Madame Sul-Te-Wan

Madame Sul-Te-Wan

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Madame Sul-Te-Wan (born Nellie Crawford; March 7, 1873 – February 1, 1959) was the first African-American actress to sign a film contract and be a featured performer. She was an American stage, film and television actress for over 50 years. The daughter of former slaves, she began her career in entertainment touring the East Coast with various theatrical companies and moved to California to become a member of the fledgling film community. She became known as a character actress, appeared in high-profile films such as The Birth of a Nation (1915) and Intolerance (1916), and easily navigated the transition to the sound films. In 1986, she was inducted into the Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame.

  • Title: Madame Sul-Te-Wan
  • Popularity: 2.165
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1873-03-07
  • Place of Birth: Louisville, Kentucky, USA
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  • Also Known As: Nellie Wan, Nellie Crawford, Madame Sultewan, Madame Wan, Sul-Te-Wan
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Madame Sul-Te-Wan Movies

  • 1925
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    The Narrow Street

    The Narrow Street

    1 1925 HD

    Simon Haldane works in the office of the Faulkner Iron Works, but he has been raised by his two maiden aunts in an extremely sheltered manner and is...

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  • 1934
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    Black Moon

    Black Moon

    5.1 1934 HD

    A woman returning to her island birthplace finds herself drawn to a voodoo cult.

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  • 1918
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    Who's Your Father?

    Who's Your Father?

    1 1918 HD

    This comedy starts with the rescue by a cowboy's dog of a baby that is floating down a gorge toward a cataract in a tiny crib. The cowboy takes the...

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  • 1931
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    The Pagan Lady

    The Pagan Lady

    2.5 1931 HD

    Dot starts out as a bartender in Havana when in walks Dingo Mike (Charles Bickford) and orders up a drink that sounds like something you'd consume on...

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  • 1918
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    Tarzan of the Apes

    Tarzan of the Apes

    5.318 1918 HD

    A female ape takes to mothering the orphaned boy (Tarzan) and raises him over the course of many years until a rescue mission is finally launched and...

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  • 1938
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    In Old Chicago

    In Old Chicago

    6.4 1938 HD

    The O'Leary brothers -- honest Jack and roguish Dion -- become powerful figures, and eventually rivals, in Chicago on the eve of its Great Fire.

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  • 1927
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    Uncle Tom's Cabin

    Uncle Tom's Cabin

    6.9 1927 HD

    In 1856, slave Eliza plans to marry George with the consent of the Shelbys, her masters, but George's owner prevents the wedding. A few years later,...

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  • 1922
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    Manslaughter

    Manslaughter

    5.4 1922 HD

    Society-girl thrillseeker Lydia's fun comes to an end when she accidentally causes the death of motorcycle policeman.

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  • 1930
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    The Thoroughbred

    The Thoroughbred

    4.6 1930 HD

    Unemployed jockey Tod Taylor gets a huge break when he is hired by Matt Riley. Within weeks, Taylor is riding Riley's horses to a string of...

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  • 1938
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    The Affairs of Annabel

    The Affairs of Annabel

    4 1938 HD

    Wonder Pictures has been striking out at the box office lately, causing the seedy PR man to involve main star Annabel in ever outrageous stunts for...

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  • 1939
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    Tell No Tales

    Tell No Tales

    5.3 1939 HD

    A newspaper editor turns a kidnapping into the banner headlines and exclusive story that could save his publication.

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  • 1931
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    Heaven on Earth

    Heaven on Earth

    3 1931 HD

    A young boy finds out that the man he thought was his father actually killed his real father, then adopted him.

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  • 1958
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    Tarzan and the Trappers

    Tarzan and the Trappers

    4 1958 HD

    Tarzan goes up against a baddie by the name of Schroeder, who is trapping animals and selling them illegally to zoos. A twist is thrown into the plot...

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  • 1943
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    Revenge of the Zombies

    Revenge of the Zombies

    5.2 1943 HD

    When Dr. Von Altermann's wife Lila dies mysteriously at his spooky mansion her relations suspect murder. They also suspect the doctor is turning her...

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  • 1938
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    Kentucky

    Kentucky

    5.7 1938 HD

    Young lovers Jack and Sally are from families that compete to send horses to the 1938 Kentucky Derby, but during the Civil War, her family sided with...

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  • 1929
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    Thunderbolt

    Thunderbolt

    5.769 1929 HD

    A criminal known as Thunderbolt is imprisoned and facing execution. Into the next cell is placed Bob Moran, an innocent man who has been framed and...

