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Lillian Hayman
Lillian Hayman
Born	July 17, 1922; Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Died	October 25, 1994 (aged 72); Hollis, Queens, New York, United States
Occupation	Actress, singer

Lillian Hayman (July 17, 1922 – October 25, 1994) was an American actress and singer best known for her work on the television soap opera One Life to Live.

[edit] Biography

[edit] Career

Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Hayman graduated from Wilberforce University with a BA before she began her career in the Broadway theatre. She won the 1968 Tony Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Musical, playing the mother of Leslie Uggams's character in the play Hallelujah, Baby!.^[1] This performance attracted the casting agents for One Life to Live, who cast her as Sadie Gray. This role would become Hayman's most identifiable, and she acted on the serial from 1968 until 1986, when her option was not picked up by then-executive producer Paul Rauch. According to co-star Ellen Holly's 1998 book One Life: The Autobiography of an African American Actress, Hayman didn't even know that she was fired until Rauch's assistant told her in the parking garage as she left the studio, "Mr. Rauch wants you to know that you just worked your last day." ^[2] The role of Sadie was briefly played by Esther Rolle in 1971 while Haymay was temporarily unavailable.^[3]

Hayman briefly left the cast of One Life to Live to appear in the primetime musical comedy series The Leslie Uggams Show starring Leslie Uggams. She also portrayed Lucrezia Borgia in the 1975 film Mandingo, and make her final onscreen appearance in the 1976 sequel, Drum.

[edit] Death

On October 25, 1994, Hayman died of a heart attack at her home in Hollis, Queens, New York.^[4]

[edit] Filmography

Film
Year	Film	Role	Notes
1968	The Night They Raided Minsky's	Singer in Speakeasy	Alternative title: The Night They Invented Striptease
1975	Mandingo	Lucrezia Borgia
1976	Drum	Lucrezia Borgia
Television
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1968-1986	One Life to Live	Sadie Gray	Unknown episodes
1969	The Leslie Uggams Show	Regular cast member	10 episodes
1970	Barefoot in the Park		Episode: "Somethin' Fishy"
1970	The Mod Squad		1 episode
1972	Love, American Style	Gloria	1 episode
1972	The Corner Bar		1 episode

[edit] References

^ "Services held in NY for 'One Life to Live' actress Lillian Hayman, 72, who died of heart attack". Jet. 1995-01-09. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1355/is_n9_v88/ai_16218709. Retrieved 2008-11-03.
^ Holly, Ellen (1996). One Life: The Autobiography of an African American Actress. Kodansha International. pp. 254–255. ISBN 1-568-36158-0.
^ Ware, Susan; Braukman, Stacy Lorraine; (2004). Notable American Women: A Biographical Dictionary Completing the Twentieth Century. Harvard University Press. p. 553. ISBN 0-674-01488-X.
^ "Lillian Hayman, 72, Actress and Singer". The New York Times. 1994-11-02. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9502E1DB163EF931A35752C1A962958260. Retrieved 2008-11-03.

[edit] External links

Lillian Hayman at the Internet Broadway Database
Lillian Hayman at the Internet Movie Database

[0] "Services held in NY for 'One Life to Live' actress Lillian Hayman, 72, who died of heart attack". Jet. 1995-01-09. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1355/is_n9_v88/ai_16218709. Retrieved 2008-11-03.

[1] Holly, Ellen (1996). One Life: The Autobiography of an African American Actress. Kodansha International. pp. 254–255. ISBN 1-568-36158-0.

[2] Ware, Susan; Braukman, Stacy Lorraine; (2004). Notable American Women: A Biographical Dictionary Completing the Twentieth Century. Harvard University Press. p. 553. ISBN 0-674-01488-X.

[3] "Lillian Hayman, 72, Actress and Singer". The New York Times. 1994-11-02. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9502E1DB163EF931A35752C1A962958260. Retrieved 2008-11-03.

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