Melvin Van Peebles
Actor, Film director
1932 –
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Who is Melvin Van Peebles?
Melvin "Block" Van Peebles is an American actor, director, screenwriter, playwright, novelist and composer.
He is most famous for creating the acclaimed film Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song, which heralded a new era of African-American focused films. He is the father of actor and director Mario Van Peebles.
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- Born
- Aug 21, 1932
Chicago - Also known as
- Brer Soul
- Melvin Block Van Peebles
- Melvin Van Peebles wid Laxative
- Block
- Melvin Peebles
- Melvin "Block" Van Peebles
- Parents
- Spouses
- Maria Marx
(1956 - )
- Maria Marx
- Children
- Ethnicity
- African American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Ohio Wesleyan University
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on July 23, 2013
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