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Gail Fisher

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Gail Fisher (August 18, 1935 – December 2, 2000) was an American actress who was one of the first black women to play substantive roles in American television. [1]

53 relations: Actor, American Academy of Dramatic Arts, Beauty pageant, Cheerleading, Coca-Cola, Cornerman, Culver City, California, Danton's Death, Edison, New Jersey, Elia Kazan, Emmy Award, Fantasy Island, General Hospital, Golden Globe Award, Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama, Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film, He & She, He's the Mayor, Herbert Blau, Hotel (U.S. TV series), Insight (TV series), Jet (magazine), Kidney failure, Knight Rider, Knight Rider (1982 TV series), Lee Strasberg, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Love, American Style, Malcolm X, Mankillers, Mannix, Masjid Malcolm Shabazz, Medical Center (TV series), Metuchen High School, Metuchen, New Jersey, Model (person), Muhammad Ali, My Three Sons, NAACP Image Awards, Orange, New Jersey, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series, Room 222, Star Trek, Sugar Ray Robinson, Sun Products, The Defenders (1961 TV series), The Doctors (1963 TV series), The Love Boat, The New York Times, The Play of the Week, ..., The Second Hundred Years (TV series), The White Shadow (TV series), United States. Expand index (3 more) »

Actor

An actor (often actress for women; see terminology) is a person who portrays a character in a performance.

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American Academy of Dramatic Arts

The American Academy of Dramatic Arts (AADA) is a two-year performing arts conservatory with bi-coastal facilities at 120 Madison Avenue, Manhattan, and at 1336 North La Brea Avenue, Los Angeles.

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Beauty pageant

A beauty pageant or beauty contest is a competition that has traditionally focused on judging and ranking the physical attributes of the contestants, although most contests have evolved to also incorporate personality traits, intelligence, talent, and answers to judges' questions as judged criteria.

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Cheerleading

Cheerleading is an activity wherein the participants (referred to as "cheerleaders") cheer for their team as a form of encouragement.

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Coca-Cola

Coca-Cola, or Coke (also Pemberton's Cola at certain Georgian vendors), is a carbonated soft drink produced by The Coca-Cola Company.

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Cornerman

In combat sports, a cornerman, or second, is a coach or trainer assisting a fighter during a bout.

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Culver City, California

Culver City is a city in Los Angeles County, California.

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Danton's Death

Danton's Death (Dantons Tod) was the first play written by Georg Büchner, set during the French Revolution.

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Edison, New Jersey

Edison is a township in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States, in the New York City metropolitan area.

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Elia Kazan

Elia Kazan (born Elias Kazantzoglou; September 7, 1909 – September 28, 2003) was a Greek-American director, producer, writer and actor, described by The New York Times as "one of the most honored and influential directors in Broadway and Hollywood history".

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Emmy Award

An Emmy Award, or simply Emmy, is an American award that recognizes excellence in the television industry, and is the equivalent of an Academy Award (for film), the Tony Award (for theater), and the Grammy Award (for music).

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Fantasy Island

Fantasy Island is an American television series that originally aired on the ABC network from 1977 to 1984.

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General Hospital

General Hospital (commonly abbreviated GH) is an American daytime television medical drama.

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Golden Globe Award

Golden Globe Awards are accolades bestowed by the 93 members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association beginning in January 1944, recognizing excellence in film and television, both domestic and foreign.

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Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama

The Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama is an award presented annually by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA).

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Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film

The Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries, or Television Film is an award presented annually by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA).

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He & She

He & She is an American sitcom that aired on the CBS television network as part of its 1967–1968 lineup, originally sponsored by General Foods and Lever Brothers.

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He's the Mayor

He's the Mayor is an American sitcom that aired on ABC from January to March 1986.

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Herbert Blau

Herbert Blau (May 3, 1926 – May 3, 2013) was an American director and theoretician of performance.

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Hotel (U.S. TV series)

Hotel is an American prime time drama series which aired on ABC from September 21, 1983, to May 5, 1988, in the timeslot following Dynasty.

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Insight (TV series)

Insight is an American religious-themed weekly anthology series that aired in syndication from October 1960 to January 1985.

