Rosalie King

Rosalie King

Rosalie King (born Rosa Lea Frances Stephens, August 23 1902, Jacksonville, Florida – died June 11, 1997, Ocala, Florida), also known as Rosalie Simpson, was an American character actress and singer.

infobox actress



birthdate=birth date|1902|8|23
birthplace=Jacksonville, Florida
deathdate=death date and age|1997|9|11|1902|8|23
deathplace=Ocala, Florida
othername=Rosalie Simpson
occupation=Stage actress, singer

She appeared on radio in The Maxwell House Coffee Hour. She was an original member of the Katherine Dunham Company, leaving because of the troupe's proposed tour of Australia and New Zealand (1956 – 1957), citing the distance from her children. The decisison also cost the company the services of her husband, basso profondo Gordon Simpson, for which she later said that Dunham never fully forgave her. She also performed with the Eva Jessye Choir.

King was known for the timbre of her contralto voice. She became a favourite of playwright Langston Hughes, who wrote original material for her. She costarred in his play "Jericho-Jim Crow" in 1964. [cite web
year=1964
publisher=New York Times
title=A Rousing 'Jericho-Jim Crow'
first=Richard F.
last=Shepard
url=http://www.nytimes.com/books/01/04/22/specials/hughes-jericho.html
accessyear=2008
accessmonthday=February 28
]

King’s career was cut short by a stroke in the mid-1960s, she recovered but retired from the stage, doing only occasional performances and consultancies in the 1970s and 1980s. In her later years, King was credited as Rosalie Simpson, her married name from her second marriage. Her stage credits are sometimes confused with those of her daughter, Rosalie King, Jr., a child actor turned educator. Rosalie King died in Ocala, Florida in 1997.

elected Broadway credits

*"Lovely Ladies, Kind Gentlemen" - 1971 - Okinawan/American
*"Tambourines to Glory" - 1963 - Mattie Morningside
*"Porgy and Bess" – original and 1942 revival
*"Lew Leslie's Blackbirds of 1939"
*"Roll, Sweet Chariot" - 1934
*"Run, Little Chillun" - 1933 - Sister Mahalie Ockletree
*"Bal Nègre - 1946: "Flaming Youth, 1927" - The Blues Singer

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External links

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