Biography
Alice Malsenior Tallulah-Kate Walker is an American novelist, short story writer, poet, and social activist. In 1982, she became the first African-American woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, which she was awarded for her novel The Color Purple. The book became a bestseller and was subsequently adapted into a critically acclaimed 1985 movie directed by Steven Spielberg, featuring Oprah Winfrey and Whoopi Goldberg, as well as a 2005 Broadway musical totaling 910 performances. Over the span of her career, Walker has published seventeen novels and short story collections, twelve non-fiction works, and collections of essays and poetry.
Filmography
all 22
Movies 22
self 11
Narrator 3
Producer 2
Writer 2
Self
The World According to Allee Willis (2024)
Movie
Self / Novel
Oprah & The Color Purple Journey (2023)
Movie
Executive Producer / Novel
The Color Purple (2023)
Movie
Original Story
The Color Purple at Home (2021)
Movie
Self
Barbara Lee: Speaking Truth To Power (2020)
Movie
Self
Flannery (2019)
Movie
Self
Renegade: The Life Story of David Icke (2019)
Movie
Narrator
Yemanja: Wisdom from the African Heart of Brazil (2015)
Movie
Self
Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth (2013)
Movie
Self
Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal (2013)
Movie
Actress
Roadmap to Apartheid (2012)
Movie
Narrator
Maestra (2012)
Movie
Self
In Prison My Whole Life (2008)
Movie
Self
Howard Zinn: You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train (2004)
Movie
Narrator
KPFA On the Air (2000)
Movie
Producer
Warrior Marks (1994)
Movie
Self
A Place of Rage (1991)
Movie
Assistant Costume Designer
Roller Blade Warriors: Taken by Force (1989)
Movie
Writer
The Color Purple (1985)
Movie
2
Self
Gotta Make This Journey: Sweet Honey in The Rock (1983)
Movie
Self/Author
Kudzu (1977)
Movie
Writer
The Diary of an African Nun (1977)
Movie
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Known ForWriting
GenderFemale
Birthday1944-02-09 (80 years old)
Birth NameAlice Malsenior Walker
Birth PlaceEatonton, United States of America
RelationshipsMelvyn R. Leventhal (1967-01-01 - 1976-01-01)
ChildrenRebecca Walker
RelativesReggie Watts
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsAlice Malsenior Tallulah-Kate Walker
Awardshonorary degree from Spelman College, Carl Sandburg Literary Award, Candace Award, Humanist of the Year, LennonOno Grant for Peace, Lillian Smith Book Award, California Hall of Fame, National Book Award for Fiction, Guggenheim Fellowship, Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, O. Henry Award
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