Fredi Washington

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

0.6669

Gender

Female

Birthday

23-Dec-1903

Age

(123 years old)

Place of Birth

Savannah, Georgia, United States

Also Known As
  • NO INFO PROVIDED

Fredi Washington

Biography

Fredericka Carolyn "Fredi" Washington (December 23, 1903 – June 28, 1994) was an American stage and film actress, performer, and writer. She gained recognition for film and stage work in the 1920s and 1930s.


Credits

Square Joe Square Joe (1922) Character: N/A
A well-respected boxer is framed by his enemies in the death of a policeman during a raid on a local gambling establishment. He is convicted and sentenced to death and his friends seek to find the real murderer.
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen Black Shadows on a Silver Screen (1975) Character: Self (archive sound)
Ossie Davis narrates a history of "race films," films made before 1950 which catered to a primarily black audience.
Animal Crackers Animal Crackers (1930) Character: Party Guest
The well-known explorer and hunter Captain Spaulding has just returned from Africa, and is being welcomed home with a lavish party at the estate of influential society matron Mrs. Rittenhouse when a valuable painting goes missing. The intrepid Captain Spaulding attempts to solve the crime with the help of his silly secretary Horatio Jamison, while sparring with the anarchic Signor Emanuel Ravelli and his nutty sidekick The Professor.
Cab Calloway's Hi-De-Ho Cab Calloway's Hi-De-Ho (1934) Character: Sam's wife
This jazz musical short has a comedy plot about marital infidelity. Bandleader Cab Calloway plays a ladies man who dates the wife (Fredi Washington) of a train porter who is frequently absent from home. Calloway and his Orchestra perform "Zaz-zuh-zaz" and "The Lady with the Fan" at the Cotton Club in Harlem.
Mills Blue Rhythm Band Mills Blue Rhythm Band (1933) Character: Dancer
In this short film, musical and dance acts perform, first at a night club, then at a "rent party".
Ouanga Ouanga (1935) Character: Klili Gordon
In Haiti, a black female plantation owner enacts a voodoo curse, and revives zombies for revenge on a white male neighbor, who has chosen a white woman over her for marriage.
Black and Tan Black and Tan (1929) Character: Fredi - Duke's Girlfriend
Duke Ellington plays hot jazz in a fictional story that finds him down on his luck; he tries in vain to dissuade his friend, dancer Fredi Washington, from working with heart trouble even though it means work for his band. Sure enough, she collapses on stage...
One Mile from Heaven One Mile from Heaven (1937) Character: Flora Jackson
A female journalist travels to a new neighborhood after getting a (false) lead and is surprised by what she finds.
The Letter The Letter (1929) Character: Opium Den Dancer (Uncredited)
A plantation owner's wife goes on trial for shooting a man she says attacked her, but a handwritten letter reveals otherwise.
Imitation of Life Imitation of Life (1934) Character: Peola Johnson, Age 19
A struggling widow and her daughter take in a black housekeeper and her fair-skinned daughter. The two women start a successful business but face familial, identity, and racial issues along the way.
Emperor Jones Emperor Jones (1933) Character: Undine
Unscrupulously ambitious, Brutus Jones escapes from jail after killing a guard and, through bluff and bravado, finds himself the emperor of a Caribbean island.



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