Paulene Myers

Acting

Paulene Myers

Born 1913-11-09 · Ocilla, Georgia, USA

Paulene Elenora Myers (November 9, 1913 – December 8, 1996) was an American actress. Variations on the spelling of her name include Pauline Myers and Pauline Meyers.[1] She was a pioneer among African–American actors who performed on Broadway stage and appeared on many television series throughout her long career. Myers' career spanned over six decades. From Wikipedia.

Acting credits

To Kill a Mockingbird poster
8.0

Scout Finch, 6, and her older brother Jem live in sleepy Maycomb, Alabama, spending much of their time with their friend Dill and spying on their reclusive and mysterious neighbor, Boo Radley. When Atticus, their widowed father and a respected lawyer, defends a black man named Tom Robinson against fabricated rape charges, the trial and tangent events expose the children to evils of racism and stereotyping.

To Kill a Mockingbird

1962

The Sting poster
8.0

A novice con man teams up with an acknowledged master to avenge the murder of a mutual friend by pulling off the ultimate big con and swindling a fortune from a big-time mobster.

The Sting

1973

My Cousin Vinny poster
7.5

Two carefree pals traveling through rural Alabama on their way back to college are mistakenly arrested and charged with murder. Fortunately, one of them has a cousin who's a lawyer - Vincent Gambini, a former auto mechanic from Brooklyn who has just passed his bar exam after his sixth try. When he arrives with his leather-clad girlfriend to try his first case, it's a real shock - for him and the Deep South!

My Cousin Vinny

1992

Fate Is the Hunter poster
6.5

An airline executive refuses to believe that pilot error, by his friend, caused a fatal crash and persists in looking for another reason.

Fate Is the Hunter

1964

Lady Sings the Blues poster
6.9

Chronicles the rise and fall of legendary blues singer Billie Holiday, beginning with her traumatic youth. The story depicts her early attempts at a singing career and her eventual rise to stardom, as well as her difficult relationship with Louis McKay, her boyfriend and manager. Casting a shadow over even Holiday's brightest moments is the vocalist's severe drug addiction, which threatens to end both her career and her life.

Lady Sings the Blues

1972

Bloodbrothers poster
5.8

A young man is torn between following in his brothers' footsteps or striking out on his own.

Bloodbrothers

1978

Fitzwilly poster
6.2

When Miss Vicki's father dies, she becomes the world's greatest philanthropist. Unfortunately, she is flat broke! Her loyal butler, Claude Fitzwilliam, leads the household staff to rob from various businesses by charging goods to various wealthy people and misdirecting the shipments, all to keep Miss Vicki's standard of living.

Fitzwilly

1967

… tick… tick… tick… poster
6.7

Racial tensions threaten to explode when a black man is elected sheriff of a small, racially divided town in the Deep South.

… tick… tick… tick…

1970

Winning poster
6.0

Frank Capua is a rising star on the race circuit who dreams of winning the big one - the Indianapolis 500. But to get there he runs the risk of losing his wife Elora to his rival, Luther Erding, and strains the relationship with his stepson.

Winning

1969

Something of Value poster
5.5

As Kenya's Mau Mau uprising tears the country apart, former childhood friends Kimani (Sidney Poitier), a native, and Peter (Rock Hudson), a British colonist, find themselves on opposite sides of the struggle in this provocative drama. Though each is devoted to his cause, both wish for a more moderate path -- but their hopes for a peaceful resolution are thwarted by rage, colonial arrogance and escalating violence on both sides.

Something of Value

1957

I'll Take Sweden poster
5.2

Bob Holcomb will do anything to stop his daughter JoJo from tying the knot with her lazy boyfriend, even move her all the way to Sweden! But once they're "safely" out of the country, JoJo falls for a sly Swedish playboy.

I'll Take Sweden

1965

The Lost Man poster
4.3

A gang of black militants plots to rob a factory to finance their "revolutionary struggle."

The Lost Man

1969

Black Chariot poster
10.0

Young black man joins a black nationalist group, which is betrayed by a turncoat.

Black Chariot

1971

The Comic poster
6.1

An account of the rise and fall of a silent film comic, Billy Bright. The movie begins with his funeral, as he speaks from beyond the grave in a bitter tone about his fate, and takes us through his fame, as he ruins it with womanizing and drink, and his fall, as a lonely, bitter old man unable to reconcile his life's disappointments. The movie is based loosely on the life of Buster Keaton.

The Comic

1969

Tarzan's Fight for Life poster
4.8

Dr. Sturdy is trying to establish a modern hospital in the jungle. His efforts are strongly opposed by Futa, the witch doctor, and Ramo, a native warrior.

Tarzan's Fight for Life

1958

All the Fine Young Cannibals poster
5.9

An ambitious farm girl rushes into marriage with a rich man, almost destroying four lives in the process.

All the Fine Young Cannibals

1960

How to Make a Monster poster
5.7

When master monster make-up man Pete Dumond is fired by the new bosses of American International studios, he uses his creations to exact revenge.

How to Make a Monster

1958

Dear Heart poster
6.5

A lonely Ohio spinster hopes to find romance when she travels to New York City for a postmasters' convention.

Dear Heart

1965

Lost in the Stars poster
6.5

A black South African minister searches the unfamiliar back alleys and shantytowns of Johannesburg for his son.

Lost in the Stars

1974

Honeymoon Hotel poster
4.6

A man left at the alter goes on his honeymoon trip anyway, taking his best man along instead.

Honeymoon Hotel

1964

Toma poster
7.7

This TV-pilot, later made into a TV-series, is about a cop in Newark, New Jersey, who defies his superiors to try to bring down the head of a Mafia numbers racket.

Toma

1973

Benny's Place poster
10.0

Time begins to catches up to a tough factory worker who is feeling threatened by younger men at work and at play.

Benny's Place

1982

Angel City poster
6.0

Jared Teeter has to work in a forced labor camp in Florida to make ends meet. "Angel City" is no place for the faint of heart.

Angel City

1980

Maurie poster
7.0

When an African-American basketball star suffers sudden paralysis, his white friend and teammate assists in his rehabilitation.

Maurie

1973