Trazana Beverley

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Trazana Beverley
Trazana Beverley at Hip-Hop Theater Festival.jpg
Beverley in 2010
Born (1945-08-09) August 9, 1945 (age 78) [1]
OccupationActress
Years active1974–present

Trazana Beverley is an American stage and film actress [2] as well as a lecturer in acting. [3] She received a BFA in Acting from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts.

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She was the first African-American actress to receive a Tony Award for "Best Featured Actress in a Play" (for the 1977 Broadway play For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf), [4] having previously won a Theatre World Award for the Off-Broadway production. [5] She shared a cast Obie Award for the latter. [5] She also won the 1977 Theatre World and Drama Desk Awards for the Broadway version. [4] She later would star in the Arena Stage production of Before It Hits Home .

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References

  1. "Trazana Beverley – Broadway Cast & Staff | IBDB". www.ibdb.com.
  2. Brown, Joe (1989-01-31). "TRAZANA BEVERLEY, ON TO A NEW STAGE". Washington Post. ISSN   0190-8286 . Retrieved 2020-08-24.
  3. "Trazana Beverley". www.purchase.edu. Retrieved 2020-08-24.
  4. 1 2 Trazana Beverley at the Internet Broadway Database
  5. 1 2 Trazana Beverley at the Internet Off-Broadway Database