Biography
Trazana Beverley is an American stage and film actress as well as a lecturer in acting. She received a BFA in Acting from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts.
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), having previously won a Theatre World Award for the Off-Broadway production. She shared a cast Obie Award for the latter. She also won the 1977 Theatre World and Drama Desk Awards for the Broadway version. She later would star in the Arena Stage production of Before It Hits Home.
Filmography
all 6
Movies 6
Goody
In the Line of Duty: Street War (1992)
Movie
City Clerk
Carolina Skeletons (1991)
Movie
Johnny
Sister Margaret and the Saturday Night Ladies (1987)
Movie
Mavis Jackson
Keeping On (1983)
Movie
Crystal
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf (1982)
Movie
Dr. Ellen Baxter
Resurrection (1980)
Movie
Ratings
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1980
1983
1987
1992
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1945-08-09 (78 years old)
Birth PlaceBaltimore, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
AwardsTheatre World Award, Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play
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