Maidie Norman was born Maidie Ruth Gamble on October 16, 1912, in Villa Rica, Georgia, to Louis and Lila Gamble. She received a B.A. from Bennett College in 1934 and a master's degree from Columbia University three years later. She also attended the Actors Lab in Hollywood from 1946 to 1949.
Maidie Norman was born Maidie Ruth Gamble on October 16, 1912, in Villa Rica, Georgia, to Louis and Lila Gamble. She received a B.A. from Bennett College in 1934 and a master's degree from Columbia University three years later. She also attended the Actors Lab in Hollywood from 1946 to 1949.
Norman first appeared on film in The Peanut Man in 1947. Throughout the fifties-not a good time for film roles for black women-she appeared in a number of films, such as Bright Road with Dorothy Dandridge and Sidney Poitier and Torch Song, both in 1953; About Mrs. Leslie and Susan Slept Here in 1954; and 1956's Written on the Wind. These were often servant roles, with a special fifties blandness. Still, Norman was skillful and professional in her execution of them. In 1962, she got a chance to chew up the scenery with Bette Davis and Joan Crawford in What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
In 1968-69, Norman was an artist-in-residence at Stanford University and, throughout the seventies, she was lecturer, director, and acting teacher at UCLA. At the same time, Norman was highly visible on television, appearing in Mannix, Adam 12, Streets of San Francisco, Kung Fu, The Jeffersons, and others. She was also part of the cast of Roots: The Next Generation in 1979.
Norman was a founding member of the American Negro Theater West; in 1977, she was inducted into the Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame; and an award in her name is presented each year for outstanding research by an undergraduate in Black Theater at UCLA. She died on May 6, 1998.
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Filmography (Movies)
Delphine and Carole
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:14/01/2020
Terrorist on Trial: The United States vs. Salim Ajami
Character:Edna
Release Date:30/12/1988
Secrets of a Mother and Daughter
Character:Neddy
Release Date:04/10/1983
Halloween III: Season of the Witch
Character:Nurse Agnes
Release Date:22/10/1982
Be Pretty and Shut Up!
Character:Self
Release Date:04/03/1981
Thornwell
Character:Ruth Thornwell
Release Date:28/01/1981
Movie Movie
Character:Gussie ("Baxter's Beauties of 1933")
Release Date:01/11/1978
Airport '77
Character:Dorothy
Release Date:11/03/1977
A Star Is Born
Character:Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
Release Date:17/12/1976
Sty of the Blind Pig
Character:Weedy Warren
Release Date:29/05/1974
A Dream for Christmas
Character:Jennie Daley
Release Date:24/12/1973
Maurie
Character:Mrs. Stokes
Release Date:01/08/1973
The Lie
Character:Janine
Release Date:24/04/1973
Another Part of the Forest
Character:Coralee
Release Date:02/10/1972
Say Goodbye, Maggie Cole
Character:Nurse Ferguson
Release Date:27/09/1972
Sixteen
Character:Aunt Ada
Release Date:03/06/1972
4 for Texas
Character:Burden's Maid
Release Date:21/12/1963
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
Character:Elvira Stitt
Release Date:31/10/1962
No Greater Love
Character:Queto's Mother
Release Date:01/01/1960
The Opposite Sex
Character:Violet (uncredited)
Release Date:15/11/1956
Written on the Wind
Character:Bertha
Release Date:04/10/1956
Man with the Gun
Character:Sarah (uncredited)
Release Date:05/11/1955
Mad at the World
Character:Miss Lovett
Release Date:13/05/1955
Tarzan's Hidden Jungle
Character:Suma
Release Date:16/02/1955
About Mrs. Leslie
Character:Camilla
Release Date:03/08/1954
Susan Slept Here
Character:Georgette
Release Date:28/07/1954
Executive Suite
Character:Housekeeper (uncredited)
Release Date:30/04/1954
Forever Female
Character:Emma (uncredited)
Release Date:28/11/1953
Torch Song
Character:Anne
Release Date:01/10/1953
Bright Road
Character:Mrs. Hamilton - Tanya's Mother
Release Date:17/04/1953
The Well
Character:Martha Crawford
Release Date:24/09/1951
Manhandled
Character:Christine, Bennet's Maid (uncredited)
Release Date:21/07/1949
The Peanut Man
Character:Lucretia
Release Date:01/06/1947
Television Appearances
Matt Houston
Character:
Hotel
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Cagney & Lacey
Character:Elevator Operator
Simon & Simon
Character:
Roots: The Next Generations
Character:Sister Scrap Scott
The Incredible Hulk
Character:Mrs. Dennison
The Jeffersons
Character:
Baretta
Character:
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
Character:Librarian
Police Woman
Character:
Harry O
Character:
Little House on the Prairie
Character:
Rhoda
Character:
Good Times
Character:
Kung Fu
Character:Omar's Mother
The Streets of San Francisco
Character:
Funny Face
Character:
Cannon
Character:
Adam-12
Character:Ethel May
Adam-12
Character:Mary Handlin
Mannix
Character:
Judd for the Defense
Character:
Ironside
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CBS Playhouse
Character:
The F.B.I.
Character:Caregiver
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Character:Mama Lou
Ben Casey
Character:
Dr. Kildare
Character:Mrs. Johnson
The Twilight Zone
Character:Maid (uncredited)
Matinee Theater
Character:
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Character:Eloise
Letter to Loretta
Character:Flora
Letter to Loretta
Character:Josi
Cavalcade of America
Character:Aunt Nellie
Four Star Playhouse
Character:Coralee
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Character:Lurie
Dragnet
Character:
Lux Video Theatre
Character:Flora
Lux Video Theatre
Character:Maid
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