Madame Sul-Te-Wan [SEP] place of death
Hills, California. She was interred at the Pierce Brothers' Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery in North Hollywood, Los Angeles County, California.
Legacy and honors.
Sul-Te-Wan was inducted in the Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame in 1986.
Quotes.
- "We never did discover the origin of her name. No one was bold enough to ask." - Lillian Gish.
References.
Bibliography
- "The Ghost Walks: A Chronological History of Blacks in Show Business 1865–1910"
Birth of a Nation" and the colossal 1916 epic "Intolerance". Sul-Te-Wan had allegedly written Griffith a letter of introduction after hearing that Griffith was shooting a film in her Kentucky hometown.
In the early 1900s, Sul-Te-Wan married Robert Reed Conley. They had three sons, but Conley abandoned his family when the third boy was only three weeks old.
Early film career.
Following her roles for Griffith, Madame Sul-Te-Wan followed up in 1916 with a