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    James Franklin Baskett[citation needed] (February 16, 1904 – July 9, 1948) was an American actor who portrayed Uncle Remus, singing the song "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah"...
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  • adapted by Joel Chandler Harris, stars James Baskett in his final film role, and features the voices of Johnny Lee, Baskett, and Nick Stewart. The film takes...
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  • Forest Baskett (born 1943), American computer scientist, venture capitalist and academic Hank Baskett (born 1982), American football player James Baskett (1904–1948)...
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    James Earl Jones (January 17, 1931 – September 9, 2024) was an American actor. A pioneer for black actors in the entertainment industry, he was known...
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    Melvin James Brooks (né Kaminsky; born June 28, 1926) is an American actor, comedian, and filmmaker. With a career spanning over seven decades, he is...
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    James Maitland Stewart (May 20, 1908 – July 2, 1997) was an American actor, military aviator, and poet. Known for his distinctive drawl and everyman screen...
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  • Disney 1946 live action and animated movie Song of the South, sung by James Baskett. For "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah", the film won the Academy Award for Best Original...
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    the South (1946), a live action/animated musical drama with James Baskett as Remus. Baskett was given an Honorary Academy Award in 1948. Ralph Bakshi's...
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    named Thomas Cobbs. He was the second cousin of Song of the South actor James Baskett. Cobbs served in the U.S. Air Force as a radar technician for eight...
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  • to Hitler. Max learns of this and gags and ties up Scott. Lazarus (James Baskett), Max's right-hand man, finds a gun. While making soup with Rosella...
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    Br'er Bear is his unintelligent accomplice. Br'er Fox was voiced by James Baskett, who also portrayed the live-action character Uncle Remus in the film...
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    star, James Baskett, describing him in a letter to his sister Ruth as "the best actor, I believe, to be discovered in years." Disney and Baskett stayed...
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    March 29, 1955, she gave birth to her son Joey Luft. Garland appeared with James Mason in the Warner Bros. film A Star Is Born (1954), the first remake of...
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    First Black person (and non-Caucasian) to receive an Honorary Award James Baskett received a special Academy Award for his portrayal of Uncle Remus in...
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  • Becomes Electra, but Loretta Young won instead for The Farmer's Daughter. James Baskett received an Academy Honorary Award for his portrayal of Uncle Remus...
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  • in the Lake First African-American man to receive an Academy Award: James Baskett (Academy Honorary Award for his portrayal of "Uncle Remus" in Song of...
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  • 1994) Clarice Taylor, actress (d. 2011) Eddie Anderson, actor (d. 1977) James Baskett, actor (d. 1948) Louise Beavers, actress (d. 1962) Everett Brown, actor...
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  • sleep despite a dripping kitchen faucet. March 20: 20th Academy Awards: James Baskett wins an Academy Honorary Award for his role as Uncle Remus in Song of...
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    Russell / Laurence Olivier / Ernst Lubitsch / Claude Jarman Jr. (1946) James Baskett / Thomas Armat, William Nicholas Selig, Albert E. Smith, and George...
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    Russell / Laurence Olivier / Ernst Lubitsch / Claude Jarman Jr. (1946) James Baskett / Thomas Armat, William Nicholas Selig, Albert E. Smith, and George...
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    Russell / Laurence Olivier / Ernst Lubitsch / Claude Jarman Jr. (1946) James Baskett / Thomas Armat, William Nicholas Selig, Albert E. Smith, and George...
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  • The Hall Johnson Choir as Crow Chorus Hall Johnson as Deacon Crow James Baskett as Fats Crow Nick Stewart as Specks Crow Jim Carmichael as Dopey Crow...
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    including many black comedy professionals, such as Eddie Green and James Baskett, were recruited for the cast. Many of the half-hour programs were written...
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    certificate recorded at the Leeds General Register Office says he was born at St James's University Hospital in Leeds, Yorkshire, England, on 2 August 1932. O'Toole...
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    and the picture resumed filming as Move Over, Darling, with Doris Day and James Garner in the leads. Released in 1963, the film was a hit. The unfinished...
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    nominated for several awards, including two Golden Globes. Peter O'Toole and James Coco were nominated for two NBR awards, in addition the NBR listed Man of...
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    Gary Cooper (born Frank James Cooper; May 7, 1901 – May 13, 1961) was an American actor known for his strong, quiet screen persona and understated acting...
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    Russell / Laurence Olivier / Ernst Lubitsch / Claude Jarman Jr. (1946) James Baskett / Thomas Armat, William Nicholas Selig, Albert E. Smith, and George...
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    with her father, The Truth About Spring (1965), co-starring Disney regular James MacArthur as her love interest. It was mildly popular. However The Trouble...
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  • (Page 2 of 2 pages); cf. Awards Database. This "Special Award", which Baskett received at the 20th Academy Awards ceremony, held on March 20, 1948, effectively...
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