Rose McClendon (August , â€" July , ) was a leading African-American
Broadway actress of the s. A founder of the Negro People's Theatre,
she guided the creation of the Federal Theatre Project's African
American theatre units nationwide and briefly co-directed the New York
Negro Theater Unit.Rose McClendon was born as Rosalie Virginia Scott
in Greenville, South Carolina, and as a child relocated to New York
City. She started acting in church plays in her youth. She became a
professional actress in her thirties, after winning a scholarship to
the American Academy of Dramatic Art.At age she was married to Dr.
Henry Pruden McClendon, a chiropractor.Her first notable role came in
Deep River, a "native opera with jazz", in . In addition to acting,
she also directed several plays at the Harlem Experimental Theatre.
She appeared in the Pulitzer Prize-winning play In Abraham's Bosom by
Paul Green. In , she was in another Paul Green play on Broadway, The
House of Connelly, which was the first production by the Group
Theatre, directed by Lee Strasberg.
Broadway actress of the s. A founder of the Negro People's Theatre,
she guided the creation of the Federal Theatre Project's African
American theatre units nationwide and briefly co-directed the New York
Negro Theater Unit.Rose McClendon was born as Rosalie Virginia Scott
in Greenville, South Carolina, and as a child relocated to New York
City. She started acting in church plays in her youth. She became a
professional actress in her thirties, after winning a scholarship to
the American Academy of Dramatic Art.At age she was married to Dr.
Henry Pruden McClendon, a chiropractor.Her first notable role came in
Deep River, a "native opera with jazz", in . In addition to acting,
she also directed several plays at the Harlem Experimental Theatre.
She appeared in the Pulitzer Prize-winning play In Abraham's Bosom by
Paul Green. In , she was in another Paul Green play on Broadway, The
House of Connelly, which was the first production by the Group
Theatre, directed by Lee Strasberg.
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