Partial List of LAICCC Luminaries
Naming every artist and expert whose career began or advanced at the Inner City Cultural Center (ICCC) is not feasible, nor is it detailing all their achievements. This recognition extends to both performers and contributors who supported ICCC's growth behind the scenes. We are grateful for their roles. The C. Bernard Jackson Memorial Library and Cultural Center was created to archive the work of C. Bernard Jackson, ICCC alumni and supporters, as well as Los Angeles-based cultural figures, and to preserve memorabilia documenting their contributions and their impact on the city's arts and cultural landscape.
- Betye Saar – (Costume Designer, Visual Artist) - Betye Saar - IMDb; Betye Saar - Wikipedia
- Bonnie Bedelia – (“They Shoot Horse Don’t They”, “Die Hard”, “Die Harder”) - Bonnie Bedelia - IMDb; Bonnie Bedelia - Wikipedia
- Carmen De Lavallade – (“House of Flowers”, Agnes De Mille’s American Ballet Theatre) - Carmen De Lavallade - IMDb; Carmen de Lavallade - Wikipedia
- Carmen Hayward-Stetson – (Pres./Exec. Producer, VisuaLife Productions, “Gettin’ It Right” talk show,” SAG/AFTRA performing artist, “Anthony Newley/Burt Bacharach tour,” “Boss,” “Perfume”) - www.linkedin.com/in/carmenhaywardstetson; Carmen Hayward - IMDb
- Christine Avila – (“The Mayans”, “The Kindness of Strangers”) - Christine Avila - IMDb; Christine Avila – A Performing Arts Legacy Project site
- Denzel Washington – (Academy Award Winner, “Glory”, “Training Day”, “The Equalizer”) - Denzel Washington - IMDb; Denzel Washington - Wikipedia
- Duane Shepard, Sr. - (“Brother Malcolm X”, “American Crime Story”, “Sequestered”) - Duane R. Shepard Sr. - IMDb; (35) Duane Shepard | LinkedIn
- Eric Laneuville – (“St. Elsewhere”. “Lost”, “The Equalizer”) - Eric Laneuville - IMDb; Eric Laneuville - Wikipedia
- Ernie Hudson – (“Ghostbusters”, “OZ”, “The Family Business”) - Ernie Hudson - IMDb; Ernie Hudson - Wikipedia
- Ernest D. Dillihay – (Performing Arts Director, City of Los Angeles, Ovation Award winner, Best Production “A Huey P. Newton Story”, “LA Arts Mix” Cable program producer, creator/co-host) - Ernest Dillihay - IMDb; https://www.linkedin.com/in/ernest-dillihay-7066962
- Ernest Harden, Jr. – (“White Men Can't Jump”, “Hollywood Homicide”, “Velvet Jesus”) - Ernest Harden Jr. - IMDb
- Erwin Washington – (Executive Director, Co-Founder Lula Washington Dance Theatre,) - (34) Erwin Washington | LinkedIn
- Faustino Caigoy - (Visual artist, Poet, “Bittersweet Chocolate Meat”) - Leading Filipino Americans of the greater Los Angeles area, Faustino Caigoy, circa 1978 — Calisphere; Bitter Sweet Chocolate Meat by Caigoy, Faustino: (1974) | Crow Hop Rare Books, ABAA
- Felton Perry – (“Magnum Force””, “Robo Cop”, “Medium Cool”) - Felton Perry - IMDb; Felton Perry - Wikipedia
- Forest Whitaker – (Academy Award Winner – “The Last Scotsman”, “The Black Panther”) - Forest Whitaker - IMDb; Forest Whitaker - Wikipedia
- George C. Wolfe– (Tony Award Winner, “Angels in America”, Tony Nominee, “Jellies Last Jam”, “Shuffle Along”) - George C. Wolfe - IMDb; George C. Wolfe - Wikipedia
