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  1. Maidie Ruth Norman (October 16, 1912 – May 2, 1998) was an American radio, stage, film, and television actress as well as an instructor in African-American literature and theater.

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    Maidie Norman. Actress: What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?. Maidie Norman was born Maidie Ruth Gamble on October 16, 1912, in Villa Rica, Georgia, to Louis and Lila Gamble.

  3. Actress: What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?. 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.

  4. May 2, 1998 · 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. Read More. Known For. What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

  5. May 12, 1998 · Maidie Norman, who played a black servant in ''What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?'' but rewrote her lines to eliminate ''old slavery-time talk'' and give the role more dignity, died...

  6. Aug 4, 2008 · From 1968 to 1969, she served as artist-in-residence at Stanford University where she became a pioneer of directing plays by black authors. She also became instrumental in establishing one of the first courses on the history of blacks in American theater at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).

  7. Born Maidie Gamble, October 16, 1912, in Villa Rica, GA; died of lung cancer,May 2, 1998, in San Jose, CA. Educator, actress. Norman is remembered for her performances on stage, film, and screen.