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- Description
- 1 online resource (8 video files (3 hr., 49 min., 56 sec.)) : sound, color.
- Summary
- Singer and stage actress Melba Moore was born Beatrice Melba Smith on October 29, 1945 in New York City. After graduating from the High School of Performing Arts in Newark, New Jersey, she went on to earn her B.A. degree in music education from Montclair State Teachers College. Moore returned to Newark Public Schools as a teacher where she began performing with other teachers forming a cultural performance group called Black Voices. In 1968, Moore began working at various studios in Manhattan where she provided background vocals for the likes of Frank Sinatra and Aretha Franklin. In 1969, Moore succeeded actress Diane Keaton for the lead role in the Broadway theatrical production of Hair. Moore went on to play recurring roles in several hit Broadway productions including Purlie, Inacent Black, Timbuktu and Les Misérables. In 2003, Moore's talents earned her the role of "Bessie Cooley" in the film, The Fighting Temptations.
- Alternative Title
- History Makers video oral history with Melba Moore
- Melba Moore
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Internet videos.
- Interviews.
- Nonfiction films.
- Oral histories.
- Credits (note)
- Videographer, Neculai Burghelea.
- Videographer, Scott Stearns.
- OCLC
- 1000519058
- Title
The HistoryMakers video oral history with Melba Moore.
- Publisher
Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
- Country of Producing Entity
United States naf
- Playing Time
034956
- Type of Content
two-dimensional moving image
- Type of Medium
computer
- Type of Carrier
online resource
- Digital File Characteristics
video file
- Performer
Larry Crowe, interviewer.
- Credits
Videographer, Neculai Burghelea.
Videographer, Scott Stearns.
- Event
Recorded New York, New York 2008 February 4.
Recorded New York, New York 2010 April 28.
- Source of description
Vendor-supplied metadata.
- Connect to:
- Indexed Term
Stage Actress Musical Singer Singer.
- Added Author
Moore, Melba, interviewee.
Crowe, Larry F., interviewer.
Burghelea, Neculai, director of photography.
Stearns, Scott, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.