- George Takei – (“Star Trek: TV Series”, “Star Trek, II, II, VI”, “The Green Beret”, “Allegiance”) - George Takei - IMDb; George Takei - Wikipedia
- Gloria Calomee – (“The Reivers”, “Rollercoaster”, “Together Brothers”) - Gloria Calomee - IMDb; https://performingartslegacy.org/calomeegloria
- Glynn Turman – (“A Raisin in The Sun”, “Cooley High”, “The Wire”) - Glynn Turman - IMDb; Glynn Turman - Wikipedia
- Iona Morris – (“X-Men”, “Black-ish”) - Iona Morris - IMDb; Iona Morris - Wikipedia
- James Bronson – (“Willie and Esther”, “Shaka Zulu”, “Crenshaw Boulevard”, “Frog Eyes) - https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-bronson-147a9329/; https://www.concordtheatricals.com/p/1886/willie-esther)
- James V. Burks, Ph.D. – (Founder, African Marketplace Cultural Faire)
- JD Hall – (“Fatal Attraction”, “Father of the Bride”, “Jaws”, “The Revenge”) - J.D. Hall - IMDb;
- Jeff Stetson – (“The Meeting”, “Blood on the Leaves”, “Genius: MLK/X”) - Jeff Stetson - IMDb; Jeff Stetson - Wikipedia
- Jesse Dizon –(“ Disclosure”, “Operation Petticoat”, “Kung Fu”) Jesse Dizon - IMDb; (35) Jesse Dizon, Ph.D. | LinkedIn
- Jon Voight – (“Midnight Cowboy”, “Mission Impossible”) - Jon Voight - IMDb; Jon Voight - Wikipedia
- June Kim – (“The Kim Sisters” - Korean Singing Group) - The Kim Sisters - Wikipedia; • June Kim - the Kim Sisters - Search Videos
- Kim Fields – (“Facts of Life”, “Living Single”) - Kim Fields - IMDb; Kim Fields - Wikipedia
- Kokayi Ampah – (“Who Are They”, “The Shawshank Redemption”, “Million Dollar Baby”) Kokayi Ampah - IMDb
- L. Martina Young, Ph.D. - (Inner City Repertory Dance Company; “A Ribbon in the Sky”- featured dancer) - https://performingartslegacy.org/younglmartina/; (34) L. Martina Young, Ph.D. | LinkedIn
- Larenz Tate – (“The Postman”, “Dead Presidents”) - Larenz Tate - IMDb; Larenz Tate - Wikipedia
- Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs – (“Welcome Back Kotter”, “Cooley High”) - Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs - IMDb; Lawrence Hilton Jacobs - Wikipedia
- Luis Alfaro – (“Pico Union”, Bitter Homes and Gardens” “Oedipus El Rey”) - Luis Alfaro - IMDb; Luis Alfaro - Wikipedia
- Luis Valdez – (Teatro Campesino, Founder, “Zoot Suit”, “La Bamba”) - Luis Valdez - IMDb; Luis Valdez - Wikipedia
- Lula Washington – (Lula Washington Dance Theatre, Co-Founder; “Avatar”; “The Little Mermaid”) Lula Washington Dance Theatre - Wikipedia; https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1836780/
- Lynn Whitfield – (“The Women of Brewster Place”, “The Josephine Baker Story”) - Lynn Whitfield - IMDb; Lynn Whitfield - Wikipedia
- Marc Copage – (“Julia”) - Marc Copage - IMDb; Marc Copage - Wikipedia
- Marilyn Tokuda – (“Xanadu”, “Farewell to the King”) - Marilyn Tokuda - IMDb; Marilyn Tokuda - Wikipedia
- Marla Gibbs - (“The Jeffersons”, “227”) - Marla Gibbs - IMDb; Marla Gibbs - Wikipedia
- Marlo Thomas – (“That Girl”, “Ocean’s Eight”) - Marlo Thomas - Wikipedia; Marlo Thomas - IMDb
