Trazana Beverley

American stage and film actress

Trazana Beverley
Beverley in 2010
Born	(1945-08-09) August 9, 1945 (age 78)^[1] Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1974–present

Trazana Beverley is an American stage and film actress^[2] as well as a lecturer in acting.^[3] She received a BFA in Acting from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts.

She was the first African-American actress to receive a Tony Award for "Best Featured Actress in a Play" (for the 1977 Broadway play For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf),^[4] having previously won a Theatre World Award for the Off-Broadway production.^[5] She shared a cast Obie Award for the latter.^[5] She also won the 1977 Theatre World and Drama Desk Awards for the Broadway version.^[4] She later would star in the Arena Stage production of Before It Hits Home.

Filmography

Resurrection (1980) as Dr. Ellen Baxter
American Playhouse (2 episodes, 1982, 1983) as Mavis Jackson / Crystal
Sister Margaret and the Saturday Night Ladies (1987) as Johnny
Carolina Skeletons (1991) as City Clerk
In the Line of Duty: Street War (1992) as Goody
Beloved (1998) as One of 'The Thirty Women'
Never Again (2001) as Night Nurse

References

^ "Trazana Beverley – Broadway Cast & Staff | IBDB". www.ibdb.com.
^ Brown, Joe (1989-01-31). "TRAZANA BEVERLEY, ON TO A NEW STAGE". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2020-08-24.
^ "Trazana Beverley". www.purchase.edu. Retrieved 2020-08-24.
^ ^a ^b Trazana Beverley at the Internet Broadway Database
^ ^a ^b Trazana Beverley at the Internet Off-Broadway Database