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Madame Sul-Te-Wan, 1873-1959


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  • Variants

    • Conley, Nellie, 1873-1959
    • Madame Sultewan, 1873-1959
    • Madame Wan, 1873-1959
    • Sul-Te-Wan, 1873-1959
    • Sul-Te-Wan, Madame, 1873-1959
    • Sul-Te-Wan, Mme., 1873-1959
    • Te-Wan, Sul, Mme., 1873-1959
    • Wan, Sul-Te-, Mme., 1873-1959
  • Additional Information

    • Birth Date

        1873-09-12
    • Death Date

        1959-02-01
    • Has Affiliation

        • Organization: The Black Four Hundred (Firm)
        • Organization: Rair Black Minstrels (Firm)
        • Organization: Pier Theater (Venice, Los Angeles)
    • Birth Place

        Louisville (Ky.)
    • Associated Language

        English
    • Field of Activity

      Acting


    • Occupation

      Actresses

      Entertainers

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  • Earlier Established Forms

    • Sul-Te-Wan, Mme., 1873-1959
  • Sources

    • found: Du Bois, W.E.B. Papers, 1803 (1877-1963) 1999(Madame Sul-Te-Wan, Mme. Sul-Te-Wan)
    • found: OCLC, Mar. 4, 2011(hdg: Sul-Te-Wan, Mme., 1873-1959; usage: Madame Sul-Te-Wan)
    • found: Internet movie database, March 18, 2014(Madame Sul-Te-Wan; born, March 7, 1873 in Louisville, Kentucky, USA; died, February 1, 1959 (age 85) in Hollywood, California, USA; birth name, Nellie Conley; also credited as Sul-Te-Wan, Madame Sultewan, Madame Wan; Actress)
    • found: African American National Biography, accessed March 23, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database:(Sul-Te-Wan, Madame; Nellie; Creole Nell; actress, vaudeville performer, radio/television personality; born 12 September 1873 in Louisville, Kentucky, United States; performed vaudeville and burlesque at Buckingham Theater and New Brunswick Saloon; performed in vaudeville, Over-the-Rhine, Cincinnati's German-immigrant neighborhood, Ohio and Cincinnati's dime museum; organized and performed wth her own vaudeville touring companies, The Black Four Hundred and Rair Black Minstrels; performed at Pier Theater, Venice, Los Angeles; starred in The Birth of a Nation (1915), Intolerance(1916); played on TV and radio; was a film actor in Hollywood (1930s-1958); died 01 February 1959 in Woodland Hills, California, United States)
    • found: IMDb, January 2, 2019:(Madame Sul-Te-Wan, actress ; b. March 7, 1873 in Louisville, Kentucky, USA as Nellie Wan ; d. February 1, 1959 (age 85) in Hollywood, California, USA ; alternate names: Sul-Te-Wan, Madame Sultewan, Madame Suterman, Madame Sul Te Wan, Madame Wan)
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  • Change Notes

    • 2011-04-05: new
    • 2019-01-04: revised
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