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Life & Death
Died aged 76GenderFemaleNationalityUnited StatesBorn25/08/1927Born inSilver, South Carolina, USADied28/09/2003Died inEast OrangeCauserespiratory failureWikidataQ53550 ↗Buried atRosedale CemeteryTMDb#1238818 ↗
Althea Neale Gibson was an American tennis player and professional golfer, and one of the first Black athletes to cross the color line of international tennis. In 1956, she became the first Black player to win a Grand Slam event. The following year she won both Wimbledon and the US Nationals, then won both again in 1958 and was voted Female Athlete of the Year by the Associated Press in both years.
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Importing filmography…
| Year | Title | Character | Age at release |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | The Journey of the African-American AthleteMovie | Self (archive footage) | 69 |
| 1992 | The PlayerMovie | Althea Gibson (uncredited) | 65 |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas ShowSeries | Self | 34 |
| 1959 | The Horse SoldiersMovie | Lukey | 32 |
| 1950 | What's My Line?Series | Self - Mystery Guest | 23 |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan ShowSeries | Self | 21 |