Hope Clarke is an American actress, dancer, vocalist, choreographer, and director. Clarke performed as principal dancer with the Katherine Dunham Company and the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, 1960s; actress on stage, film, and television, 1970s–1980s; choreographer and director, 1980s–. Clarke served on the Tony Awards Nominating Committee for the 2011–12 Broadway season. Clarke made history in 1995 when she became the first African American, as well as the first African-American woman, to direct and choreograph a major staging of the opera-musical Porgy and Bess. Clarke’s production of the George Gershwin classic was staged in celebration of the work’s 60h anniversary, and it toured not only major American cities but Japan and Europe as well. Clarke drew critical acclaim for her commitment to staging the show as a monument to African-American community and pride, giving a more hopeful, positive aura to a story that has been criticized for its stereotypes. As for the director herself, the success of Porgy and Bess is just the latest accolade in a long career devoted to dance and drama.
Hope Clarke Biography / Wiki
| Name | Hope Clarke |
| Also Know | |
| Gender | Female |
| Known For | Acting |
| Place of Birth | Washington, D.C |
| Date of Birth | March 23, 1941 |
| Age(as in 2023 Feb) | 82 |
| Deathday |
Hope Clarke Acting Movies
| Movie Name | Character | Release Date | Overview |
| A Father’s Homecoming | Doctor | 1988-06-19 | … |
| Book of Numbers | Pigmeat Goins | 1973-04-10 | Two waiters in Depression-era Arkansas get involved in the numbers racket…. |
| A Piece of the Action | Sarah Thomas | 1977-10-07 | How does retired cop Joshua Burke (James Earl Jones) get two career criminals, Manny Durrell (Sidney Poitier) and Dave Anderson (Bill Cosby), to follo… |
| Seventeen Again | Grandma Cat Donovan | 2000-11-12 | Cat and Gene have been divorced for several years. They are both visiting their son and their grandchildren, Sydney and Willie. Willie’s a genius who … |
| Men Without Jobs | Ms. Jackson | 2004-06-19 | Men Without Jobs is a comedy about Ish and Oz – best friends and roommates whose main goal in life is to avoid work at all costs. Ish is a graffiti ar… |
| Ailey | Herself | 2021-07-23 | Alvin Ailey was a visionary artist who found salvation through dance. Told in his own words and through the creation of a dance inspired by his life, … |
| The Baron | Cokeman’s Girl | 1977-01-01 | A black actor tries to make his own movie with an all-black cast, but to make it he’s forced to borrow money from the Mafia…. |
| Change of Mind | Nancy | 1969-10-08 | A white man’s brain is transplanted into a black man’s skull…. |
| Basquiat | Matilde Basquiat | 1996-08-09 | The brief life of Jean Michel Basquiat, a world renowned New York street artist struggling with fame, drugs and his identity…. |
| Jennifer: A Woman’s Story | Annie | 1979-03-05 | The widow of a wealthy shipbuilder tries to hold onto his business and becomes involved with boardroom intrigue in her bitter struggle to maintain con… |
| Beat Street | Dancing instructor | 1984-06-08 | An aspiring DJ, from the South Bronx, and his best friend, a promoter, try to get into show business by exposing people to hip-hop music and culture…. |
| Scout’s Honor | Mrs. Prewett | 1980-09-30 | Gary Coleman stars as little Joey Seymour, a clever but lonely orphan shuffled from one foster home to the next, who is also determined to be the best… |
| Going Home | Mother at Prison | 1971-12-01 | After doing 13 years in prison for the murder of his wife, mechanic Harry Graham is out on parole and looking to rebuild his life in a small seaside c… |
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