Lillian Irene Hayman (July , â€" October , ) was an American actress
and singer.Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Hayman graduated from
Wilberforce University with a BA before she began her career in the
Broadway theatre. She won the Tony Award for Best Supporting Actress
in a Musical, playing the mother of Leslie Uggams's character in the
play Hallelujah, Baby!. This performance attracted the casting agents
for One Life to Live, who cast her as Sadie Gray. Hayman played Sadie
Gray from until , when her option was not picked up by then-executive
producer Paul Rauch. According to co-star Ellen Holly's memoir, One
Life: The Autobiography of an African American Actress, Hayman didn't
even know that she had been fired until Rauch's assistant told her in
the parking garage as she left the studio, "Mr. Rauch wants you to
know that you just worked your last day." The role of Sadie was
briefly played by Esther Rolle in when Hayman was temporarily
unavailable. Hayman briefly left the cast of One Life to Live to
appear in the primetime musical comedy series The Leslie Uggams Show.
Ms. Hayman also appeared in the Broadway production of the Kander and
Ebb musical ", Girls, ."Hayman portrayed Lucrezia Borgia in the film
Mandingo, and made her final feature film appearance in the film's
sequel, Drum.On October , , Hayman died of a heart attack at her home
in Hollis, Queens, New York. She was years old.
and singer.Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Hayman graduated from
Wilberforce University with a BA before she began her career in the
Broadway theatre. She won the Tony Award for Best Supporting Actress
in a Musical, playing the mother of Leslie Uggams's character in the
play Hallelujah, Baby!. This performance attracted the casting agents
for One Life to Live, who cast her as Sadie Gray. Hayman played Sadie
Gray from until , when her option was not picked up by then-executive
producer Paul Rauch. According to co-star Ellen Holly's memoir, One
Life: The Autobiography of an African American Actress, Hayman didn't
even know that she had been fired until Rauch's assistant told her in
the parking garage as she left the studio, "Mr. Rauch wants you to
know that you just worked your last day." The role of Sadie was
briefly played by Esther Rolle in when Hayman was temporarily
unavailable. Hayman briefly left the cast of One Life to Live to
appear in the primetime musical comedy series The Leslie Uggams Show.
Ms. Hayman also appeared in the Broadway production of the Kander and
Ebb musical ", Girls, ."Hayman portrayed Lucrezia Borgia in the film
Mandingo, and made her final feature film appearance in the film's
sequel, Drum.On October , , Hayman died of a heart attack at her home
in Hollis, Queens, New York. She was years old.
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