Alice Walker
February 9, 1944 (80 years old) in 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 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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Credits
- 2024 · The World According to Allee Willis as Self
- 2024 · Daedalus as Sampled Interview (voice) (uncredited)
- 2023 · Oprah & The Color Purple Journey as Self
- 2019 · Flannery as Self
- 2019 · Renegade: The Life Story of David Icke as Self
- 2015 · Yemanja: Wisdom from the African Heart of Brazil as Narrator
- 2013 · Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth as Self
- 2013 · Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal as Self
- 2008 · In Prison My Whole Life as Self
- 2004 · Howard Zinn: You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train as Self
- 1991 · A Place of Rage as Self
- 1983 · Gotta Make This Journey: Sweet Honey in The Rock as Self
- 1977 · Kudzu as Self/Author