Rose McClendon
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Rose McClendon (b. circa in 1885 - d. July 12, 1936) was a leading African American Broadway actress of the 1920's.
Rose was born circa in 1885 in South Carolina and as a child relocated to New York City. She started acting in church plays as a child, but did not become a professional actress until she won a scholarship to the American Academy of Dramatic Art, when she was in her thirties.
Her first claim to fame came in Deep River, a "native opera with jazz", in 1926. In addition to acting, she also directed several plays at the Harlem Experimental Theatre. She also helped found the Negro People's Theatre in Harlem in 1935.
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- Deep River 1926
- Abraham's Bosom 1927
- Porgy 1928
- Black Souls 1932
- Never No More 1932
- Panic 1935
- Mulatto 1936