- Maurice Kitchen – (Street Corner Renaissance) - Street Corner Renaissance - Biography - IMDb; (32) maurice kitchen | LinkedIn
- Mel Carter – (“Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me”, “Band of Gold”) - Mel Carter - IMDb; Mel Carter - Wikipedia
- Michael Alexander – (Executive Director, Grand Performances; Former Chair, California Arts Council) - (32) Michael Alexander | LinkedIn
- (William) “Mickey” Stevenson – (Motown’s First A&R Man, “Dancing in the Streets”, “It Takes Two’; “Show Girls”, “Swan”) - William Stevenson - IMDb;
- Mayuto Correra – (Musician, Composer – “MASH” “The Fall Guy”, “The Appointment” ) - Mayuto Correa - IMDb; Mayuto Correa - Wikipedia
- (Denise) “Niecy” Williams – (“This is Niecy”) - This Is Niecy - Wikipedia
- Regina King – (“Jerry McGuire”, “Enemy of the State”) - Regina King - IMDb; Regina King - Wikipedia
- Robi Reed – (Emmy Award Winner, “The Tuskegee Airman”; BET Talent & Casting Director)- Robi Reed - IMDb; Robi Reed - Wikipedia
- Rose Portillo – (“Exorcist II: The Heretic”, “Happy Birthday”) - Rose Portillo - IMDb;
- Roxanne Mayweather - (Archival Producer/Clearances: “Dear Mama: The Saga Of Tupac and Afeni Shakur" (FX Networks), “A Family Affair" (Netflix), “Amsterdam" (Fox/Disney), “Till" (MGM) - Roxanne Mayweather - IMDb; (34) Roxanne Mayweather | LinkedIn
- Rusty Cundieff – (“Movie 43”, Chappelle’s Show, “Fear of a Black Hat”) - Rusty Cundieff - IMDb; Rusty Cundieff - Wikipedia
- Sab Shimono – (“Jackie Chan Adventures”, “Waterworld”, “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles”) - Sab Shimono - IMDb; Sab Shimono - Wikipedia
- Shelia Scott Wilkinson – (Theater of Hearts/Youth First, Founder) - Sheila Scott Wilkinson - IMDb; (34) Sheila Scott Wilkinson | LinkedIn
- Stella Matsuda – (Dancer, Choreographer - Alleluia Dance Theater, Founder) - (32) Stella Matsuda/SDG | LinkedIn; About the Company - Alleluia Dance Theater
- Suzanne Shelton – (Archival Producer/Clearances: “Rustin (Netflix)”, "I Want to Dance with Somebody (Sony Pictures)”, "Girls Trip” (Universal) - Suzanne Shelton - IMDb; (32) Suzanne Shelton | LinkedIn
- Ted Lange – (“Love Boat”, “Othello”, “For the Love of Amy”) - Ted Lange - IMDb ; Ted Lange - Wikipedia
- Tim Dang – (East West Players, Executive Director) - Tim Dang - IMDb; Tim Dang - Wikipedia
- Twyla Tharp – (Dancer/Choreographer, Twyla Tharp Dance, Founder, Drama Desk, Tony Award, “Movin’ Out”, and Primetime Emmy Award Winner) - Home | Twyla Tharp; Twyla Tharp - Wikipedia
- Victor Leo Walker, II, Ph.D. – (African Grove Institute for the Arts, Inc. Co-Founder) - Managing Partners :: CHARTOR Entertainment; Paul Carter Harrison, Victor Leo Walker II, and Gus Edwards, eds. Black Theatre: Ritual Performance in the African Diaspora. - Free Online Library
- Velina Hasu Houston – (Associate Dean of Faculty, Professor of Theatre, Director of Dramatic Writing, Resident Playwright University of Southern California. playwright) - Velina Hasu Houston - Wikipedia; Velina Hasu Houston · School of Dramatic Arts · USC