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Jet (magazine)

Jet is a magazine, currently in digital format, marketed to African-American readers.

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Kidney failure

Kidney failure, also known as end-stage kidney disease, is a medical condition in which the kidneys no longer work.

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Knight Rider

Knight Rider is an American entertainment franchise created by Glen A. Larson.

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Knight Rider (1982 TV series)

Knight Rider is an American television series created and produced by Glen A. Larson.

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Lee Strasberg

Lee Strasberg (born Israel Strasberg; November 17, 1901February 17, 1982) was a Polish-born American actor, director, and theatre practitioner.

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Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts is a complex of buildings in the Lincoln Square neighborhood of the borough of Manhattan in New York City.

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Love, American Style

Love, American Style is an anthology comedy television series produced by Paramount Television that originally aired between 1969 and 1974.

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Malcolm X

Malcolm X (19251965) was an African-American Muslim minister and human rights activist.

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Mankillers

Mankillers, also known as 12 Wild Women, is a 1987 film written and directed by David A. Prior.

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Mannix

Mannix is an American television detective series that ran from 1967 to 1975 on CBS.

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Masjid Malcolm Shabazz

Masjid Malcolm Shabazz, formerly known as Mosque No.

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Medical Center (TV series)

Medical Center is an American medical drama series which aired on CBS from 1969 to 1976.

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Metuchen High School

Metuchen High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grades from Metuchen in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States, operating as the lone secondary school of the Metuchen School District.

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Metuchen, New Jersey

Metuchen is a suburban borough in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States, which is northeast of New Brunswick, southwest of Newark, southwest of Jersey City, and southwest of Manhattan, all part of the New York metropolitan area.

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Model (person)

A model is a person with a role either to promote, display or advertise commercial products (notably fashion clothing in fashion shows), or to serve as a visual aid for people who are creating works of art or to pose for photography.

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Muhammad Ali

Muhammad Ali (born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr.; January 17, 1942 – June 3, 2016) was an American professional boxer, activist, and philanthropist.

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My Three Sons

My Three Sons is an American sitcom.

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NAACP Image Awards

The NAACP Image Award is an annual awards ceremony presented by the American National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) to honor outstanding people of color in film, television, music, and literature.

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Orange, New Jersey

The City of Orange is a township in Essex County, New Jersey, United States.

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Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

This is a list of winners and nominees of the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series.

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Room 222

Room 222 is an American comedy-drama television series produced by 20th Century Fox Television that aired on ABC for 112 episodes from September 17, 1969, until January 11, 1974.

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Star Trek

Star Trek is an American media franchise based on the science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry.

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Sugar Ray Robinson

Sugar Ray Robinson (born Walker Smith Jr.; May 3, 1921 – April 12, 1989) was an American professional boxer who competed from 1940 to 1965.

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Sun Products

The Sun Products Corporation is a North American provider of laundry detergent, fabric softeners, and other household care products.

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The Defenders (1961 TV series)

The Defenders is an American courtroom drama series that ran on CBS from 1961 to 1965.

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The Doctors (1963 TV series)

The Doctors was an American television soap opera which aired on NBC Daytime from April 1, 1963, to December 31, 1982.

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The Love Boat

The Love Boat is an American comedy television series set on a cruise ship, which aired on the ABC Television Network from May 5, 1977, until May 24, 1986; three-hour specials aired in 1986–87 and 1990.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (sometimes abbreviated as The NYT or The Times) is an American newspaper based in New York City with worldwide influence and readership.

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The Play of the Week

Play of the Week is an American anthology series of televised stage plays which aired in NTA Film Network syndication from October 12, 1959 to May 1, 1961.

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The Second Hundred Years (TV series)

The Second Hundred Years is an American sitcom by Screen Gems starring Monte Markham, Arthur O'Connell, and Frank Maxwell, which aired on the ABC television network for one season from September 6, 1967 to March 28, 1968 (repeats were shown through September 1968).

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The White Shadow (TV series)

The White Shadow is an American drama television series starring Ken Howard that ran on the CBS network from November 27, 1978, to March 16, 1981, about a white former professional basketball player who takes a job coaching basketball at an impoverished urban high school with a racially mixed basketball team.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gail_Fisher

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