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Eva Jessye(1895-1992)

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Conductor and arranger, educated at Wilberforce University (MA), and Allen University (Mus. D.) She conducted the Eva Jessye Choir, with appearances in universities and colleges with symphony orchestras and in festivals throughout the United States and Europe. On Broadway, she appeared in the musical "Porgy and Bess" (and was the choral director for all "Porgy and Bess" productions between 1935 and 1958 including American and European tours) and "Lost in the Stars", and the opera "Four Saints in Three Acts", plus films and television, as well as television writing and directing. Also, she was an American consultant for the BBC in London, head of the music department at Morgan State College, and composer-in-residence for Maryland State College. Joining ASCAP in 1957, her musical arrangements included "An' I Cry", "Who Is That Yondah?", and "The Spirit o' the Lord Done Fell on Me", plus sixteen songs and stories for the collection "My Spirituals".
BornJanuary 20, 1895
DiedFebruary 21, 1992(97)
BornJanuary 20, 1895
DiedFebruary 21, 1992(97)
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Known for

James Whitmore in Black Like Me (1964)
Black Like Me
6.6
  • Mrs. Townsend
  • 1964
La maîtresse noire (1969)
La maîtresse noire
4.8
  • Julie
  • 1969
Kiss Me, Kate (1958)
Kiss Me, Kate
8.1
TV Movie
  • Hattie
  • 1958
Huckleberry Finn
TV Series
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  • Huckleberry Finn
    TV Series
    • dialect advisor
    • 1952

Actress



  • La maîtresse noire (1969)
    La maîtresse noire
    4.8
    • Julie
    • 1969
  • James Whitmore in Black Like Me (1964)
    Black Like Me
    6.6
    • Mrs. Townsend
    • 1964
  • Kiss Me, Kate (1958)
    Kiss Me, Kate
    8.1
    TV Movie
    • Hattie
    • 1958
  • Halleluyah (1929)
    Halleluyah
    6.7
    • Singer (uncredited)
    • 1929

Music Department



  • Martin Luther King, Joachim Prinz, and A. Philip Randolph in We Have A Dream (2016)
    We Have A Dream
    Short
    • Music by: recorded performance
    • 2016
  • Halleluyah (1929)
    Halleluyah
    6.7
    • musical director (uncredited)
    • 1929

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  • Born
    • January 20, 1895
    • Coffeyville, Kansas, USA
  • Died
    • February 21, 1992
    • Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
  • Other works
    She was choral director for the musical, "Porgy and Bess," at the Hanna Theatre in Cleveland, Ohio with Leontyne Price (Bess); LeVern Hutcherson (Porgy); Cab Calloway (Sportin Life); Helen Dowdy; Irene Williams; Elizabeth Foster; Georgia Burke; Helen Colbert; Joseph James; William Veasey; Leslie Scott; John McCurry; Howard Roberts; Moses LaMarr; Sam Kasakoff; Helen Thigpen; Catherine Ayres; Jerry Laws; Sherman Sneed; and Ray Yeates in the cast. Du Bose and Dorothy Heyward wrote the book. George Gershwin was composer. Du Bose Hayward and Ira Gershwin wrote the music and lyrics. Wolfgang Roth was set designer. Jed Mace was costume designer. Alexander Smallens was conductor. Robert Breen was director. Blevins Davis and Robert Breen were producers.

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