- Virginia Wing – (“Charley Varrick”, “When the World Was Young”); Virginia Wing - IMDb; Virginia Wing – A Performing Arts Legacy Project site
- Wendy Raquel Robinson – (“The Steve Harvey Show”; Amazing Grace Conservatory, Founder) - Wendy Raquel Robinson - IMDb; Wendy Raquel Robinson - Wikipedia
- Woodie King, Jr.- (New Federal Theatre, Founder) - Woodie King Jr. - IMDb; Woodie King Jr. - Wikipedia
- Wren Brown – (Ebony Repertory Theatre, Founder)- Wren T. Brown - IMDb; Wren T. Brown - Wikipedia
IN MEMORIAM
Adolph Caesar – (“A Soldier’s Story”, Academy Award Nominee, “The Color Purple” , “The Hitter”) - - Adolph Caesar - IMDb; Adolph Caesar - Wikipedia
- Alex Colon – (“The Mighty Quinn”, “Hill Street Blues”, “The Gingerbread Lady”, Puerto Rican Traveling Theater; Alex Colon - IMDb
- Alvin Ailey – (Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre-Founder, “Alvin Ailey: Memories and Visions”, “A Tribute to Alvin Ailey”) - - Alvin Ailey - IMDb; Alvin Ailey - Wikipedia
- Art Evans – (“Amen Corner”, “Leadbelly”, “Die Hard 2”) - Art Evans - IMDb; Art Evans (actor) - Wikipedia
- Arthur Mitchell – (Dance Theatre of Harlem, Founder, “Dance Theatre of Harlem: Fall River Legend”, ) Arthur Mitchell - IMDb; Arthur Mitchell (dancer) - Wikipedia
- August Wilson – (Pulitzer Prize Winner, “Fences”, “Piano Lessons” Tony Award Winner, “Jitney”, “Fences”) - August Wilson - IMDb; August Wilson - Wikipedia
- Beah Richards – (Academy Award and Golden Globe Nominee as Best Supporting Actress “Guess Who's Coming to Dinner”; Primetime Emmy Awards “Frank's Place” and “The Practice”; Tony Award nomination “The Amen Corner”) - - Beah Richards - IMDb; Beah Richards - Wikipedia
- Bella Lewitzky – (Bella Lewitsky Dance Company, Founder, “Bagdad”, “Tripoli”, “Bella”) - Bella Lewitzky - IMDb; Bella Lewitzky - Wikipedia
- Bill Cobbs – (“Night at the Museum”, “The Gregory Himes Show”) - Bill Cobbs - IMDb; Bill Cobbs - Wikipedia
- Calvin Lockhart – (“Uptown Saturday Night”, “Let’s Do It Again”, “Predator 2”) Calvin Lockhart - IMDb; Calvin Lockhart - Wikipedia
- Carmen Zapata – (Co-founder, Bilingual Foundation of the Arts, “Villa Alegre”, “Death in Granada”) - Carmen Zapata - IMDb; Carmen Zapata - Wikipedia
- Dennis Wilkerson – (Technical Director, Actor) - Rental Information - California Stage; SN&R • Moving on up; About Us - Our History
- Dick Anthony Willimas – (“The Poison Tree”, “What the Wine-Sellers Buy”, “Black Picture Show, “The Mack”, “Slaughter's Big Rip-Off”) - Dick Anthony Williams - IMDb; Dick Anthony Williams - Wikipedia
- Donald McKayle – (Inner City Dance Repertory, Artistic Director/Co-Founder, “Sophisticated Ladies”) - Donald McKayle - IMDb; Donald McKayle - Wikipedia
- Eddie Albert – (Green Acres”, “The Roman Holiday”, “The Heartbreak Kid”) - Eddie Albert - IMDb; Eddie Albert - Wikipedia
- Esther Rolle – (“Good Times”, “Maude”, “Don’t Play Us Cheap”) - Esther Rolle - IMDb; Esther Rolle - Wikipedia
- Fayard A. Nicholas – (“Tap Dancer-Choreographer, “Stormy Weather “The Pirate”, “Hard Four”, “Down Argentine Way”) - "Autograph" Fayard Nicholas (TV Episode 2002) - IMDb; Fayard Nicholas - Wikipedia
