Beatrice Winde was an American

United States

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 actress.

Born Beatrice Lucille Williams in Chicago

Chicago

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, she graduated from the Chicago Music Conservatory as a voice student and continued her voice studies briefly at the Yale University School of Music and at Juilliard.

Winde appeared on Broadway

Broadway theatre

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 in the 1971 Melvin Van Peebles

Melvin Van Peebles

Melvin "Block" Van Peebles is an American actor, director, screenwriter, playwright, novelist and composer.He is most famous for creating the acclaimed film, Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song, which heralded a new era of African American focused films...

 musical Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death

Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death

Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death is a musical with a book, music, and lyrics by Melvin Van Peebles. The musical contains some material also on three of Van Peebles' albums, Br'er Soul, Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death and As Serious as a Heart-Attack, some of which were yet to come...

, which won her the Theatre World Award

Theatre World Award

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 and a Tony Award

Tony Award

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 nomination. Winde's screen appearances include Oliver's Story

Oliver's Story

Oliver's Story is the sequel to the novel Love Story by Erich Segal, turned into a movie of the same name in 1978. It was directed by John Korty and starred Ryan O'Neal and Candice Bergen. The original music score was composed by Lee Holdridge and Francis Lai. Unlike the original film, Oliver's...

and Jefferson in Paris

Jefferson in Paris

Jefferson in Paris is a 1995 Franco-American historical drama film directed by James Ivory . The screenplay by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala is a semi-fictional account of Thomas Jefferson's tenure as the Ambassador of the United States to France prior to his Presidency, and his alleged relationships with...

and television credits include The Sopranos

The Sopranos

The Sopranos is an American television drama series created by David Chase that revolves around the New Jersey-based Italian-American mobster Tony Soprano and the difficulties he faces as he tries to balance the often conflicting requirements of his home life and the criminal organization he heads...

and Law & Order

Law & Order

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.

She died of cancer

Cancer

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 in Manhattan

Manhattan

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 two days before her eightieth birthday.

Awards

• Audelco Award for Best Supporting Actress (A Lesson Before Dying, staged by the Signature Theater Company

• Living Legend Award from the National Black Theater - 1997

• Joseph Jefferson Award for Actress in a Cameo Role (The Young Man from Atlanta, Goodman Theatre, Chicago) - 1997

Filmography

• Jefferson in Paris
  Jefferson in Paris
  Jefferson in Paris is a 1995 Franco-American historical drama film directed by James Ivory . The screenplay by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala is a semi-fictional account of Thomas Jefferson's tenure as the Ambassador of the United States to France prior to his Presidency, and his alleged relationships with...
  
  ..... Mary Hemings
• The Super
  The Super
  The Super is a 1991 American comedy film starring Joe Pesci as a New York slum landlord sentenced to live in one of his own buildings until it is brought up to code...
  
  ..... Leotha
• Sparkle
  Sparkle
  Sparkle may refer to:* Spark * Sparkle * Sparkle , a lemon-flavored soft drink* Sparkle, California, in Contra Costa County* Sparkle, a brand of paper towels owned by Georgia-Pacific...
  
  ..... Mrs. Waters
• Stars and Bars ..... Alma-May
• Oliver's Story
  Oliver's Story
  Oliver's Story is the sequel to the novel Love Story by Erich Segal, turned into a movie of the same name in 1978. It was directed by John Korty and starred Ryan O'Neal and Candice Bergen. The original music score was composed by Lee Holdridge and Francis Lai. Unlike the original film, Oliver's...
  
  ..... Waltereen
• Dangerous Minds
  Dangerous Minds
  Dangerous Minds is an American drama film based on the autobiography My Posse Don't Do Homework by former U.S. Marine LouAnne Johnson, who took up a teaching position at Carlmont High School in Belmont, California, where most of her students were African-American and Hispanic teenagers from East...
  
  ..... Mary Benton
• The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
  The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
  The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman is a 1971 novel by Ernest J. Gaines. The story depicts the struggles of African Americans as seen through the eyes of the narrator, a woman named Jane Pittman...
  
  .....Lena

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