Alice B. Russell Explained

Alice B. Russell
Birth Date:June 30, 1889
Birth Place:Maxton, North Carolina, U.S.
Death Date: (aged 96)
Death Place:New Rochelle, New York, U.S.
Yearsactive:19271948
Birthname:Alice Burton Russell
Othername:A. Burton Russell
Spouse: (died 1951)

Alice Burton Russell (June 30, 1889  - January 1, 1985) was an African-American actress,[1] producer, and the wife of director Oscar Micheaux.[2] She appeared in several films directed by her husband.

Biography

She was born in 1889 in Maxton, North Carolina. Her parents were M. J. Russell and Robert Russell, who was a prominent newspaper editor, publisher, and politician.[3] [4]

Russell and Micheaux married on March 20, 1926, in Montclair, New Jersey.

She began her acting career in silent film, starring in her husband's The Broken Violin (1928). She continued to act after talkies predominated. She was mentioned often as A. Burton Russell in credits. In the 1930s, she produced three films by her husband and worked as miscellaneous crew in two films.

Living nearly 100 years, she died in New Rochelle, New York. She was buried in an unmarked grave in Greenwood Cemetery in Rye, New York.[5] Her gravesite is now marked with a stone honoring her achievements in the entertainment industry.[6]

Filmography

As actress:

As producer:

As miscellaneous crew:

See also

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: The New York Times. The Betrayal (1948). T. M. P.. June 26, 1948.
  2. Web site: Alice B. Russell. Women Film Pioneers Project. 2014-01-28. https://web.archive.org/web/20190803012456/https://wfpp.cdrs.columbia.edu/pioneer/alice-b-russell-2/. 2019-08-03. dead.
  3. News: Dismond. Mrs. H. Binga. April 3, 1926. New York Society. 7. The Pittsburgh Courier. Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh. Newspapers.com. December 8, 2018.
  4. Regester, Charlene. "Emerging from the Shadows: Alice Burton Russell-African American Film Producer, Actress, and Screenwriter." 2020.Film History 32 (1): 127–155.
  5. McGilligan, Patrick. Oscar Micheaux: The Great and Only: the Life of America's First Black Filmmaker. Harper Collins, 2009.
  6. Web site: Alice B. Russell Micheaux . Find a Grave . 9 November 2022.