- Francis Williams – (“The Jerk”, “Frank’s Place”, Francis Willimas Corner Theatre -Founder ) - Frances E. Williams - IMDb; Frances E. Williams - Wikipedia
- Frank Silvera – (“Valdez is Coming”, “Hombre”, “The Manchurian Candidate”, The Theatre of Being, Founder) - Frank Silvera - IMDb; Frank Silvera - Wikipedia
- Gloria Foster –(“The Matrix”, “The Matrix Reloaded”, “Leonard Part 6”) Gloria Foster - IMDb; Gloria Foster - Wikipedia
- Gregory Peck – (“To Kill a Mockingbird” Academy Award Winner, “Moby Dick” et al) - Gregory Peck - IMDb; Gregory Peck - Wikipedia
- Isabel Sanford - (“The Jeffersons”, “All in the Family”, “Amen Corner”) - Isabel Sanford - IMDb; Isabel Sanford - Wikipedia
- Jay Silverheels – (“The Lone Ranger”, “I Am an American”, “Captain from Castile”, “Key Largo”) - Jay Silverheels - IMDb; Jay Silverheels - Wikipedia
- Jamie Rodgers – (Dancer, Choreographer, “Flower Drum Song”, “The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour”, “Ben Vereen... Comin' at Ya, and The Emmys”) - Jaime Rogers - Wikipedia;
- Lady Helena Walquer Vereen – (“The Bionic Woman”, “Leimert Park: The Story of a Village in South Los Angeles”) - Lady Walquer Vereen - IMDb
- Linda Mabalot – (Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, Founder; Executive director of Visual Communications) - Linda Mabalot - Biography - IMDb; Linda Mabalot - Wikipedia;
- Louis Gossett, Jr. – (Academy Award Winner, “An Officer and a Gentlemen”, Emmy Award Winner, “Roots”) - Louis Gossett Jr. - IMDb; Louis Gossett Jr. - Wikipedia
- Lupe Ontiveros – (“Selena”, “Goonies”, “Real Women Have Curves”) - Lupe Ontiveros - IMDb; Lupe Ontiveros - Wikipedia
- Mako – (East West Players, Co-Founder; Academy Award® Nominee, Best Supporting Actor, “Sand Pebbles”, “Conan”) - Mako - IMDb; Mako (actor) - Wikipedia
- Malcolm Jamal Warner - (“The Cosby Show”, “Malcolm & Eddie“,”The Resident”, R&B Performance Grammy Winner) - Malcolm-Jamal Warner - IMDb; Malcolm-Jamal Warner - Wikipedia
- Margo Albert – (“The Leopard Man”, “Viva Zapata!”, Founder, Plaza de la Raza) - Margo - IMDb; Margo (actress) - Wikipedia
- Marguerite Ray – (“The Young and the Restless”) She was the first Black regular on the show; (“Dynasty”, “Sanford”, “To Sleep With Anger”) - Marguerite Ray - IMDb; Marguerite Ray - Wikipedia
- Takes Two’; “Show Girls”, “Swan”) - William Stevenson - IMDb;
- Momoko Iko – (Playwright, “Gold Watch”, “Second City Flats”) - Momoko Iko - IMDb; Momoko Iko - Wikipedia
- Nobu McCarthy – (Artistic Director-East West Players, “Farewell to Manzanar", "The Geisha Boy,") - Nobu McCarthy - IMDb
- Otis O’ Solomon – (Watts Prophets, Poet, Writer) - The Watts Prophets - Wikipedia; Watts Prophets – Just another WordPress site
- Pat Morita – (“The Karate Kid” I, II; “Mulan” I, II) - Pat Morita - IMDb;
- Quincy jones - (The Quincy Jones Workshop, “Killer Joe”, “In the Heat of the Night”) - Quincy Jones - IMDb; Quincy Jones - Wikipedia
- Paul Winfield – (Academy Award Nominee “Sounder”, “Star Trek”) - Paul Winfield - IMDb;
