Amanda E. Randolph was an American actress, singer and musician. She was the first African-American performer to
star in a regularly scheduled network television show, appearing in DuMont's The Laytons.
Randolph's film career began in 1936 with Black Network. She went on to do several Oscar Micheaux films, among them: Swing, Lying Lips and The Notorious Elinor Lee. Broadway roles in The Male Animal and Harlem Cavalcade soon followed. Around the same time, Randolph broke into radio, helped by people she met at The Clam House, who got her a CBS audition. She began working on various radio shows: Young Dr. Malone, Romance of Helen Trent and Big Sister.
Additional information on Ms. Randolph's career and life is available here.
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