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Leigh Rollin Whipper (October 29, 1876 – July 26, 1975) was an American actor on the stage and in motion pictures. He was the first African American to join the Actors' Equity Association, and one of the founders of the Negro Actors Guild of America.
Leigh Whipper was an consummate actor who led an impressive life. Born in South Carolina in 1876, at the end of the Reconstruction Era in which his parents had participated, he was educated in Washington, D.C., attending Howard University, before turning permanently to a life in the theater.
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Leigh Whipper was an consummate actor who led an impressive life. Born in South Carolina in 1876, at the end of the Reconstruction Era in which his parents had participated, he was educated in Washington, D.C., attending Howard University, before turning permanently to a life in the theater.
- October 29, 1876
- July 26, 1975
Aug 2, 2008 · Leigh Whipper, the first black member of the Actors’ Equity Association (1913), was born in Charleston, South Carolina in 1876. His father, William James Whipper, was a Civil War Veteran from Connecticut who settled in South Carolina during the Reconstruction period and became an attorney in Charleston. His mother, Frances Rollin Whipper, was ...
Oct 28, 2021 · “Whipper, who created the crabbed stable-hand Crooks in John Steinbeck’s stage version of ‘Of Mice and Men’ (1937) and perfected the part in Lewis Milestone’s transcendent movie (1939 ...
Leigh Rollin Whipper (October 29, 1876 – July 26, 1975) was an American actor on the stage and in motion pictures. He was the first African American to join the Actors' Equity Association, and one of the founders of the Negro Actors Guild of America.
Sep 28, 2022 · Leigh Whipper was the first African-American member of the Actors’ Equity Association (1913) and a founding member of the Negro Actors Guild of America (1937). Whipper graduated from the Howard University School of Law in 1895, and was admitted to the State Bar of South Carolina.
