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Dorothy Van Engle (August 14, 1910 – May 10, 2004) was an American actress who performed throughout the 1930s. She starred in Oscar Micheaux films, including Murder in Harlem and Swing!.
Dorothy Van Engle was Oscar Micheaux's most beautiful and talented actress, and he used her in most of his important films: Harlem After Midnight (1934), Murder in Harlem (1935), God's Step Children (1938) and Swing!
- Actress
- August 14, 1910
- Dorothy Van Engle
- May 10, 2004
Dorothy Van Engle, an African American leading lady known for her beauty, sophistication and intelligence in “Murder In Harlem” and other so-called “race films” of the 1930s, has died.
May 13, 2004 · Dorothy Van Engle, a 1930's star of several films of the pioneer black filmmaker Oscar Micheaux, died here on Monday, her family said. She was 87 and had recently moved to Ocala from her...
Aug 23, 2018 · Dorothy Van Engle, a gorgeous and talented actress. by Herb Boyd August 23, 2018. Near the end of director/producer Oscar Micheaux’s film “Swing” (1938), Dorothy Van Engle delivers an...
May 15, 2004 · Dorothy Van Engle, a black actress known for her beauty, sophistication and intelligence in “Murder In Harlem” and other “race films” of the 1930s, died Monday. She was 87.
Dorothy Van Engle, one of the leading Black actresses in America during the late 1930s and 40s, died May 10, 2004. She was 87. Born on August 14, 1916 in Harlem, N.Y., Van Engle grew up in the same 145th Street apartment building as singer Lena Horne.
