Born: September 17, 1905, East Orange, New Jersey.
Spouse: George Ferguson; William Anthony Hill, married 1939.
Theater:
Abe Lincoln, Los Angeles.
Amen Corner, Los Angeles.
The Little
Foxes, on tour.
The Male Aniimal, Los Angeles, on tour.
Raisin in the Sun,
Broadway, on tour.
Scarlet Sister Mary, on tour.
The Taming of the Shrew, Los
Angeles.
You Can't Take It with You, Broadway, on tour.
Film:
Crosscreek
The Glove
The Jerk
Lying Lips
Magnificent
Doll
Man of a Thousand Faces
Piece of the Action
Reckless Moment
Rented Lips
The River Niger
Show Boat
Sparkle
Stone Killers
Three Secrets
Together Brothers
Toolbox Murders
Uncle Joe Shannon
With Just a Little Trust
Radio:
Lux Theatre of the Air
Television Series:
Amen
Frank's Place
General Hospital
Gibbsville
Hell town
Hill Street Blues
Little House on the Prairie
Palmerstown, U.S.A.
Policy Story
The Waltons
The White Shadow
Movies for Television:
Ambush Murders
A Dream For Christmas
King
Sisters
A Woman Called Moses
Commercials:
Amtrak
Commonwealth Edison
Foster Farms
Film:
Salt of the Earth, assistant director and production staff member, 1954.
Television:
Integration LA, University of Chicago, writer and director.
Magic
Carpet to the Fine Arts, writer and director.
These Are Americans Too, National
Broadcasting Company, Chet Huntley Productions, writer and director.
Uptown,
Channel 13, Los Angeles, coproducer and director.
Radio:
First coast-to-coast radio show from WMCA, New York, writer and
director.
Professional:
Actors Equity, West Coast advisory committee; minority
conamittee.
Actors Lab, Los Angeles, executive board.
American Federation of
Television and Radio Artists.
American Guild of Variety Artists, executive
board.
Circle Theatre in the Round, Los Angeles, executive board.
Cosmo
Theatre, executive board.
Harlem Boys Club Theatre, New York, director of
drama.
National Council of Colored Women, Ohio, drama head.
Negro Actors
Guild, cofounder, minority committee.
Theatre Authority, executive board.
Young Women's Christian Association Performing Arts Center, chair, activities committee.
Theatre Companies:
Actors Equity Library Theatre, Los Angeles.
Circle Theatre
in the Round, Los Angeles. East-West Players.
Inner City Cultural Center, Los
Angeles, cofounder.
Karamu House, Cleveland, director. Children's Theatre and Young
Adult Theatre.
Lutheran Church Improvisational Theatre, director.
Native
American Indian Theatre, Los Angeles.
Negro Art Theatre, Los Angeles, executive
producer.
Frances E. Williams Crystal Stair Award, Black Women of the Theater, West, established
in Williams's honor.
Inner City Cultural Center.
Lieutenant governor of
California.
Los Angeles City Council.
Office of Mayor Tom Bradley.
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Image Award, Hall of
Fame.
National Women of Journalism.
Paul Robeson Pioneer Award, Black American
Cinema Society.
Rosa Parks Award, Southern Christian Leadership Conference.
Saint Philip's Episcopal Church.