- Pat Li – (“I Spy”, “Magnum, P.I.”, “Police Story”) - Pat Li - IMDb;
- Peter De Anda – (“Come Back Charleston Blue”, “Cutter”) - Peter De Anda - IMDb;
- Redd Foxx – (Sanford and Son”, “The Redd Foxx Show”, “The Royal Family”) - Redd Foxx - IMDb; Redd Foxx - Wikipedia
- Reggie Montgomery - (1st African American clown to perform in Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, ''The Colored Museum'') - Reggie Montgomery - IMDb; Reggie Montgomery - Wikipedia
- Robert Wise – (Academy Award Winner, “West Side Story”, “Sound of Music”, Academy Award Nominee, “Sand Pebbles” et al) - Robert Wise - IMDb; Robert Wise - Wikipedia
- Robert Guillaume – (“Benson”, “Phantom of the Opera”, “The Lion King”) - Robert Guillaume - IMDb; Robert Guillaume - Wikipedia
- Roger E. Mosley - (“Leadbelly”, “Magnum, P.I.”, Founder, Watts Writers Workshop, et al) - Roger E. Mosley - IMDb; Roger E. Mosley - Wikipedia
- Roscoe Lee Browne – (“The Liberation of L.B. Jones”, “The Cowboys”, “Soap”) - Roscoe Lee Browne - IMDb; Roscoe Lee Browne - Wikipedia
- Rosalind Cash – (“The Omega Man”, “The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension”)- Rosalind Cash - IMDb; Rosalind Cash - Wikipedia
- " (Netflix), “Amsterdam" (Fox/Disney), “Till" (MGM) - Roxanne Mayweather - IMDb; (34) Roxanne Mayweather | LinkedIn
- Ruth Warshawsky – (“The Waltons”, “Truck Turner”) - Ruth Warshawsky - IMDb
- Sidney Poitier – (Academy Award Winner “Lilies’ of the Field”, “Uptown Saturday Night”, “In the Heat of the Night”. “The Defiant Ones”) - Sidney Poitier - IMDb; Sidney Poitier - Wikipedia
- Shirley Jo Finney – (“The Wilma Rudloph Story”, “Down Payments”) - Shirley Jo Finney - IMDb; Shirley Jo Finney - Wikipedia
- Soon Tek Oh – (“Mulan II”, “Last Mountain”, “Beverly Hills Ninja”) - Soon-Tek Oh - IMDb; Soon-tek Oh - Wikipedia
- Sumi Haru – (The first national vice-president of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG); the first and to-date only woman of color to hold the position as interim president of Screen Actors Guild in 1995. Co-Host, “LA Arts Mix) Cable program, “Krakatoa”, “East of Java”, “MASH”, “Hill Street Blues”) - Sumi Haru - Wikipedia; Sumi Haru - IMDb (32) Sumi Sevilla Haru | LinkedIn
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- Terrence Tam Soon - (Costume Designer – “Faerie Tale Theatre”, et al) - Terrence Tam Soon - IMDb
- Terry Carter – (“Battlestar Galactica”, “McCloud”) - Terry Carter - IMDb; Terry Carter - Wikipedia
- Thalmus Rasulala – (“Star Trek: The Next Generation”, “New Jack City”, “- Hello, Dolly!”) - Thalmus Rasulala - IMDb; Thalmus Rasulala - Wikipedia
- Twyla Tharp – (Dancer/Choreographer, Twyla Tharp Dance, Founder, Drama Desk, Tony Award, “Movin’ Out”, and Primetime Emmy Award Winner) - Home | Twyla Tharp; Twyla Tharp - Wikipedia
- Vonetta McGee – (“Thomasine & Bushrod”, “The Eiger Sanction”, “Bustin' Loose”) - Vonetta McGee - IMDb; Vonetta McGee - Wikipedia
- Yaphet Koto – (“Live and Let Die”, “Alien”, Homicide: Life on the Street”) Yaphet Kotto - IMDb; Yaphet Kotto - Wikipedia