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Caption: Still of Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson, Butterfly McQueen, Clinton Rosemond, Kenneth Spencer and Ethel Waters in Cabin in the Sky (1943)
About Thelma McQueen
Actress, Soundtrack
Born: January 7, 1911
Star sign: Capricorn
Height: 5' 1" (1.55 m)
Known for: Gone with the Wind (1939), The Mosquito Coast (1986), Duel in the Sun (1946), Cabin in the Sky (1943)
Source: IMDB
Thelma McQueen attended public school in Augusta, Georgia and graduated from high school in Long Island, New York. She studied dance with Katherine Dunham, Geoffrey Holder, and Janet Collins. She danced with the Venezuela Jones Negro Youth Group. The "Butterfly" stage name, which does describe her constantly moving arms, actually derives from ...
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