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Home/People/Pearl Bowser
Pearl Bowser profile photo
Born
Jun 25, 1931Died: Sep 14, 2023
Lived 92 years
Place of Birth
Harlem, New York City, New York, USA
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female

Career Highlights

5
Movies
1
TV Shows
4
Directed
Also Known As
Pearl Johnson
IMDb Profile

Pearl Bowser

Acting

Biography
Black American author, collector, television director, film scholar, film director, producer, filmmaker, independent distributor and film archivist.
In the Shadow of Hollywood: Race Movies and the Birth of Black Cinema poster

In the Shadow of Hollywood: Race Movies and the Birth of Black Cinema

as Herself
2007
Women of Vision poster

Women of Vision

as Self
1998
Midnight Ramble poster

Midnight Ramble

as Self - Archivist
1994
Pearl Bowser Looks At Early Black Cinema: The Legacy of Oscar Micheaux poster

Pearl Bowser Looks At Early Black Cinema: The Legacy of Oscar Micheaux

as Herself
1984
Moses Sisters Interview poster

Moses Sisters Interview

Cast
1978