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Mar 24, 1978 · Cindy: Directed by William A. Graham. With Charlayne Woodard, Cleavant Derricks, Mae Mercer, Clifton Davis. This version of the Cinderella tale with an all-black cast has Cinderella, who wants to marry a dashing army officer, finding out out that her father, who she thought had an important job at a big hotel, is actually the men's room attendant.
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- William A. Graham
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Sep 17, 2019 · 1.2M views 4 years ago. Cindy is a 1978 American musical television film that features an entirely African-American cast. Directed by William A. Graham, the film is an urbanized retelling of ...
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Charlayne Woodard as Cindy. Cleavant Derricks as Michael Simpson. Mae Mercer as Sara Hayes. Nell Carter as Olive. Alaina Reed Hall as Venus. Scoey Mitchell as Cindy's Father. Clifton Davis as Captain Joe Prince. W. Benson Terry as Miles Archer. Musical numbers. All songs are composed by Stan Daniels, unless otherwise noted.
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Starring as Cindy in the ABC Movie of the Week, Woodard was the first black Cinderella portrayed on TV or film. She is in Marvel Studios ' miniseries Secret Invasion as Priscilla Fury, which premiered on June 21, 2023.
The singer Brandy Norwood is often lauded as the first black Cinderella; however, Charlayne portrayed Cinderella in Cindy (1978). Quotes I have been doing other people's plays all my life, and even though I've been doing solo plays, that was just so other people could see that I could be the lead in their plays.
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- Albany, New York, USA
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A sparkling musical updating to World War II Harlem of the Cinderella story, featuring virtually an all-black cast, with an original score and several twists at the end. Charlaine Woodard and Nell-Ruth Carter later were reunited in the Broadway smash "Ain't Misbehavin" for which the latter won...
In this African-American retelling of "Cinderella," southern girl Cindy (Charlaine Woodard) must move to World War II-era Harlem, N.Y., after her father remarries. Cindy's new life...
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