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Alice Walker
Eatonton, Georgia, USA
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 Pulitz…
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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.
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2024
The World According to Allee Willis
Movie Self
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2024
Hollywood Black
TV show Self (archive footage)
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2024
Daedalus
Movie Sampled Interview (voice) (uncredited)
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2023
Oprah & The Color Purple Journey
Movie Self
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2023
The Color Purple
Movie Novel
- 2021
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2021
The Color Purple at Home
Movie Original Story
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2019
Flannery
Movie Self
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2019
Renegade: The Life Story of David Icke
Movie Self
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2015
Yemanja: Wisdom from the African Heart of Brazil
Movie Narrator
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2013
Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth
Movie Self
- 2013
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2008
In Prison My Whole Life
Movie Self
- 2004
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2003
Everyday Use
Movie Writer
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1994
Warrior Marks
Movie Producer
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1991
A Place of Rage
Movie Self
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1989
Roller Blade Warriors: Taken by Force
Movie Assistant Costume Designer
- 1989
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1985
The Color Purple
Movie Novel
- 1983
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1977
Kudzu
Movie Self/Author
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1977
Diary of an African Nun
Movie Short Story
