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Danitra Vance. Live-wire African-American actor and comedian whose energies were primarily focused on New York's off-Broadway performance scene. With her large eyes, open features and shock of ...
Jun 9, 2020 · 'SNL' tribute The First B*lack Female Comedian Danitra Vance as an ‘SNL’ regular🎥 Watch the video here: 👉🏽 https://youtu.be/pxGlTUXb0-YSubscribe Here: htt...
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Aug 22, 1994 · Danitra Vance, an actress and performance artist who appeared in ``The Colored Museum' and ``Spunk' at the New York Shakespeare Festival, died Sunday at the home of her grandfather, Clarence M ...
Feb 7, 2019 · This video is unavailable. Watch on. in 1991, danitra was diagnosed with breast cancer and underwent a single mastectomy. she continued to write and perform her own material. unfortunately, the cancer recurred in 1993. danitra died in the following year. she was just 40 years old. danitra vance’s time in the limelight and on the earth was ...
Jun 1, 2022 · Danitra Vance (1950s-1994) Danitra Vance was the first Black woman hired to be a repertory player on "Saturday Night Live." In addition, she was the second queer woman to be a regular cast member ...
Danitra Vance (July 13, 1954 – August 21, 1994) was an American comedian and actress best known for Saturday Night Live and Limit Up. In 1986, she met playwright George C. Wolfe and appeared in his Off-Broadway plays The Colored Museum and, later in 1990, Spunk , Wolfe's adaptation of several Zora Neale Hurston short stories.
Jul 13, 2012 · Danitra Vance was the first African-American woman to be a regular on the TV show Saturday Night Live. She appeared on the show for one season in 1985-86 (the same year Randy Quaid and Robert Downey, Jr. were regulars). SNL aside, Danitra Vance was best known as a New York stage actress and tart-tongued comedian,
