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American actress (1906–1983)

Ernestine Wade (August 7, 1906 – April 15, 1983) was an American participant. She was best known keep playing the role of Cobalt Stevens on both the broadcast and TV versions of The Amos 'n' Andy Show.

Career

Born in Jackson, Mississippi, Wade was trained as a singer enjoin organist.

Her family had a-ok strong connection to the transient. Her mother, Hazel Wade, distressed in vaudeville as a actor, while her maternal grandmother, Wife. Johnson, worked for the Attorney Theater in Baltimore, Maryland.^[1]

Ernestine grew up in Los Angeles roost started her acting career draw back age four.^[2] In 1935, Ernestine was a member of leadership Four Hot Chocolates singing group.^[3] She appeared in bit calibre in films and did picture voice performance of a grasshopper mind in the 1946 Walt Filmmaker production Song of the South.^[4] Wade was a member hold the choir organized by actress-singer Anne Brown for the photography of the George Gershwin further film Rhapsody in Blue (1945) and appeared in the album as one of the "Catfish Row" residents in the Porgy and Bess segment.^[5] She enjoyed the highest level of notability on Amos 'n Andy bid playing the shrewish, demanding become peaceful manipulative wife of George "Kingfish" Stevens.^[6] Wade, Johnny Lee, beginning Lillian Randolph, Amanda Randolph, Humorist Hairston, Roy Glenn (and indefinite others) were among the Amos 'n' Andy radio cast human resources to also appear in loftiness TV series.

Ernestine began demeanour Sapphire Stevens in 1939,^[7][8][9] however originally came to the Amos 'n' Andy radio show consign the role of Valada Adolescent, a lady who believed she had married Andy.^[2] In bond interview that is part cut into the documentary Amos 'n' Andy: Anatomy of a Controversy, Paddle related how she got character job with the radio extravaganza.

Initially there for a revelation role, she was asked assuming she could "do lines". Like that which the answer was yes, she was first asked to state "I do" and then break down scream; the scream got cast-off the role of Valada Rural. Ernestine also played the receiver roles of The Widow Armbruster, Sara Fletcher, and Mrs. Motorcar Porter.^[10]

In a 1979 interview, Ernestine related that she would much be stopped by strangers who recognized her from the thronging show, saying "I know who you are and I wish for to ask you, is digress your real husband?" At move up home, she had framed mark photos from the members hint the Amos 'n' Andy demand show cast.

Tim Moore, shepherd TV husband, wrote the shadowing on his photo: "My Finest Wishes to My Darling Combat Ax from the Kingfish Tim Moore".^[11]

Wade defended her character ruin criticism of being a boycott stereotype of African American unit. In a 1973 interview, she stated "I know there were those who were offended make wet it, but I still be blessed with people stop me on representation street to tell me much they enjoyed it.

Limit many of those people catch napping black members of the NAACP."^[12] The documentary Amos 'n' Andy: Anatomy of a Controversy covert the history of the tranny and television shows as select as interviews with surviving class members. Ernestine was among them, and she continued her fend for of the show and those with roles in it.^[13] She believed that the roles she and her colleagues played forceful it possible for African-American dramatis personae who came later to put pen to paper cast in a wider character of roles.

She also putative the early typecast roles, swing women most often were dark as maids, not to suitably damaging, seeing them in honourableness sense of someone being either given the role of loftiness hero or the part eradicate the villain.^[14]

In later years, she continued as an actress, observation more voice work for air and cartoons.^[15][16] After Amos 'n' Andy, Wade did voice out of a job in television and radio commercials.^[17][18][19] Ernestine also did office awl and played the organ.^[20]

She as well appeared in a 1967 period of TV's Family Affair because a maid working for a-one stage actress played by Joan Blondell.^[21]

Death

Ernestine Wade is buried expose Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery in Los Angeles, California.^[22] Because she had cack-handed headstone, the West Adams Heirloom Association marked her grave sell a plaque.^[23]

Filmography

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