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Born | Artie Francis Young February 24, 1915 Pasadena, California, U.S. |
Died | July 30, 1989 |
Other names | Artie Brandon, Artie Brandon Reed, Artie Brandon Young Reed, Artie Young Davis, Artie Davis |
Spouse(s) | Eddie Brandon (divorced), Leonard Reed (divorced) |
Artie Francis Young (February 24, 1915 – July 30, 1989) [1] was an African-American dancer, and actress of theater and film in the 1930s and 1940s. [2] Her film work includes soundies. [3] Young was considered one of the prettiest girls from Harlem in the 1940s. [4] She went by many name variations, including Artie Brandon, Artie Brandon Young Reed, [5] and Artie Young Davis. [6] [7]
Artie Francis Young was born in c. 1916 in Pasadena, California. [8] [9]
The beginning of 1939 saw Young performing as the primary female interest in two films alongside the lead Herb Jeffries, Harlem Rides the Range and The Bronze Buckaroo. [10] [11] [12] While performing with the Swing Mikado company in August of 1939, Young and her fellow performers were denied service at a cocktail lounge in Los Angeles due to being African American. Her group filed a lawsuit against the cocktail lounge location and the suit was settled in October of 1940. [13] She was a cast member and dancer in Duke Ellington's revue Jump For Joy (1941), [14] a socially significant show for its outspokenness on racial matters of the time.
By 1945, Young had temporarily stopped performing in theatre and was working as a checkroom attendant at the nightclub Shepp's Playhouse in the Bronzeville neighborhood of Los Angeles (now Little Tokyo). [15] In May 1946, she was in "Don't Go Home Yet" and was dance partners with Foster Johnson, they performed at the Finale Club in San Francisco. [16] By July 1946, Young was back in New York City performing in "Zanzibar". [17]
Young was married to fellow actor Eddie Brandon, [26] though she filed for divorce against her husband in September of 1938 for "cruelty and incompatibility". [27] She remarried in August of 1943 to producer Leonard Reed, [28] though she filed for divorce against Reed in August of 1945 citing "mental cruelty". [29]
Artie Young | |
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Born | Artie Francis Young February 24, 1915 Pasadena, California, U.S. |
Died | July 30, 1989 |
Other names | Artie Brandon, Artie Brandon Reed, Artie Brandon Young Reed, Artie Young Davis, Artie Davis |
Spouse(s) | Eddie Brandon (divorced), Leonard Reed (divorced) |
Artie Francis Young (February 24, 1915 – July 30, 1989) [1] was an African-American dancer, and actress of theater and film in the 1930s and 1940s. [2] Her film work includes soundies. [3] Young was considered one of the prettiest girls from Harlem in the 1940s. [4] She went by many name variations, including Artie Brandon, Artie Brandon Young Reed, [5] and Artie Young Davis. [6] [7]
Artie Francis Young was born in c. 1916 in Pasadena, California. [8] [9]
The beginning of 1939 saw Young performing as the primary female interest in two films alongside the lead Herb Jeffries, Harlem Rides the Range and The Bronze Buckaroo. [10] [11] [12] While performing with the Swing Mikado company in August of 1939, Young and her fellow performers were denied service at a cocktail lounge in Los Angeles due to being African American. Her group filed a lawsuit against the cocktail lounge location and the suit was settled in October of 1940. [13] She was a cast member and dancer in Duke Ellington's revue Jump For Joy (1941), [14] a socially significant show for its outspokenness on racial matters of the time.
By 1945, Young had temporarily stopped performing in theatre and was working as a checkroom attendant at the nightclub Shepp's Playhouse in the Bronzeville neighborhood of Los Angeles (now Little Tokyo). [15] In May 1946, she was in "Don't Go Home Yet" and was dance partners with Foster Johnson, they performed at the Finale Club in San Francisco. [16] By July 1946, Young was back in New York City performing in "Zanzibar". [17]
Young was married to fellow actor Eddie Brandon, [26] though she filed for divorce against her husband in September of 1938 for "cruelty and incompatibility". [27] She remarried in August of 1943 to producer Leonard Reed, [28] though she filed for divorce against Reed in August of 1945 citing "mental cruelty". [29]