The HistoryMakers video oral history with Sheila Frazier.

Actress and producer Sheila Frazier was born on November 13, 1948, in the Bronx, New York. She graduated from Englewood, New Jersey's Dwight Morrow High School in 1966. She moved to New York City, and studied acting at HB Studios, the Negro Ensemble Company and the New Lafayette Theatre. She was cas...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection) (Production company)
Other Authors: Frazier, Sheila, 1948- (Interviewee)
Crowe, Larry F. (Interviewer)
Hickey, Matthew (director of photography.)
Language:English
Language of the Original:
English
Published: Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
Subjects:
Frazier, Sheila, > 1948- > Interviews.
African Americans > Interviews.
African Americans.
Film Actress > Television Producer.
Internet videos.
Interviews.
Nonfiction films.
Oral histories.
Genre:
Interviews.
Internet videos.
Nonfiction films.
Oral histories.
Online Access:
Connect to online resource - MSU authorized users (The HistoryMakers)
Physical Description:1 online resource (7 video files (3 hr., 5 min., 9 sec.)) : sound, color.
Variant Title:
History Makers video oral history with Sheila Frazier
Sheila Frazier
Format: Electronic Video
Description
Summary:
Actress and producer Sheila Frazier was born on November 13, 1948, in the Bronx, New York. She graduated from Englewood, New Jersey's Dwight Morrow High School in 1966. She moved to New York City, and studied acting at HB Studios, the Negro Ensemble Company and the New Lafayette Theatre. She was cast in Gordon Parks' 1972 film, Super Fly and the sequel, Super Fly T.N.T. Other credits include Three the Hard Way, The Super Cops and California Suite. Frazier appeared on television's The Lazarus Syndrome in 1979. She produced Essence magazine's television series in 1985, and Black Entertainment Television's Live from L.A. with Tonya Hart. Frazier headed the talent department for BET for thirteen years. Through Frazier Multimedia Group, she has provided talent grooming and field production. In 2008, she made her family documentary film, You Don't Get Old by Being a Fool. She married famed hair stylist John Atchison.
Call Number:E185.97
Playing Time:03:05:09
Credits:Videographer, Matthew Hickey.
Participant or Performer:
Larry Crowe, interviewer.
Event Details:
Recorded Chicago, Illinois 2007 August 24.
Source of Description:
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