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Aug 29, 2019 · Joan Crawford introduces Godfrey Cambridge performing stand up comedy act (1965)
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Godfrey Cambridge. Godfrey MacArthur Cambridge (February 26, 1933 – November 29, 1976) was an American stand-up comic and actor. Alongside Bill Cosby, Dick Gregory, and Nipsey Russell, he was acclaimed by Time in 1965 as "one of the country's foremost celebrated Negro comedians." [8]
Nov 16, 2023 · This interview, with Godfrey Cambridge is rare and hasn’t been heard since it was first aired in 1968. Cambridge had a highly successful career before his sudden death in 1976. He has been lauded as one of the most talented comics of his generation, and his film appearances, including his landmark role in Watermelon Man, did much to chip away at racial stereotyping in Hollywood.
Feb 5, 2021 · Clip: Season 2021 | 11m 32s. My List. From 1968 to 1972, the late Jim Tilmon hosted a weekly program called “Our People” on WTTW that focused on issues in the Black community and featured ...
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Meet Godfrey Cambridge, purveyor of smart standup comedy, insightful social commentator. and star of groundbreaking movies in this miniprogram. Like and sub...
Feb 7, 2021 · From 1968 to 1972, the late Jim Tilmon hosted a weekly program called “Our People ” on WTTW that focused on issues in the Black community and featured thoughtful, incisive interviews with Black newsmakers and entertainers of the era. Most of them have been lost over the years, but our library staff recently rediscovered a few that we are ...
Press kit biography for Godfrey Cambridge. Cambridge was an American stand-up comic and actor. Alongside Bill Cosby, Dick Gregory, and Nipsey Russell, Cambridge was acclaimed by Time magazine in 1965 as "one of the country's foremost celebrated Negro comedians." Source material provided by University of California, Los Angeles, Ethnomusicology ...
