Rose McClendon
Rose McClendon | |
|---|---|
Rose McClendon as Serena in Porgy (1927) | |
| Born | Rosalie Virginia Scott August 27, 1884 |
| Died | July 12, 1936 (aged 51) New York City, U.S. |
| Resting place | Mount Hope Cemetery (Hastings-on-Hudson) |
| Spouse |
Henry Pruden McClendon
(m. 1904) |
Rose McClendon (August 27, 1884 – July 12, 1936) was a leading African-American Broadway actress of the 1920s. A founder of the Negro People's Theatre, she guided the creation of the Federal Theatre Project's African American theatre units nationwide and briefly co-directed the New York Negro Theater Unit.