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Oni Faida Lampley was born on 15 April 1959 in Ogden, Utah, USA. She was an actress, known for Stay (2005), Money Train (1995) and Dragonfly (2002). She was married to Tommy O Abney. She died on 28 April 2008 in Brooklyn, New York, USA.
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- Ogden, Utah, USA
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- Brooklyn, New York, USA
May 25, 2008 · Oni Faida Lampley, a playwright and actress who won the Charles MacArthur Award, died of breast cancer in 2008. She was born in Utah and graduated from Bishop McGuinness High School in Oklahoma City.
May 2, 2008 · Oni Faida Lampley was a versatile and acclaimed performer on stage and screen, as well as a writer of autobiographical and social plays. She passed away in 2008 after a long battle with breast cancer, leaving behind two sons and a legacy of award-winning works.
Oni Faida Lampley was an actress who appeared in Stay, Money Train and Dragonfly. She died of breast cancer in 2008 and wrote a play about her experience.
- April 15, 1959
- April 28, 2008
- Study Abroad Influenced Early Work
- Fought Cancer by Embracing Theater
- Selected Works
- Sources
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Lampley graduated high school and went on to attend Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio, in the late 1970s and early 1980s. At Oberlin, Lampley majored in creative writing. During her second year of college, she sought out opportunities to study abroad, especially the possibility to travel to Africa. Oberlin had no programs that interested Lampley, so...
In 1996 Lampley was diagnosed with breast cancer in her left breast. Where this tragic diagnosis would paralyze a lesser person, for Lampley it fueled her fire. In 2001 she scripted and performed “Shame the Devil” at a Carnegie Hall benefit, Artists for a Cure. She revived the piece for a 2003 performance in Brooklyn for the second installment of t...
Film
Brother To Brother, 2004. Jungle2Jungle, 1997. Money Train, 1995. The Keeper, 1997. Lone Star, 1996.
Plays
Mixed Babies, 1990 The Dark Kalamazoo, 1997. Tough Titty, 2003
Television
Law & Order, NBC, 2003, 2002, 1996, 1993. Third Watch, NBC, 2001. Oz, HBO, 1999–2000. NYPD Blue, ABC, 1993. Homicide: Life on the Streets, NBC, 1993. One Life to Live, NBC, 1994, 1997.
Periodicals
Daily Variety, September 26, 2002, p.31 Entertainment Weekly, June, 28, 2002, p.100
Online
“Drama Department Official Bio,” Drama Department, www.dramadept.org/who/bios/lampley-onifaida.html (February 2, 2004). “For ’Soul’ Women, Age Will Never Take Center Stage,” Newsday, www.newsday.com (February 2, 2004). “Oni Lampley,” Internet Movie Database, www.imdb.com (February 2, 2004). “So Fine She Causes Accidents,” Author’s Den, http://authorsden.com/visit/viewarticle.asp?AuthorID=2726&id=2541 (February 2, 2004). “Tough Titty Press Release,” BRIC Studio, www.brooklynx.org/pdf/bricstudi...
Oni Faida Lampley is an actor, playwright, and essayist who explores issues of race, identity, and cancer survivorship. Learn about her life, career, awards, and works, such as The Dark Kalamazoo and Tough Titty.
Sep 8, 2008 · Oni Faida Lampley was a critically acclaimed playwright and actress who adapted Joy Jones' book "Tambourine Moon" for stage. She won several awards and appeared in TV shows and off Broadway productions. She passed away in 2008 after a 12-year battle with cancer.
Oct 2, 2002 · Oni Faida Lampley covers a lot of ground, in several senses, in ''The Dark Kalamazoo,'' a one-woman show that is something like watching your in-laws' vacation videos.
