Royce Wallace
Royce Wallace | |
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Born |
Nebraska, U.S. | May 9, 1925
Died |
November 24, 1992 67) Ventura, California, U.S. | (aged
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1942-1992, her death |
Royce Wallace (May 9, 1925 - November 24, 1992) was an American veteran stage and screen actress who had a long, distinguished career in films and television from the 1960s through the 1980s. She has appeared mostly in guest roles on Sanford and Son, Benson, Soap, Quincy, M.E. and Roots: The Next Generations.[1][2]
Career
Wallace started acting on Broadway, appearing in productions throughout the 1940s and 1950s such as Funny Girl (1968) and Carmen Jones (1943, which ran for two years) which was her first stage appearance. In the 1960s, Wallace was a founding co-member of the Cambridge Players theatrical group, a group which included some of the distinguished black actresses such as Esther Rolle (of Good Times TV show fame), Lynn Hamilton (who starred as "Donna" on the hit NBC-TV sitcom Sanford and Son), and Helen Martin of NBC-TV's 227.[3]
Death
Wallace died on November 24, 1992 in Ventura, California at the age of 67.