Louise Beavers
Actress

Birthdate: March 8, 1902
Location: Cincinnati, Ohio

Date of Death: October 26, 1962
Location: Hollywood, California 

 

 
Brief Biography

Louise Beavers was a character actress in the 1930s and 1940s who appeared in over one hundred films. 

Her roles were primarily as the housekeeper for the starring characters.  Her most notable movies were Imitation of Life (1934) and The Jackie Robinson Story (1950), both Top 100 BlackClassicMovies.com films.  

She also performed on television as Beulah (1952-1953) and as Louise in The Danny Thomas Show (1953-1954).

 
Louise Beavers Movies (Filmography)
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1960

All the Fine Young Cannibals

   

1960

The Facts of Life

   

1958

The Goddess

   

1957

Tammy and the Bachelor

   

1956

Good-bye, My Lady

   

1956

You Can’t Run Away From It

   

1956

Teenage Rebel

   

1952

Never Wave at a WAC

   

1952

Colorado Sundown

   

1952

I Dream of Jeannie

   

1950

Girls School

   

1950

The Jackie Robinson Story

  Top 100 BlackClassicMovies.com film

1950

My Blue Heaven

   

1949

Tell It to the Judge

   

1948

Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House

   

1948

For the Love of Mary

   

1948

Good Sam

   

1947

Banjo

   

1946

Lover Come Back

   

1945

Delightfully Dangerous

   
1944 Follow the Boys
   

1944

South of Dixie

   

1944

Dixie Jamboree

   

1944

Barbary Coast Gent

   

1943

Good Morning, Judge

   
1943 42nd Street
   

1943

All By Myself

   

1943

Du Barry Was a Lady

   

1943

Top Man

   

1943

Jack London

   

1943

There’s Something About a Soldier

   
1942 The Big Street
   

1942

The Vanishing Virginian

   

1942

Young America

   

1942

Reap the Wild Wind

   

1942

Holiday Inn

   

1942

Seven Sweethearts

   

1941

Virginia

   

1941

Sign of the Wolf

   

1941

Kisses for Breakfast

   

1941

Belle Star aka Belle Star, the Bandit Queen

   

1941

Shadow of the Thin Man

   

1940

Parole Fixer

   

1940

Women Without Names

   

1940

No Time for Comedy

   

1940

I Want a Divorce

   
1939 Made for Each Other    

1939

Prison Bait

   

1939

The Lady’s from Kentucky

   

1939

Reform School

   

1938

Scandal Street

   

1938

Life Goes On aka His Harlem Wife

   

1938

Brother Rat

   

1938

The Headleys at Home

   

1937

Make Way for Tomorrow

   

1937

Wings Over Honolulu

   

1937

Love in a Bungalow

   

1937

The Last Gangster

   

1936

Bullets or Ballots

   

1936

Wives Never Know

   

1936

General Spanky

   

1936

Rainbow on the River aka It Happened in New Orleans

   

1935

Annapolis Farewell

   

1934

Palooka

   

1934

Bedside

   

1934

I’ve Got Your Number

   

1934

The Woman Condemned

   

1934

Glamour

   

1934

Cheaters

   

1934

The Merry Frinks

   

1934

I Give My Love

   

1934

Beggar’s Holiday

   

1934

Imitation of Life

  Top 100 BlackClassicMovies.com film

1934

West of the Pecos

   

1934

Million Dollar Baby

   

1933

She Done Him Wrong

   

1933

Her Splendid Folly

   

1933

Pick-up

   

1933

What Price Innocence?

   

1933

Her Bodyguard

   

1933

A Shriek in the Night

   

1933

Notorious But Nice

   

1933

Bombshell

   

1933

In the Money

   

1932

The Expert

   
1932 Freaks    

1932

It’s Tough to Be Famous

   

1932

Young America

   

1932

Night World

   

1932

Street of Women

   

1932

What Price Hollywood?

   

1932

Unashamed

   

1932

Divorce in the Family

   

1932

Too Busy to Work

   

1931

Up for Murder

   

1931

Annabelle’s Affairs

   

1931

Sundown Trail

   

1931

Reckless Living

   

1931

Girls About Town

   

1931

Good Sport

   

1931

Ladies of the Big House

   

1930

Wide Open

   

1930

She Couldn’t Say No

   

1930

Safety in Numbers

   

1930

Outside the Law

   

1929

Coquette

   
1929 Election Day      

1929

Glad Rag Doll

   

1929

Gold Diggers of Broadway

   

1929

Wall Street

   

1929

Nix on Dames

   
1927 Uncle Tom's Cabin Amazon.com   uncredited role as an extra
1923 The Gold Diggers      
         
Louise Beavers Television Programs
1950 Disney's "The Swamp Fox"     appears in five episodes
1953-1954 Make Room for Daddy aka The Danny Thomas Show    
  Make Room for Daddy - The complete fifth season Amazon.com   
1952-1953 Beulah    
  The Beulah Show - Volume One Amazon.com   
       
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