Sybil Lewis (actress)

Sybil Lewis was an actress in the United States.[1][2] An African American, she appeared in several films including musicals during the 1940s. She appeared in African American films (race films) and Hollywood pictures. She had starring roles in several African American films including Lucky Gamblers and Am I Guilty? and portrayed smaller roles including as a maid in Hollywood films. She also had a leading role in Broken Strings (film) in 1940.[3]

She starred with Pigmeat Markham and John Bunn, Jr. in vaudeville shows at the Apollo theater in Harlem, New York.[4]

Filmography

Am I Guilty? (1940)[1]
Mystery In Swing (1940), as Cleo Ellis[5]
Broken Strings (film) (1940)[6] as Grace
Revenge of the Zombies (1943) as Rosella
Going My Way (1944), maid at Metropolitan Opera House[7]
The Very Thought of You (1944)[8]
Lucky Gamblers (1946)[1]
Midnight Menace (1946)[9]
Boy! What a Girl! (1947), as Mme. Deborah Martin
Miracle in Harlem (1948) as Alice Adams

References

Willis, Cheryl M. (May 2, 2016). "Tappin' at the Apollo: The African American Female Tap Dance Duo Salt and Pepper". McFarland – via Google Books.
Magazine, Harlem World (August 25, 2017). "Sybil Lewis, The Trailblazing Super Star Of "Miracle In Harlem," 1948 (Video)".
Staff, America Film Institute; Gevinson, Alan; Institute, American Film; Afi, American Film (February 15, 1997). "Within Our Gates: Ethnicity in American Feature Films, 1911-1960". University of California Press – via Google Books.
Sampson, Henry T. (October 30, 2013). "Blacks in Blackface: A Sourcebook on Early Black Musical Shows". Scarecrow Press – via Google Books.
Staff, America Film Institute; Gevinson, Alan; Institute, American Film; Afi, American Film (February 15, 1997). "Within Our Gates: Ethnicity in American Feature Films, 1911-1960". University of California Press – via Google Books.
Fetrow, Alan G. (January 1, 1994). "Feature Films, 1940-1949: A United States Filmography". McFarland – via Google Books.
Fetrow, Alan G. (January 1, 1994). "Feature Films, 1940-1949: A United States Filmography". McFarland – via Google Books.
McClelland, Doug (February 15, 2003). "Eleanor Parker: Woman of a Thousand Faces". Rowman & Littlefield – via Google Books.
Richards, Larry (September 17, 2015). "African American Films Through 1959: A Comprehensive, Illustrated Filmography". McFarland – via Google Books.

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[tap-1] Willis, Cheryl M. (May 2, 2016). "Tappin' at the Apollo: The African American Female Tap Dance Duo Salt and Pepper". McFarland – via Google Books.

[2] Magazine, Harlem World (August 25, 2017). "Sybil Lewis, The Trailblazing Super Star Of "Miracle In Harlem," 1948 (Video)".

[3] Staff, America Film Institute; Gevinson, Alan; Institute, American Film; Afi, American Film (February 15, 1997). "Within Our Gates: Ethnicity in American Feature Films, 1911-1960". University of California Press – via Google Books.

[4] Sampson, Henry T. (October 30, 2013). "Blacks in Blackface: A Sourcebook on Early Black Musical Shows". Scarecrow Press – via Google Books.

[5] Staff, America Film Institute; Gevinson, Alan; Institute, American Film; Afi, American Film (February 15, 1997). "Within Our Gates: Ethnicity in American Feature Films, 1911-1960". University of California Press – via Google Books.

[6] Fetrow, Alan G. (January 1, 1994). "Feature Films, 1940-1949: A United States Filmography". McFarland – via Google Books.

[7] Fetrow, Alan G. (January 1, 1994). "Feature Films, 1940-1949: A United States Filmography". McFarland – via Google Books.

[8] McClelland, Doug (February 15, 2003). "Eleanor Parker: Woman of a Thousand Faces". Rowman & Littlefield – via Google Books.

[9] Richards, Larry (September 17, 2015). "African American Films Through 1959: A Comprehensive, Illustrated Filmography". McFarland – via Google Books.