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Bernice Lee (Sonya Wilde) is a young woman of mixed African and European ancestry, living in Chicago with her family, and she is mistaken for a fully white woman by a white man, who tries to hit on her repeatedly. Her brother, more obviously of mixed heritage, fights off the man.
I Passed for White: Directed by Fred M. Wilcox. With Sonya Wilde, James Franciscus, Patricia Michon, Elizabeth Council. A young girl meets and marries the man of her dreams--only she hasn't told him that she is half-black, and he and his rich family and friends are white.
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- Drama
- Fred M. Wilcox
- 1960-03-18
Sep 28, 2019 · I Passed for White is a 1960 film directed and adapted for the screen by Fred M. Wilcox from a novel of the same name by Reba Lee "as told to" Mary Hastings Bradley. A young girl meets...
- 92 min
- 1.7M
- Reelblack One
Bernice Lee, a light-skinned black student, attends a nightclub in Los Angeles where her dark-skinned brother Chuck performs with his own jazz group. Chuck gets into a fight when a white man calls him "Rastus" and insults Bernice, thinking she is a white girl dating Chuck.
- Fred M. Wilcox, Herb Mendelson, Harry Slott
- Sonya Wilde
Although she embraces her heritage, Bernice, against her black grandmother's advice to live life truthfully, heads to New York to start life anew as white under the assumed name Lila Brownell. She is quickly courted by Rick Leyton of a prominent white New England family.
I Passed for White (1960) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Watch I Passed for White with a subscription on Prime Video. A light-skinned black woman has nagging doubts about a marriage proposal by a wealthy white man.
- Drama
