Elcors "Shingzie" Howard was an actress in the U.S. She appeared in several
Oscar Michaux films. She also worked for the
Colored Players Film Corporation.
After she married she became known as Shingzie Howard McClane.
She retired from filmmaking and became a teacher. She appeared in the documentary ''
Midnight Ramble'' episode of ''
American Experience
''American Experience'' is a television program airing on the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) in the United States. The program airs documentaries, many of which have won awards, about important or interesting events and people in American his ...
'' about early African American films in 1994.
Filmography
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The Virgin of Seminole'' (1922)
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Jasper Landry's Will'' (1922)
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The Dungeon'' (1922) as Myrtle Downing
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A Son of Satan'' (1924)
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The House Behind the Cedars'' (1927) as Rena
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The Prince of His Race'' (1926)
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Children of Fate'' (1928)
See also
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Evelyn Preer
Evelyn Preer (née Jarvis; July 26, 1896 – November 17, 1932), was an African Americans, African American pioneering screen and stage actress, and jazz and blues singer in Hollywood, Los Angeles, Hollywood during the late-1910s through the ea ...
References
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Find a Grave entry
Year of birth missing
Year of death missing
American silent film actresses
20th-century African-American actresses
20th-century American actresses
20th-century American educators
20th-century African-American educators
20th-century American women educators
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