Althea Gibson
Actor
25 de agosto de 1927 — 28 de septiembre de 2003 (76 años)
Althea Neale Gibson was an American tennis player and professional golfer, and one of the first Black athletes to cross the color line of international tennis. In 1956, she became the first African American to win a Grand Slam title. The following year she won both Wimbledon and the US Nationals, then won both again in 1958, and was voted Female Athlete of the Year by the Associated Press in both years. In all, she won 11 Grand Slam tournaments, including five singles titles, five doubles titles, and one mixed doubles title. Gibson was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame and the International Women's Sports Hall of Fame. "She is one of the greatest players who ever lived," said Bob Ryland, a tennis contemporary and former coach of Venus and Serena Williams. "Martina [Navratilova] couldn't touch her. I think she'd beat the Williams sisters." In the early 1960s she also became the first Black player to compete on the Women's Professional Golf Tour.
Filmography
| 1992 | The Player · as Althea Gibson (uncredited) |
| 1959 | The Horse Soldiers · as LukeyEn Plex |
| 2021 | Citizen Ashe · as Self |
| 2016 | The Founders · as SelfEn Plex |
| 2014 | Althea · as Althea Gibson |
| 2006 | Billie Jean King: Portrait of a Pioneer · as Self |
| 1986 | Our World · as Self |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show · as Self |
| 1953 | Person to Person · as Self |
| 1950 | This Is Your Life (US) · as Self |
| 1950 | What's My Line? · as Self - Mystery Guest |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan Show · as Self |