Willie Best
Actor, Film actor
1916 – 1962
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Who was Willie Best?
William "Willie" Best, sometimes known as Sleep n' Eat, was an American television and film actor.
Best was one of the first well-known African American film actors and comedians, although his work, like that of Stepin Fetchit, is today sometimes reviled because he was often called upon to play stereotypically lazy, illiterate, and/or simple-minded characters in films. Of the 124 films he appeared in, he received screen credit in at least 77 of them, an unusual feat for a bit player.
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- Born
- May 27, 1916
Sunflower - Also known as
- Sleep 'n' Eat
- William Best
- William "Willie" Best
- Best
- sleep n'eat
- Ethnicity
- African American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Lived in
- Mississippi
- Died
- Feb 27, 1962
Woodland Hills - Resting place
- Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery
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on July 23, 2013
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