Bert Williams
pemeran laki-laki asal Amerika Serikat
Bert Williams (12 November 1874 – 4 Maret 1922) adalah seorang entertainer Amerika Serikat kelahiran Bahama, salah satu entertainer era Vaudeville dan salah satu pelawak paling populer pada masanya.[1] Ia dikenal sebagai pria kulit hitam pertama yang memainkan peran utama dalam sebuah film: Darktown Jubilee pada 1914.[2]
| Bert Williams | |
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 Williams pada sekitar tahun 1921 | |
| Lahir | Egbert Austin Williams 12 November 1874 Nassau, Bahama |
| Meninggal | 4 Maret 1922 (umur 47) Manhattan, New York City, Amerika Serikat |
| Nama lain | Egbert Austin Williams |
| Pekerjaan | Entertainer, pemeran, pelawak |
| Tahun aktif | 1892–1922 |
| Suami/istri | Lottie Williams (née Thompson) |
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Referensi
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Bacaan tambahan
sunting- Brooks, Tim, Lost Sounds: Blacks and the Birth of the Recording Industry, 1890–1919, 105–148. University of Illinois Press, 2004.
- Charters, Ann, Nobody: The Story of Bert Williams. Macmillan, 1970. OCLC 93972
- Chude-Sokei, Louis, The Last 'Darky': Bert Williams, Black-on-Black Minstrelsy, and the African Diaspora. Duke University Press, 2006. ISBN 0822336057
- Forbes, Camille F. Introducing Bert Williams: Burnt Cork, Broadway, and the Story of America's First Black Star. Basic Civitas, 2008. ISBN 9780465024797
- Phillips, Caryl, Dancing in the Dark, a novel about Bert Williams. Knopf, 2005. ISBN 1-4000-4396-4.
- Rowland, Mabel, Bert Williams: Son of Laughter. English Crafters, 1923. Reprinted in 1969 by Negro Universities Press. OCLC 0837116678
- Smith, Eric Ledell Bert Williams : A Biography of the Pioneer Black Comedian, McFarland & Co., 1992. ISBN 089950695X
Pranala luar
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- Bert Williams di IMDb (dalam bahasa Inggris)
- Bert Williams di Internet Broadway Database
- "Natural Born Gambler," one of the few surviving film records of Williams' act
- Songwriters Hall of Fame, biography of Bert Williams
- DuBois Learning Center, biography
- Bert Williams and George Walker
- Williams and Walker
- Bert Williams cylinder recordings, from the UCSB Cylinder Audio Archive at the University of California, Santa Barbara Library.
- Bert Williams recordings at the Discography of American Historical Recordings.
- Philip Sterling research materials on Bert Williams, 1899–1981 [bulk 1959–1962], held by the Billy Rose Theatre Division, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
- "Bert Williams". Diarsipkan dari versi asli tanggal 2008-08-29. Diakses tanggal 2009-09-16. at Yale University's Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- (Inggris) Bert Williams di Find a Grave
- Partitur bebas oleh Bert Williams pada International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)