[The Beulah show. Season 3, episode 4, Beulah goes gardening].

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Black actress Hattie McDaniel portrays the housekeeper Beulah in this episode from the ABC TV sit-com The Beulah Show. This program is notable for being the first sit-com to star an African American actress. McDaniel first portrayed Beulah on CBS radio starting in 1947 where she was also the first b...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Beulah (Television program)
Corporate Author: ABC Television Network
Other Authors: McDaniel, Hattie, 1895-1952 (Actor), Bruce, David, 1914-1976 (Actor), Frazee, Jane, 1918-1985 (Actor), Singer, Stuffy (Actor), Whitman, Ernest (Actor), Dandridge, Ruby, 1900-1987 (Actor)
Language:English
Published: [1952]
Subjects:
Situation comedies (Television programs)
Fiction television programs.
Genre:
Situation comedies (Television programs)
Fiction television programs.
Physical Description:1 electronic audio file (24 min., 49 sec.) : digital, WAV file.
Variant Title:
Beulah goes gardening.
Format: Audio Software
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Black actress Hattie McDaniel portrays the housekeeper Beulah in this episode from the ABC TV sit-com The Beulah Show. This program is notable for being the first sit-com to star an African American actress. McDaniel first portrayed Beulah on CBS radio starting in 1947 where she was also the first black woman to star in a network radio show.
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Electronic resource.
Call Number:Voice 16053
Playing Time:00:24:49
Event Details:
Broadcast on ABC Television, Aug. 12, 1952.