Person Details
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Aliases: Alice Malsenior Tallulah-Kate Walker
Gender: Female
Place of birth: Eatonton, Georgia, USA
Homepage:
Movie Involvements: 21
TV Involvements: 0
Most Famous Work
Biography
Alice Malsenior Tallulah-Kate Walker is an American novelist, short story writer, poet, and social activist. In 1982, she became the first African-American woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, which she was awarded for her novel The Color Purple. The book became a bestseller and was subsequently adapted into a critically acclaimed 1985 movie directed by Steven Spielberg, featuring Oprah Winfrey and Whoopi Goldberg, as well as a 2005 Broadway musical totaling 910 performances. Over the span of her career, Walker has published seventeen novels and short story collections, twelve non-fiction works, and collections of essays and poetry.
Most Famous Work
Daedalus
(2024) Sampled Interview (voice) (uncredited)Renegade: The Life Story of David Icke
(2019) SelfIn Prison My Whole Life
(2008) SelfOprah & The Color Purple Journey
(2023) SelfAlice Walker: Beauty in Truth
(2013) SelfFlannery
(2019) SelfActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
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| 2024 | Sampled Interview (voice) (uncredited) | |
| Self | ||
| 2023 | Self | |
| 2019 | Self | |
| Self | ||
| 2015 | Narrator | |
| 2013 | Self | |
| Self | ||
| 2008 | Self | |
| 2004 | Self | |
| 1991 | Self | |
| 1983 | Self | |
| 1977 | Self/Author | |
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Writing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
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| 2023 | Novel | |
| Novel | ||
| 2021 | Original Story | |
| 1985 | Novel | |
| 1977 | Short Story | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Production
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Executive Producer | |
| 1994 | Producer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Costume & Make-Up
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
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| 1989 | Assistant Costume Designer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |