Lonne Elder III
Playwright, Author
1927 – 1996
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Who was Lonne Elder III?
Lonne Elder III was an American actor, playwright and screenwriter. In 1973, he and Suzanne de Passe became the first African Americans to be nominated for the Academy Award for writing. Elder was nominated for Sounder, while De Passe was nominated for the film Lady Sings the Blues.
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- Born
- Dec 26, 1927
Americus - Also known as
- Lonne Elder
- Spouses
- Judyann Elder
(1969/02/14 - ) - Mary Gross
(1963 - 1967)
- Judyann Elder
- Children
- Ethnicity
- African American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Died
- Jun 11, 1996
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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