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  • 1937
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    Maid of Salem

    Maid of Salem

    5.9 1937 HD

    When a young woman named Barbara Clarke has an affair with adventurer Roger Coverman, it causes a scandal in the Puritanical town of Salem,...

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  • 1930
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    Sarah and Son

    Sarah and Son

    5.182 1930 HD

    A ne'er-do-well husband, after years of abusing his wife, disappears with their son, and winds up selling him to a wealthy family. Years later, the...

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  • 1939
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    Torchy Blane.. Playing with Dynamite

    Torchy Blane.. Playing with Dynamite

    6 1939 HD

    Torchy Blane and Steve McBride try to nab a gangster by tracking his moll.

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  • 1927
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    College

    College

    6.8 1927 HD

    A bookish college student dismissive of athletics is compelled to try out sports to win the affection of the girl he loves.

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  • 1916
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    Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

    Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

    7 1916 HD

    The story of a poor young woman, separated by prejudice from her husband and baby, is interwoven with tales of intolerance from throughout history.

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  • 1918
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    Old Wives for New

    Old Wives for New

    6.6 1918 HD

    Charles Murdock neglects his fat and lazy wife for another woman; When his other love interest becomes involved in a murder, he leaves for Paris.

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  • 1940
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    Love Thy Neighbor

    Love Thy Neighbor

    6.5 1940 HD

    Capitalizing on the famous radio 'feud' between comedians Jack Benny and Fred Allen. The two stars play versions of themselves, constantly at each...

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  • 1940
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    Safari

    Safari

    4 1940 HD

    Millionaire Baron de Courland and his fiancée Linda Stewart employ Jim Logan as a guide for their hunting trip in the jungle. Linda finds...

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  • 1940
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    Maryland

    Maryland

    6.2 1940 HD

    A woman tormented by the hunting death of her husband forbids her son to have anything to do with horses. But when he falls for the daughter of his...

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  • 1943
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    Thank Your Lucky Stars

    Thank Your Lucky Stars

    6.1 1943 HD

    An Eddie Cantor look-alike organizes an all-star show to help the war effort.

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  • 1936
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    San Francisco

    San Francisco

    6.6 1936 HD

    A beautiful singer and a battling priest try to reform a Barbary Coast saloon owner in the days before the great earthquake and subsequent fires in...

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  • 1938
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    Island in the Sky

    Island in the Sky

    7 1938 HD

    A secretary (Gloria Stuart) solves a murder for her boyfriend (Michael Whalen) in the district attorney's office.

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  • 1935
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    So Red the Rose

    So Red the Rose

    6 1935 HD

    During the American Civil War, Valette Bedford waits patiently for her husband Duncan Bedford, to return home, praying that she will not become a...

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  • 1932
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    Jungle Mystery

    Jungle Mystery

    1 1932 HD

    In Africa, two hunters meet a girl and her father who are searching for her lost brother. Their search is complicated by rival hunters who are after...

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  • 1934
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    A Modern Hero

    A Modern Hero

    7 1934 HD

    A 1920s circus performer uses every means at his disposal to achieve fame and fortune at the expense of others.

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  • 1934
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    Operator 13

    Operator 13

    5.7 1934 HD

    American Civil War, 1862. After the disaster of the Second Battle of Bull Run, Major Allen, chief of the Secret Service of the Union, asks actress...

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  • 1933
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    King Kong

    King Kong

    7.6 1933 HD

    Adventurous filmmaker Carl Denham sets out to produce a motion picture unlike anything the world has seen before. Alongside his leading lady Ann...

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  • 1933
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    Ladies They Talk About

    Ladies They Talk About

    6.1 1933 HD

    A moll, imprisoned after participating in a bank robbery, helps with a breakout plot.

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  • 1915
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    The Cause of It All

    The Cause of It All

    1 1915 HD

    Dr. Spencer's wife becomes intensely jealous when she finds, in her husband's coat, a note signed "Mary," which asks him to visit the writer at the...

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  • 1916
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    The Children Pay

    The Children Pay

    1 1916 HD

    What will become of the Children in a home divided....

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  • 1917
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    Stage Struck

    Stage Struck

    1 1917 HD

    A 1917 film directed by Edward Morrissey.

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  • 1920
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    Why Change Your Wife?

    Why Change Your Wife?

