Sybil Lewis (actress) facts for kids
Sybil Lewis was a talented American actress who starred in many films during the 1940s. She was an African American actress who appeared in both special films made for Black audiences, called race films, and bigger Hollywood movies.
Sybil Lewis often played leading roles in race films, like Lucky Gamblers and Am I Guilty?. In Hollywood movies, she usually had smaller parts, for example, playing a maid. She also had a main role in the film Broken Strings (film) in 1940.
Besides movies, Sybil Lewis also performed live on stage. She acted with famous performers like Pigmeat Markham and John Bunn, Jr. in vaudeville shows. These shows were popular at the Apollo Theater in Harlem, New York.
About Sybil Lewis
Sybil Lewis was born as Sybil N. Sanford on November 16, 1919, in San Francisco, California, USA. She passed away on September 28, 1988, at the age of 68, in San Mateo County, California, USA.
Sybil Lewis's Films
Here are some of the movies Sybil Lewis appeared in:
- Am I Guilty? (1940)
- Mystery in Swing (1940), where she played Cleo Ellis
- Broken Strings (film) (1940), where she played Grace
- Revenge of the Zombies (1943), where she played Rosella
- Going My Way (1944), where she played a maid at the Metropolitan Opera House
- The Very Thought of You (1944)
- Lucky Gamblers (1946)
- Midnight Menace (1946)
- Boy! What a Girl! (1947), where she played Mme. Deborah Martin
- Miracle in Harlem (1948), where she played Alice Adams
