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James Baldwin(1924-1987)

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  • Actor
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James Baldwin in I Am Not Your Negro (2016)
Writer James Baldwin tells the story of race in modern America with his unfinished novel "Remember This House."
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James Baldwin was born on 2 August 1924 in Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA. He was a writer and actor, known for I Am Not Your Negro (2016), If Beale Street Could Talk (2018) and American Playhouse (1980). He died on 1 December 1987 in Saint-Paul-de-Vence, Alpes-Maritimes, France.
BornAugust 2, 1924
DiedDecember 1, 1987(63)
BornAugust 2, 1924
DiedDecember 1, 1987(63)
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  • Awards
    • 1 win & 1 nomination

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Known for

James Baldwin in I Am Not Your Negro (2016)
I Am Not Your Negro
7.9
  • Writer
  • 2016
Stephan James and KiKi Layne in If Beale Street Could Talk (2018)
If Beale Street Could Talk
7.1
  • Writer
  • 2018
American Playhouse (1980)
American Playhouse
7.3
TV Series
  • Writer
Ving Rhames, CCH Pounder, Alfre Woodard, and Paul Winfield in Go Tell It on the Mountain (1985)
Go Tell It on the Mountain
6.8
  • Writer
  • 1985

Credits

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Writer

  • James Baldwin Abroad (2023)
    James Baldwin Abroad
    • Writer
    • 2023
  • Troy Maxwell G. Blakey in Brother, Where Are You? (2022)
    Brother, Where Are You?
    Short
    • original story : Sonny's Blues
    • 2022
  • Stephan James and KiKi Layne in If Beale Street Could Talk (2018)
    If Beale Street Could Talk
    7.1
    • based on the book by
    • 2018
  • James Baldwin in I Am Not Your Negro (2016)
    I Am Not Your Negro
    7.9
    • writings
    • 2016
  • The Amen Corner (2006)
    The Amen Corner
    • Writer
    • 2006
  • À la place du coeur (1998)
    À la place du coeur
    6.6
    • novel "If Beale Street Could Talk"
    • 1998
  • Ving Rhames, CCH Pounder, Alfre Woodard, and Paul Winfield in Go Tell It on the Mountain (1985)
    Go Tell It on the Mountain
    6.8
    • adapted from the novel by
    • 1985
  • American Playhouse (1980)
    American Playhouse
    7.3
    TV Series
    • novel
    • 1985
  • Yao of the Jungle (1972)
    Yao of the Jungle
    • writer
    • 1972
  • Blues für Mister Charlie
    TV Movie
    • play
    • 1969
  • Look Up and Live (1954)
    Look Up and Live
    5.9
    TV Series
    • based on a play by
    • 1964
  • Quest (1961)
    Quest
    8.4
    TV Series
    • novel 'Another Country'
    • 1963
  • James Baldwin in Un étranger dans le village (1962)
    Un étranger dans le village
    TV Movie
    • essay "A Stranger in the Village", 1953
    • 1962

Additional Crew

  • The ABCs of Book Banning (2023)
    The ABCs of Book Banning
    6.3
    Short
    • author
    • 2023
  • Promo Poster
    Bamboozled
    6.7
    • quotation "No Name in the Street" used by kind permission of
    • 2000
  • James Baldwin: From Another Place (1973)
    James Baldwin: From Another Place
    7.3
    Short
    • Himself
    • 1973

Actor

  • City Edition
    TV Series
    • Premiere (1979)
    • 1979–1982

Videos5

I Am Not Your Negro
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I Am Not Your Negro
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I Am Not Your Negro
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I Am Not Your Negro

Personal details

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  • Alternative name
    • Jimmy
  • Height
    • 5′ 5½″ (1.66 m)
  • Born
    • August 2, 1924
    • Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
  • Died
    • December 1, 1987
    • Saint-Paul-de-Vence, Alpes-Maritimes, France(stomach cancer)
  • Children
    • None
  • Parents
      Emma Berdis
  • Relatives
      George Baldwin(Sibling)
  • Other works
    Essay: "Freaks And The American Ideal Of Manhood", "Playboy" (USA), January 1985, 150-151+192+256-260.
  • Publicity listings
    • 1 Biographical Movie
    • 1 Print Biography
    • 2 Portrayals
    • 6 Articles
    • 1 Magazine Cover Photo

Did you know

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  • Trivia
    Was an acquaintance of Medgar Evers, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, and Marlon Brando. He attended King's March on Washington in 1963.
  • Quotes
    The primary distinction of the artist is that he must actively cultivate that state which most men, necessarily, must avoid: the state of being alone.

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