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Maidie Norman‌

Gender

Female

Birthday

calendar1912-10-16

Popularity

star3.8

Maidie Norman

Maidie Norman

Gender

Female

Birthday

calendar1912-10-16

Popularity

star3.8

Biography

Maidie Norman was born Maidie Ruth Gamble on October 16, 1912, in Villa Rica, Georgia, to Louis and Lila Gamble. She received a B.A. from Bennett College in 1934 and a master's degree from Columbia University three years later. She also attended the Actors Lab in Hollywood from 1946 to 1949. Norman first appeared on film in The Peanut Man in 1947. Throughout the fifties-not a good time for film roles for black women-she appeared in a number of films, such as Bright Road with Dorothy Dandridge and Sidney Poitier and Torch Song, both in 1953; About Mrs. Leslie and Susan Slept Here in 1954; and 1956's Written on the Wind. These were often servant roles, with a special fifties blandness. Still, Norman was skillful and professional in her execution of them. In 1962, she got a chance to chew up the scenery with Bette Davis and Joan Crawford in What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? In 1968-69, Norman was an artist-in-residence at Stanford University and, throughout the seventies, she was lecturer, director, and acting teacher at UCLA. At the same time, Norman was highly visible on television, appearing in Mannix, Adam 12, Streets of San Francisco, Kung Fu, The Jeffersons, and others. She was also part of the cast of Roots: The Next Generation in 1979. Norman was a founding member of the American Negro Theater West; in 1977, she was inducted into the Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame; and an award in her name is presented each year for outstanding research by an undergraduate in Black Theater at UCLA. She died on May 6, 1998.

Movie Credits

What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?‌
star7.9
calendar 1962

Halloween III: Season of the Witch

Halloween III: Season of the Witch‌
star5.2
calendar 1982

The Well

The Well‌
star7.0
calendar 1951

Executive Suite

Executive Suite‌
star7.0
calendar 1954

Written on the Wind

Written on the Wind‌
star6.9
calendar 1956

Susan Slept Here

Susan Slept Here‌
star6.1
calendar 1954

Tarzan's Hidden Jungle

Tarzan's Hidden Jungle‌
star4.9
calendar 1955

Bright Road

Bright Road‌
star6.3
calendar 1953

About Mrs. Leslie

About Mrs. Leslie‌
star7.0
calendar 1954

Forever Female

Forever Female‌
star6.7
calendar 1953

The Lie

The Lie‌
star6.0
calendar 1973

Airport '77

Airport '77‌
star5.6
calendar 1977

A Star Is Born

A Star Is Born‌
star6.0
calendar 1976

Manhandled

Manhandled‌
star5.1
calendar 1949

Sixteen

Sixteen‌
star3.3
calendar 1972

Another Part of the Forest

Another Part of the Forest‌
star0.0
calendar 1972

Maurie

Maurie‌
star0.0
calendar 1973

The Opposite Sex

The Opposite Sex‌
star5.2
calendar 1956

The Peanut Man

The Peanut Man‌
star0.0
calendar 1947

Torch Song

Torch Song‌
star6.0
calendar 1953

Say Goodbye, Maggie Cole

Say Goodbye, Maggie Cole‌
star6.8
calendar 1972

Thornwell

Thornwell‌
star6.0
calendar 1981

Secrets of a Mother and Daughter

Secrets of a Mother and Daughter‌
star6.0
calendar 1983

4 for Texas

4 for Texas‌
star5.1
calendar 1963

A Dream for Christmas

A Dream for Christmas‌
star6.0
calendar 1973

Mad at the World

Mad at the World‌
star5.7
calendar 1955

Sty of the Blind Pig

Sty of the Blind Pig‌
star0.0
calendar 1974

Movie Movie

Movie Movie‌
star5.8
calendar 1978

Man with the Gun

Man with the Gun‌
star6.2
calendar 1955

Delphine and Carole

Delphine and Carole‌
star7.0
calendar 2020

Be Pretty and Shut Up!

Be Pretty and Shut Up!‌
star6.4
calendar 1981

Tv Credits

Good Times

Good Times‌
star7.9
calendar 1974

Rhoda

Rhoda‌
star6.2
calendar 1974

Kung Fu

Kung Fu‌
star7.6
calendar 1972

Little House on the Prairie

Little House on the Prairie‌
star8.0
calendar 1974

The F.B.I.

The F.B.I.‌
star5.4
calendar 1965

Simon & Simon

Simon & Simon‌
star6.7
calendar 1981

The Jeffersons

The Jeffersons‌
star7.3
calendar 1975

The Streets of San Francisco

The Streets of San Francisco‌
star7.0
calendar 1972

Baretta

Baretta‌
star6.4
calendar 1975

Mannix

Mannix‌
star6.7
calendar 1967

Hotel

Hotel‌
star6.7
calendar 1982

Dragnet

Dragnet‌
star6.5
calendar 1951

Cagney & Lacey

Cagney & Lacey‌
star6.9
calendar 1982

Cannon

Cannon‌
star6.5
calendar 1971

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Hallmark Hall of Fame‌
star8.8
calendar 1951

Ironside

Ironside‌
star6.9
calendar 1967

Kolchak: The Night Stalker

Kolchak: The Night Stalker‌
star7.6
calendar 1974

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Alfred Hitchcock Presents‌
star7.7
calendar 1955

The Twilight Zone

The Twilight Zone‌
star8.4
calendar 1959

Harry O

Harry O‌
star4.6
calendar 1974

Funny Face

Funny Face‌
star0.0
calendar 1971

Police Woman

Police Woman‌
star6.3
calendar 1974

Lux Video Theatre

Lux Video Theatre‌
star5.5
calendar 1950

Matt Houston

Matt Houston‌
star6.2
calendar 1982

Judd for the Defense

Judd for the Defense‌
star7.5
calendar 1967

Matinee Theater

Matinee Theater‌
star3.3
calendar 1955

Ben Casey

Ben Casey‌
star5.7
calendar 1961

CBS Playhouse

CBS Playhouse‌
star0.0
calendar 1966

Cavalcade of America

Cavalcade of America‌
star3.5
calendar 1952

Dr. Kildare

Dr. Kildare‌
star5.4
calendar 1961

Letter to Loretta

Letter to Loretta‌
star5.8
calendar 1953

Adam-12

Adam-12‌
star7.1
calendar 1968

Letter to Loretta

Letter to Loretta‌
star5.8
calendar 1953

Adam-12

Adam-12‌
star7.1
calendar 1968

Lux Video Theatre

Lux Video Theatre‌
star5.5
calendar 1950

Four Star Playhouse

Four Star Playhouse‌
star5.7
calendar 1952

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.‌
star7.1
calendar 1964

Roots: The Next Generations

Roots: The Next Generations‌
star7.3
calendar 1979

The Incredible Hulk

The Incredible Hulk‌
star7.2
calendar 1977