Person Details
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Aliases: Alice Malsenior Tallulah-Kate Walker
Gender: Female
Place of birth: Eatonton, Georgia, USA
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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
Flannery
(2019) SelfRenegade: The Life Story of David Icke
(2019) SelfIn Prison My Whole Life
(2008) SelfGotta Make This Journey: Sweet Honey in The Rock
(1983) SelfAlice Walker: Beauty in Truth
(2013) SelfYemanja: Wisdom from the African Heart of Brazil
(2015) NarratorActing
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2024 | Sampled Interview (voice) (uncredited) | |
Self | ||
2023 | Self | |
2019 | Self | |
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2015 | Narrator | |
2013 | Self | |
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2008 | Self | |
2004 | Self | |
1991 | Self | |
1983 | Self | |
1977 | Self/Author | |
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Writing
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2023 | Novel | |
Novel | ||
2021 | Original Story | |
1985 | Novel | |
1977 | Short Story | |
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Production
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2023 | Executive Producer | |
1994 | Producer | |
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Costume & Make-Up
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1989 | Assistant Costume Designer | |
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