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Willa Pearl Curtis (March 21, 1896 – December 19, 1970) was an American actress in film and television. She was active in the Negro Motion Picture Players Association in Los Angeles. Curtis started as a performer in theater and music in Texas. When Curtis first arrived in Los Angeles, she worked as a maid to a stage actress. Like many black actresses of her generation, Curtis was often cast as a maid or cook, often uncredited bit parts, in films during the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s. Her credited appearances included roles in The Wages of Sin (1938), Second Chorus (1940), Unexpected Riches (1942), Mom and Dad (1945), The Lawton Story (1949), Native Son (1951), Oiltown USA (1953), and Queen Bee (1955). Among her many uncredited roles, she played the mother of Buckwheat in an Our Gang short, Ta

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  • ويلا بيرل كورتيس (ar)
  • 윌라 펄 커티스 (ko)
  • Willa Pearl Curtis (en)
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  • ويلا بيرل كورتيس (بالإنجليزية: Willa Pearl Curtis)‏ هي ممثلة أمريكية، ولدت في 21 مارس 1896 في تكساس في الولايات المتحدة، وتوفيت في 19 ديسمبر 1970 في لوس أنجلوس في الولايات المتحدة. (ar)
  • 윌라 펄 커티스(Willa Pearl Curtis, 1896년 3월 21일 ~ 1970년 12월 19일)는 미국의 배우, 텔레비전 배우, 영화배우이다. 텍사스주에서 태어났으며 로스앤젤레스에서 사망하였다. (ko)
  • Willa Pearl Curtis (March 21, 1896 – December 19, 1970) was an American actress in film and television. She was active in the Negro Motion Picture Players Association in Los Angeles. Curtis started as a performer in theater and music in Texas. When Curtis first arrived in Los Angeles, she worked as a maid to a stage actress. Like many black actresses of her generation, Curtis was often cast as a maid or cook, often uncredited bit parts, in films during the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s. Her credited appearances included roles in The Wages of Sin (1938), Second Chorus (1940), Unexpected Riches (1942), Mom and Dad (1945), The Lawton Story (1949), Native Son (1951), Oiltown USA (1953), and Queen Bee (1955). Among her many uncredited roles, she played the mother of Buckwheat in an Our Gang short, Ta (en)
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  • Willa Pearl Curtis (en)
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  • Willa Pearl Curtis in Unexpected Riches (en)
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  • Willa Pearl Curtis in Unexpected Riches (en)
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  • Willa Curtis, Willie Pearl Curtis (en)
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  • ويلا بيرل كورتيس (بالإنجليزية: Willa Pearl Curtis)‏ هي ممثلة أمريكية، ولدت في 21 مارس 1896 في تكساس في الولايات المتحدة، وتوفيت في 19 ديسمبر 1970 في لوس أنجلوس في الولايات المتحدة. (ar)
  • Willa Pearl Curtis (March 21, 1896 – December 19, 1970) was an American actress in film and television. She was active in the Negro Motion Picture Players Association in Los Angeles. Curtis started as a performer in theater and music in Texas. When Curtis first arrived in Los Angeles, she worked as a maid to a stage actress. Like many black actresses of her generation, Curtis was often cast as a maid or cook, often uncredited bit parts, in films during the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s. Her credited appearances included roles in The Wages of Sin (1938), Second Chorus (1940), Unexpected Riches (1942), Mom and Dad (1945), The Lawton Story (1949), Native Son (1951), Oiltown USA (1953), and Queen Bee (1955). Among her many uncredited roles, she played the mother of Buckwheat in an Our Gang short, Tale of a Dog, and clowned with Shemp Howard in "Pick a Peck of Plumbers" (1944). On television, Curtis appeared in episodes of Death Valley Days (1953), The Life of Riley (1953), The Amos 'n Andy Show (1951, 1953, 1955), Four Star Playhouse (1955), Stories of the Century (1955), Cavalcade of America (1955), The Adventures of Jim Bowie (1957), Wide Country (1963), The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1963), and Ben Casey (1964). Curtis was active in the in Los Angeles. She also worked as a singer with fellow Amos 'n Andy performer Jester Hairston, and headed the concert committee of the historic First A. M. E. Church in Los Angeles. Curtis died in Los Angeles in 1970, aged 74 years. Her gravesite is in Lincoln Memorial Park in Carson, California. (en)
  • 윌라 펄 커티스(Willa Pearl Curtis, 1896년 3월 21일 ~ 1970년 12월 19일)는 미국의 배우, 텔레비전 배우, 영화배우이다. 텍사스주에서 태어났으며 로스앤젤레스에서 사망하였다. (ko)
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