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Chloe Anthony Wofford Morrison, known as Toni Morrison, was an American novelist, essayist, book editor, and college professor. Her first novel, The Bluest Eye, was published in 1970. The critically acclaimed Song of Solomon (1977) brought her national attention and won the National Book Critics Circle Award. In 1988, Morrison won the Pulitzer Prize for Beloved (1987); she gained worldwide recognition when she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1993.
Birth Name
Chloe Ardelia Wofford
Born
Wednesday, 18 February 1931
Died
Monday, 05 August 2019
Actress Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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See It Loud: The History of Black Television | Self | 2023 |
The Problem with Jon Stewart | Self | 2021 |
Pretend It's a City | Self | 2021 |
Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am | Self | 2019 |
Hollywood Insider | Self | 2018 |
The Pulitzer at 100 | Self - Novelist | 2017 |
The Nineties | Self - Author | 2017 |
Sunday Today with Willie Geist | Self - 'Beloved' Author & Nobel Laureate Dies at 88 | 2016 |
The Tanning of America | (archive footage) | 2014 |
Public Speaking | (archive footage) / Self (archive footage) | 2010 |
Actress Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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See It Loud: The History of Black Television | Self | 2023 |
The Problem with Jon Stewart | Self | 2021 |
Pretend It's a City | Self | 2021 |
Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am | Self | 2019 |
Hollywood Insider | Self | 2018 |
The Pulitzer at 100 | Self - Novelist | 2017 |
The Nineties | Self - Author | 2017 |
Sunday Today with Willie Geist | Self - 'Beloved' Author & Nobel Laureate Dies at 88 | 2016 |
The Tanning of America | (archive footage) | 2014 |
Public Speaking | (archive footage) / Self (archive footage) | 2010 |
La grande librairie | Herself | 2008 |
The Black List: Volume One | Herself / Self | 2008 |
Imagine | Self | 2003 |
American Experience | Recitant / Reader | 1988 |
American Masters | Self | 1986 |
The South Bank Show | Self | 1978 |
Live from Lincoln Center | Self | 1976 |
60 Minutes | Herself - Writer (archive footage) / Herself - Professor, Princeton University (segment "President Simmons") / Herself - Professor, Princeton University (segment "President Simmons") (archive footage) / Herself - Author (segment "Toni Morrison") (archive footage) | 1968 |