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Bernice Lee (Sonya Wilde) is a young woman of mixed African and European ancestry, living in Chicago with her family, and she is mistaken for a fully white woman by a white man, who tries to hit on her repeatedly. Her brother, more obviously of mixed heritage, fights off the man.
I Passed for White: Directed by Fred M. Wilcox. With Sonya Wilde, James Franciscus, Patricia Michon, Elizabeth Council. A young girl meets and marries the man of her dreams--only she hasn't told him that she is half-black, and he and his rich family and friends are white.
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- Drama
- Fred M. Wilcox
- 1960-03-18
Sep 28, 2019 · I Passed for White is a 1960 film directed and adapted for the screen by Fred M. Wilcox from a novel of the same name by Reba Lee "as told to" Mary Hastings Bradley. A young girl meets and...
- 92 min
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- Reelblack One
Nov 19, 2021 · Kelly McWilliams writes about being a light-skinned Black woman, the one time she intentionally passed for white and the grief she felt about that decision.
- Kelly Mcwilliams
I Passed for White (1960) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
A light-skinned black woman passing for white in 1960s New York has doubts about marrying a wealthy white man.
A young, light-skinned African-American woman, tired of discrimination, decides to move away from home and pass for white, as the title says. With lightning speed she gets married to a wealthy white man, but, predictably, gets tied up in knots trying to hide her past.
