1925 to 10 April 2007. An actor with a distinctive, rich voice, Browne was a reassuring presence in film and on television from the mid 1960s. His most significant roles came in Topaz (1969), The Liberation of L.B. Jones (1970), The Cowboys (1972), and Logan's Run (1976).
