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May 1, 2022 · Birthdate: January 29, 1918. Birthplace: Petersburg, Menard County, Illinois, United States. Death: 1968 (49-50) Peoria, Peoria County, Illinois, United States. Immediate Family: Daughter of James Brown and Mary Louise "Josie" Thomas.
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He was born Richard Franklin Lennox Pryor III on December 1, 1940, in Peoria, Illinois, the son of Gertrude L. (Thomas) and LeRoy \"Buck Carter\" Pryor. His mother, a prostitute, abandoned him when he was ten years of age, after which he was raised in his grandmother's brothel. Unfortunately, Pryor was molested at the age of six by a teenage neighb...
Pryor spent time in both New York & Las Vegas, honing his comic craft. However, his unconventional approach to humor sometimes made bookings difficult to come by and this eventually saw Pryor heading to Los Angeles. He first broke into films with minor roles in The Busy Body (1967) and Wild in the Streets (1968). However, his performance as a drug ...
He made his first appearance with Gene Wilder in the very popular action/comedy Silver Streak (1976), played three different characters in Which Way Is Up? (1977) and portrayed real-life stock-car driver \"Wendell Scott\" in Greased Lightning (1977). Proving he was more than just a comedian, Pryor wowed audiences as a disenchanted auto worker who i...
His next few films were a mixed bag of material, often inhibiting Pryor's talent, with equally mixed returns at the box office. Pryor then scored second billing to Christopher Reeve in the big budget Superman III (1983), and starred alongside fellow funny man John Candy in Brewster's Millions (1985) before revealing his inner self in the autobiogra...
Unknown to many, Pryor was a long time advocate against animal cruelty, and he campaigned against fast food chains and circus shows to address issues of animal welfare. He was married a total of seven times, and fathered eight children.
- December 1, 1940
- December 10, 2005
Gertrude Thomas was born 29 January 1918 in Petersburg, Illinois, United States to James Brown (1896-1964) and Marie Louise Craig (1900-1950) and died 29 May 1968 Peoria, Illinois, United States of unspecified causes.
On a visit to Peoria to perform a benefit for the Afro-American Black Peoples Federation in March 1969, Richard visited his ailing mother Gertrude at Methodist Hospital. Richard had not had much contact with his mother since the 1940s, so this bedside visit may have been highly charged.
Sep 2, 2017 · Richard Pryor was born Richard Franklin Lennox Thomas Pryor on December 1, 1940, in Peoria, Illinois, USA, to LeRoy "Buck Carter" Pryor, a former boxer and hustler who also served the military during ‘World War II,’ and Gertrude L. (née Thomas).
When Gertrude L Thomas was born on 25 February 1895, in Indiana, United States, her father, Horace Thomas, was 40 and her mother, Edith Lavina Lane, was 35. She married Henry William Chavis on 7 October 1914, in Benton, Indiana, United States.
When Gertrude L Thomas was born on 3 September 1913, in Florida, United States, her father, Howell Hiram Thomas, was 39 and her mother, Mary Jane Blount, was 41. She lived in Orange Heights, Alachua, Florida, United States in 1920. She died on 8 August 1985, at the age of 71.
