LibGuides: Biographies: Entertainers

Legends (Entertainers)

Beyond Category by John E. Hasse
Call Number: ML410.E44 H37 1993
ISBN: 0671703870
Publication Date: 1993-10-14
A Biography of E. Azalia Smith Hackley (1867-1922), African-American singer and Social Activist by Lisa P. Brevard
Call Number: ML420.H1135 B74 2001
ISBN: 0773475753
Publication Date: 2001-01-01
Black and Blue by Michael Seth Starr
Call Number: PN2287.F634 S73 2011
ISBN: 9781557837547
Publication Date: 2011-09-01
Black Diva of the Thirties by David E. Weaver
Call Number: ML420.E555 W4 2004
ISBN: 1578066514
Publication Date: 2004-08-25
David Merrick - The Abominable Showman by Howard Kissel
Call Number: PN2287.M618 K57 1993
ISBN: 1557831726
Publication Date: 2000-04-01
Dorothy Dandridge by Donald Bogle
Call Number: PN2287.D256 B64 1997
ISBN: 1567430341
Publication Date: 1999-11-23
Dorothy Maynor and the Harlem School of the Arts by William F. Rogers
Call Number: ML420.M3374 R6 1993
ISBN: 9780773493773
Publication Date: 1993-01-01
Ella Fitzgerald by Stuart Nicholson
Call Number: ML420.F52 N5 1994
ISBN: 0684196999
Publication Date: 1994-06-01
Fabulous Sylvester by Joshua Gamson
Call Number: ML420.S9815 G36 2005
ISBN: 0805072500
Publication Date: 2005-03-01
Father Hartke by Gilbert V. Hartke; Mary Jo Santo Pietro
Call Number: PN2287.H314 S36 2002
ISBN: 0813210828
Publication Date: 2002-02-01
The First Female Stars by David W. Menefee
Call Number: PN1998.2 .M454 2004
ISBN: 0275982599
Publication Date: 2004-03-30
Fred Astaire: His Friends Talk by Sarah Giles
ISBN: 0385247419
Publication Date: 1988-10-04
Heat Wave by Donald Bogle
Call Number: ML420.W24 B64 2011
ISBN: 9780061241734
Publication Date: 2011-02-08
Ira Aldridge by Bernth Lindfors
Call Number: PN2287.A457 L565 2011
ISBN: 9781580463942
Publication Date: 2011-10-30
John E. Owens: Nineteenth Century American Actor and Manager by Thomas A. Bogar
Call Number: PN2287.O8 B64 2002
ISBN: 0786413603
Publication Date: 2002-08-16
Katherine Dunham by Joyce Aschenbrenner
Call Number: GV1785.D82 A73 2002
ISBN: 0252027590
Publication Date: 2002-09-12
Lena Horne by Leslie Palmer; Nathan I. Huggins
Call Number: ML420.H65 P3 1989
ISBN: 0791002268
Publication Date: 1989-01-01
The Life of Camilla Williams, African American Classical Singer and Opera Diva by Camilla Williams; Stephanie Shonekan
Call Number: ML420.W5426 A3 2011
ISBN: 9780773414839
Publication Date: 2011-04-15
Louis Armstrong - Master of Modernism by Thomas Brothers
ISBN: 9780393065824
Publication Date: 2014-02-03
Me and the Dead End Kid: Leo Gorcey, the Hollywood Legend, Leo Jr., His Happy Ending by Leo Gorcey, Jr.
Call Number: PN2287.G62 G67 2003
ISBN: 9781929753154
Publication Date: 2003
Mr. Bojangles by James Haskins; N. R. Mitgang
Call Number: GV1785.R54 H37 1988
ISBN: 0688072038
Publication Date: 1988-05-01
Night's Dancer by Yaël Tamar Lewin; Janet Collins
Call Number: GV1785.C635 L48 2011
ISBN: 9780819571144
Publication Date: 2011-09-13
Paul Robeson by Sheila T. Boyle; Andrew Bunie
Call Number: E185.97.R63 B69 2001
ISBN: 155849149X
Publication Date: 2001-12-01
Paul Robeson: A Life of Activism and Art by Lindsey R. Swindall
Call Number: E185.97.R63 S948
ISBN: 9781442207936
Publication Date: 2013-02-07
Princess Noire by Nadine Cohodas
Call Number: ML420.S5635 C65
ISBN: 9780807882740
Publication Date: 2012-02-01
Robeson by Arnold H. Lubasch
Call Number: E185.97.R63 L83 2012
ISBN: 9780810885226
Publication Date: 2012-10-18
Sissieretta Jones by Maureen Donnelly Lee
Call Number: ML420.B6325 L44 2012
ISBN: 9781611170726
Publication Date: 2012-05-15
Stormy Weather by James Gavin
Call Number: ML420.H65 G38 2009
ISBN: 9780743271431
Publication Date: 2009-06-23
With Ossie and Ruby by Ossie Davis; Ruby Dee
Call Number: PN2285 .D28 1998
ISBN: 0688153968
Publication Date: 1998-10-21

