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Lonne Elder III

Writer, Actor, Additional Credits
Born December 26, 1927Died June 11, 1996 (68 years)
Lonne Elder III was an American actor, playwright and screenwriter. Elder was one of the leading African American figures who aggressively informed the New York theater world with social and political consciousness. He also wrote scripts for television and film. His most well known play, Ceremonies in Dark Old Men won him a Drama Desk Award for Most Promising Playwright and was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize. The play, which was about a Harlem barber and his family, was produced by the Negro Ensemble Company in 1969.

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Sounder

Known For

  • Sounder
  • Bustin' Loose
  • A Woman Called Moses
  • Melinda
  • Sounder, Part 2
  • Runaway

Filmography

1989
Runaway · as Screenplay
1978
A Woman Called Moses (TV Series) · as Screenplay
1976
Sounder, Part 2 · as Screenplay
1972
Melinda · as Screenplay
1972
Sounder · as Screenplay
1954
Camera Three (TV Series)

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