    5.9 1920 HD

    Robert and Beth Bordon are married but share little. He runs into Sally at a cabaret and the Gordons are soon divorced. Just as he gets bored with...

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  • 1929
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    The Carnation Kid

    The Carnation Kid

    1 1929 HD

    It's a case of mistaken identity in this comedy that centers around a country bumpkin mistaken for a Chicago hitman.

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  • 1932
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    Queen Kelly

    Queen Kelly

    6.5 1932 HD

    A prince betrothed to a mad queen falls in love with an orphan girl from a convent.

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  • 1925
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    The Golden Bed

    The Golden Bed

    3.5 1925 HD

    Femme fatale Flora marries a titled European to save the family planation. Her husband and a rival fall to their deaths in a glacier. Next Flora weds...

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  • 1919
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    His Musical Sneeze

    His Musical Sneeze

    5.3 1919 HD

    A young man goes into the woods to hunt rabbits, and winds up getting mixed up with a dog, a lion and a beautiful woman.

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  • 1970
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    Squirrel Food

    Squirrel Food

    1 1970 HD

    A fortuneteller informs Monte that he will marry the first girl he meets. After several false starts, he meets what he is sure is "the" girl. She...

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  • 1949
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    The Story of Seabiscuit

    The Story of Seabiscuit

    5.8 1949 HD

    Horse trainer Shawn O'Hara and his lovely niece, Margaret, come to America to escape the memory of an accident involving Margaret's brother, Danny....

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  • 1949
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    Mighty Joe Young

    Mighty Joe Young

    6.3 1949 HD

    A young woman, Jill Young, grew up on her father's ranch in Africa, raising a large gorilla named Joe from an infant. Years later, she brings him to...

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  • 1938
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    The Toy Wife

    The Toy Wife

    4.8 1938 HD

    A Southern belle finds herself torn between two suitors.

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  • 1958
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    The Buccaneer

    The Buccaneer

    6.4 1958 HD

    During the War of 1812 against Britain: General Andrew Jackson has only 1,200 men left to defend New Orleans when he learns that a British fleet will...

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  • 1957
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    Band of Angels

    Band of Angels

    6.1 1957 HD

    Living in Kentucky prior to the Civil War, Amantha Starr is a privileged young woman. Her widowed father, a wealthy plantation owner, dotes on her...

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  • 1942
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    Mokey

    Mokey

    5 1942 HD

    A newlywed tries to deal with her troubled stepchild.

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  • 1957
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    Something of Value

    Something of Value

    5.4 1957 HD

    As Kenya's Mau Mau uprising tears the country apart, former childhood friends Kimani (Sidney Poitier), a native, and Peter (Rock Hudson), a British...

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  • 1954
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    Carmen Jones

    Carmen Jones

    5.931 1954 HD

    Carmen, a seductive woman, seduces a young soldier, Joe, in order to avoid imprisonment. However, when she leaves Joe for another man, he seeks...

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  • 1941
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    Sullivan's Travels

    Sullivan's Travels

    7.417 1941 HD

    Successful movie director John L. Sullivan, convinced he won't be able to film his ambitious masterpiece until he has suffered, dons a hobo disguise...

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  • 1941
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    King of the Zombies

    King of the Zombies

    5.2 1941 HD

    During World War II, a small plane somewhere over the Caribbean runs low on fuel and is blown off course by a storm. Guided by a faint radio signal,...

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  • 1915
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    The Birth of a Nation

    The Birth of a Nation

    6 1915 HD

    Two families, abolitionist Northerners the Stonemans and Southern landowners the Camerons, intertwine. When Confederate colonel Ben Cameron is...

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  • 1916
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    Hoodoo Ann

    Hoodoo Ann

    5.6 1916 HD

    A teenage orphan (who believes herself to be "hoodooed") is taken in by a childless couple and quickly falls for the boy next door; Her luck seems to...

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  • 1924
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    The Lightning Rider

    The Lightning Rider

    1 1924 HD

    A bandit known as The Black Mask is terrorizing the countryside around the California border town of Caliboro. When word spreads that the Mask's gang...

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  • 1934
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    Imitation of Life

    Imitation of Life

    7 1934 HD

    A struggling widow and her daughter take in a black housekeeper and her fair-skinned daughter. The two women start a successful business but face...

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  • 1922
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    The Show

    The Show

    6.5 1922 HD

    A harried propman backstage at a theater must put up with malfunctioning wind machines, roosters that spit nitroglycerine, and a gang planning to rob...

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