Contemporary (Entertainers)

Angels Along the Way by Della Reese; Franklin Lett; Mim Eichler
Call Number: BR1725.R384 A3 1997
ISBN: 0399143424
Publication Date: 1997-10-13
Confessions of a Video Vixen by Karrine Steffans; Karen Hunter
Call Number: PN2287.S6765 A3 2005
ISBN: 0060842423
Publication Date: 2005-06-28
Dyn-O-Mite! Good Times, Bad Times, Our Times : a Memoir by Jimmie Walker; Sal Manna (As told to)
Call Number: PN2287.W24 A3 2012
ISBN: 0306820838
Publication Date: 2012-06-26
Joan Myers Brown and the Audacious Hope of the Black Ballerina by Brenda Dixon Gottschild; Robert Farris Thompson (Foreword by); Ananya Chatterjea (Afterword by)
Call Number: GV1785.B3797 G67 2012
ISBN: 9780230114081
Publication Date: 2011-12-15
Just As I Am by Cicely Tyson
Call Number: Leisure Reading | PN2287.T97 A3 2021
ISBN: 9780062931061
Publication Date: 2021-01-26
Morgan Freeman by Kathleen Tracy
Call Number: PN2287.F683 T73 2006
ISBN: 9781569803073
Publication Date: 2006-07-10
Not My Father's Son by Alan Cumming
ISBN: 9780062225061
Publication Date: 2014-10-07
Not That Kind of Girl by Lena Dunham
Call Number: PN1992.4.D86 A3 2014
ISBN: 9780812994995
Publication Date: 2014-09-30
Oprah by Kitty Kelley
Call Number: PN1992.4.W56 K45 2011
ISBN: 9780307394873
Publication Date: 2011-01-18
Oprah Winfrey by Helen S. Garson
Call Number: PN1992.4.W56 G37 2011
ISBN: 9780313358326
Publication Date: 2011-05-01
Redefining Diva by Sheryl Lee Ralph; Karen Hunter (Contribution by)
Call Number: PN2287.R227 A3 2011
ISBN: 9781451608427
Publication Date: 2012-03-13
Silver Screen Fiend by Patton Oswalt
Call Number: PN2287.O745 A3 2015
ISBN: 9781451673210
Publication Date: 2015-01-06
Sounds Like Me by Sara Bareilles
Call Number: Leisure Reading | ML420.B166 A3 2015
ISBN: 9781476727776
Publication Date: 2015-10-06
There Was a Little Girl by Brooke Shields
Call Number: PN2287.S37195 A3 2014
ISBN: 9780525954842
Publication Date: 2014-11-18
This Life by Sidney Poitier
Call Number: PN2287.P57 A37 1980
ISBN: 0394505492
Publication Date: 1981-03-12
True Love by Jennifer Lopez
Call Number: PN2287.L634 A3 2014
ISBN: 9780451468680
Publication Date: 2014-11-04
Whitney Houston, 1963-2012 by James Robert Parish
Call Number: ML420H675 P37 2012
ISBN: 9781857828740
Publication Date: 2012-05-01
Why Not Me? by Mindy Kaling
Call Number: Leisure Reading | PN2287.K18 A3 2015
ISBN: 9780804138147
Publication Date: 2015-09-15
Will Smith by Lisa Iannucci
Call Number: PN2287.S612 I23 2010
ISBN: 9780313376108
Publication Date: 2009-11-01
Yes Please by Amy Poehler
ISBN: 9780062268341
Publication Date: 2014-10-28

e-Books (Entertainers)

