Willor Lee Guilford
Willor Lee Guilford (born 1912) was an African American actress. She had substantial parts in several films including at least three Oscar Micheaux films.
Early life
She was born January 13, 1912.[1]
Career
She portrayed the victim of a stalker in Ten Minutes to Live.[2] In the film, she receives a note from the villain telling her she will be killed in 10 minutes.[3]
Later life
Guilford opened a millinery shop in Brooklyn, New York (Willor's Hat Shop") after retiring from her film career. She eventually retired to Jacksonville, Florida.[1]
Filmography
- Easy Street (1930)[4][5]
- A Daughter of the Congo (1930)[6]
- Ten Minutes to Live (1932)[7] as Letha Watkins[8]
- Veiled Aristocrats (1932)
References
- "Willor Lee Guilford". IMDb. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
- Brody, Richard. "Oscar Micheaux, the First Black Auteur". The New Yorker.
- June 19, KEVIN THOMAS; Am, 1995 12 (June 19, 1995). "Swanson's Rarely Seen 'Queen Kelly' to Screen". Los Angeles Times.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
- Staff, America Film Institute; Gevinson, Alan; Institute, American Film; Afi, American Film (August 7, 1997). Within Our Gates: Ethnicity in American Feature Films, 1911-1960. University of California Press. ISBN 9780520209640 – via Google Books.
- Gevinson, Alan (1997). Within Our Gates: Ethnicity in American Feature Films, 1911-1960. ISBN 9780520209640.
- Richards, Larry (17 September 2015). African American Films Through 1959. ISBN 9781476610528.
- "AFI|Catalog". catalog.afi.com.
- MacDonald, Scott (August 7, 2009). Adventures of Perception: Cinema as Exploration : Essays/interviews. University of California Press. ISBN 9780520258549 – via Google Books.
External links
- "Preview Clip: Ten Minutes to Live" featuring Willor Lee Guilford
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