Fredi Washington

Fredericka Carolyn Washington (December 23, 1903 – June 28, 1994) was a woman of European and African-American admixture dramatic film actress, one of the first to gain recognition for her work in film and on stage.[1] She was active during the period known as the Harlem Renaissance (1920s-1930s). She is best known for her role as "Peola" in the 1934 version of the film Imitation of Life, in which she plays a young mulatta who decides to pass as white.[1] Her last film role was in One Mile from Heaven (1937), after which she left Hollywood and returned to New York to work in theatre and civil rights.
Category:Last Name Washington
Category:Born 1903
Category:Died 1994