Barbara O. Jones dead at 82: 深い尊敬の念を抱くd actress appeared in films such as Daughters of the Dust and Bush Mama

  • She died Tuesday at the age of 82 at her home in Dayton, Ohio, her brother said?
  • 著名な films 含むd 1991's Daughters of the Dust and 1979's Bush Mama?
  • Jones also had appeared on a number of 目だつ 1970s TV shows 含むing Wonder Woman, Laverne & Shirley and Lou 認める?

The actress Barbara O. Jones died Tuesday at the age of 82 at her home in Dayton, Ohio, によれば her brother Raymond Minor.

Minor 確認するd to The Hollywood Reporter?the passing of his sibling, whom the 出口 called a 'part of the LA 反乱 film movement of the 1970s' thanks to 外見s in a 一連の culturally 関連した 動議 pictures of the time.

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Her movies 含むd the 1973 short film Child of 抵抗, 1977's Diary Of An African 修道女 for writer?director Julie Dash, 1979's Bush Mama for writer?director あられ/賞賛する Gerima and 1979's NBC miniseries Freedom Road, in which she 行為/法令/行動するd opposite the late Muhammad Ali.?

Jones played a 修道女 in Uganda who is introspective about her 宗教 in Dash's Diary Of An African 修道女, a 13-minute student movie that was based on a short story by Alice Walker. The film also starred Marnita Carraway, Fred Carraway, Donald Carraway Jr., Sherry Madden and Barbara Young.

Another 著名な film 役割 Jones had (機の)カム in 1991's Daughters Of The Dust ― also directed by Dash ― in which she portrayed the 役割 of Yellow Mary under the 審査する 指名する Barbara-O.

Actress Barbara O. Jones died Tuesday at the age of 82 at her home in Dayton, Ohio, によれば her brother Raymond Minor. Pictured in?1991's Daughters of the Dust

In the film, Yellow Mary had come home to her grandparents' island home off Georgia's coast.

The movie, which also starred Cora 物陰/風下 Day and Alva Rogers, was the first American feature directed by an African American woman to receive a general theatrical 解放(する), によれば THR.

It also 審査するd at the Sundance Film Festival, and was 追加するd to the British Film 学校/設ける's 名簿(に載せる)/表(にあげる) of The Greatest Films of All Time.?

Dash took to Instagram on Wednesday with an image of Jones in 衣装 from Diary Of An African 修道女.

'Barbara O. ca. 1977. From Diary of An African 修道女. 残り/休憩(する) In Peace & ; 力/強力にする,' Dash said.

Child Of 抵抗 and Bush Mama were both made at UCLA, によれば THR.

Jones in Child of 抵抗 portrayed a woman '奮起させるd by 行動主義者 Angela Davis,' によれば THR, who was 拘留するd in a fight for social 司法(官).

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In Bush Mama, Jones played Dorothy, 述べるd by the 出口 as a '福利事業 受取人 in ワットs who を受けるs an 観念的な 変形.'

Jones also had appeared on a number of 目だつ TV shows of the 時代, 含むing Wonder Woman in 1977, Laverne & Shirley from the same year and Lou 認める in 1978.?

In 1991's Daughters Of The Dust, Jones portrayed Yellow Mary under the 審査する 指名する Barbara-O. Alva Rogers, Jones, Cora 物陰/風下 Day were pictured in the movie
Daughters Of The Dust writer?director Julie Dash took to Instagram on Wednesday with an image of Jones in 衣装 from Diary Of An African 修道女
The 動議 picture was a 13-minute student movie that was based on a short story by Alice Walker
Jones appeared opposite Muhammad Ali in the 1979 NBC miniseries Freedom Road

She appeared in the 1999 演劇 Mute Love for filmmaker Patrice Mallard, opposite Nicole Ari Parker, Teja Frank and Otto Sanchez.

Other 事業/計画(する)s Jones was 伴う/関わるd in 含むd the 1971 sci-fi/horror film 黒人/ボイコット Chariot; the 1977 horror film Demon Seed and the 2001 演劇 Maangamizi: The 古代の One, which 示すd her final 業績/成果 in 前線 of the cameras.

Jones, who was born Barbara Olivia Minor in Dayton, Ohio, and got her start in 無線で通信する before 事実上の/代理, as she had a show on the 駅/配置する WDAO in the 1960s under the 指名する Bobbie Montgomery, によれば THR.??

Jones is 生き残るd by her children Gina and William, 同様に as her other brother Marlon.

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