Vinnette Carroll

Active - 1957 - 1996  |   Birth - Mar 11, 1922  |   Death - Nov 5, 2002  |   Genres - Drama, Comedy, Comedy Drama, Music, Action-Adventure | Subgenres - Coming-Of-Age Fiction, Biographical Film, Blaxploitation Film, Buddy Cop Film, Comedy Drama

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Vinnette Justine Carroll was an American playwright, actress, and theatre director. She was the first African-American woman to direct on Broadway, with her 1972 production of the musical Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope. Until Liesl Tommy's 2016 nomination for Eclipsed, Carroll was the only African-American woman to have received a Tony Award nomination for direction.

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