Anatole Litvak by Michelangelo Capua
Call Number: PN1998.3.L57 C37 2015eb
ISBN: 0786494131
Publication Date: 2015-01-30
Big Mama Thornton : The Life and Music by Spörke, Michael
Call Number: ML420.T467 S66 2014eb
ISBN: 9781476614229
Publication Date: 2014
Colley Cibber by Helene Koon
Call Number: PR3347 .K58 2015
ISBN: 0813115515
Publication Date: 1986-02-07
Crane by Robert Crane; Christopher Fryer
Call Number: PN1992.4.C73 C736 2015eb
ISBN: 9780813160740
Publication Date: 2015-02-13
Dalton Trumbo by Larry Ceplair; Christopher Trumbo
Call Number: PS3539.R928 .C384 2015
ISBN: 0813146828
Publication Date: 2015-01-02
Dancing Revelations by Thomas DeFrantz
Call Number: GV1785.A38 D44 2004eb
ISBN: 9780195180671
Publication Date: 2004-01-01
Dorothy Lee by Jamie Brotherton; Ted Okuda
Call Number: PN2287.L2899 B86 2013eb
ISBN: 9780786433636
Publication Date: 2013-03-15
Edwin Booth by Arthur W. Bloom
Call Number: PN2287.B488 B58 2013eb
ISBN: 9780786472895
Publication Date: 2013-07-02
Geraldine Farrar by Elizabeth Nash
Call Number: ML420.F27 N43 2012eb
ISBN: 9780786470679
Publication Date: 2012-08-30
Jock Mahoney by Gene Freese
Call Number: PN2287.M242eb
ISBN: 9780786476893
Publication Date: 2013-10-17
Lew Ayres by Lesley L. Coffin; Marya E. Gates (Foreword by)
Call Number: PN2287.A95eb
ISBN: 9781617036378
Publication Date: 2012-10-18
The Life and Death of Thelma Todd by William Donati
Call Number: PN2287.T575 D77 2012
ISBN: 9780786465187
Publication Date: 2012-01-05
Mama Rose's Turn by Carolyn Quinn
Call Number: PN2287 .L29 2013eb
ISBN: 9781617038532
Publication Date: 2013-10-11
Mamoulian by David Luhrssen
Call Number: PN1998.3.M3205 L84 2012
ISBN: 9780813136769
Publication Date: 2012-12-13
Marie Dressler by Betty Lee
Call Number: Online Resources | PN2287 .D55 L44 2014
ISBN: 9780813120362
Publication Date: 1997-08-28
Mary Wickes by Steve Taravella
Call Number: PN2287.W45875eb
ISBN: 9781604739053
Publication Date: 2013-05-17
Mellencamp: American Troubadour by David Masciotra
Call Number: ML420.M357
ISBN: 0813147336
Publication Date: 2015-02-18
Pete Duel by Paul Green
Call Number: PN2287.D787 G74 2015
ISBN: 9780786496969
Publication Date: 2015-04-29
Pola Negri by Mariusz Kotowski
Call Number: PN2287.N35 K68 2014eb
ISBN: 9780813144887
Publication Date: 2014-03-24
Rick Nelson, Rock 'n' Roll Pioneer by Sheree Homer
Call Number: ML420.N3826 H66 2012eb
ISBN: 9780786460601
Publication Date: 2012-08-16
Shaw and the Actresses Franchise League by Ellen Ecker Dolgin
Call Number: PN2595.13.W65 D85 2015eb
ISBN: 9780786469475
Publication Date: 2015-03-02
Swing it! : The Andrews Sisters Story by Sforza, John
Call Number: ML421.A47 S46 2000eb
ISBN: 9780813148977
Publication Date: 2000
Transcending Boundariesa: My Dancing Life by Donald McKayle
Call Number: Online Resources | GV1785.M45 A3 2013
ISBN: 0415270170
Publication Date: 2002-06-21
Ziegfeld and His Follies by Cynthia Brideson; Sara Brideson
Call Number: PN2287.Z5 B75 2015
ISBN: 9780813160887
Publication Date: 2015-05-22