List of entertainers who performed in blackface

This is a list of entertainers known to have performed in blackface

A–C  D–G  H–L  M–R  S–Z

A–C

D–G

H–L

M–R

S–Z

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References

  1. ^ a b c d e Cockrell, David (1998). Blackface Minstrelsy. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-511671-7. 
  2. ^ "Ant and Dec bid for success in the U.S. with new version of Saturday Night Takeaway". Daily Mail. Associated Newspapers Ltd. August 24, 2009. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1208679/Ant-Dec-bid-success-U-S-new-version-Saturday-Night-Takeaway.html. Retrieved March 20, 2011. 
  3. ^ Is Blackface Ever OK? - Newsweek
  4. ^ New Orleans History~~Lake Pontchartrain
  5. ^ a b c d e Sweet, Frank W. A History of the Minstrel Show, p25.
  6. ^ Behind the Camera (4/30)
  7. ^ Evans’ Release – Ethan Skolnick's Season Ticket – Sun-Sentinel
  8. ^ http://www.lordsofpain.net/news/2006/articles/1142225472.php
  9. ^ a b c d e f g h i Smith, Rj, "Pardon the Expression" (book review), Los Angeles Magazine, August 2001
  10. ^ "The Theatre: Scarlet Sister; Red Apples". Time. December 1, 1930. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,930687,00.html. 
  11. ^ Billy Barty - Overview - MSN Movies
  12. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u Primarily a blackface performer.
  13. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Watkins, Mel (1994). On the Real Side: Laughing, Lying, and Signifying—The Underground Tradition of African-American Humor that Transformed American Culture, from Slavery to Richard Pryor. New York: Simon & Schuster. p. 133. 
  14. ^ "Whoopi talks back". Essence Magazine. January 1997. http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1264/is_n9_v27/ai_18974891. . Danson appeared in blackface at a Friars Club roast, doing material written in part by Whoopi Goldberg.
  15. ^ Watkins p. 83
  16. ^ Callahan, Dan, "Buster Keaton", on Senses of Cinema. Retrieved July 11, 2005.
  17. ^ Youngkin, Stephen (2005). The Lost One: A Life of Peter Lorre. The University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 978-0-8131-2360-8. 
  18. ^ Hillbilly-Music.com
  19. ^ Lott, Eric (1993). Love and Theft: Blackface Minstrelsy and the American Working Class. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-509641-5. 
  20. ^ Born Newburg, IN, was formerly a black-faced comedian and dancer with Al G. Fields Minstrels and Quillan and Wallis. Source: Death record: Browning Funeral Home, Evansville, IN and Madisonville Messenger, Jan 1, 1934 front page.