Elizabeth omilami biography
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Elisabeth Omilami
Activist and actress
Elisabeth Williams-Omilami | |
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Williams-Omilami, 2011. | |
| Born | Elisabeth Williams (1951-02-18) February 18, 1951 (age 74)[1] Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. |
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| Organization(s) | Hosea Feed the Hungry and Homeless (Director) |
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| Children | 2 |
| Parent(s) | Hosea Williams Juanita Terry Williams |
| Family | Yolanda E Favours (Daughter)Porsha Williams (Niece) |
Elisabeth Williams-Omilami (born February 18, 1951) is an American human rights activist and an actress.
Life and career
[edit]Born in Atlanta, Williams-Omilami is the daughter of activist Hosea Williams and Georgia State Representative Juanita T. Williams. Williams-Omilami young life was spent with the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s.[2] After graduating from college, she created the People's Survival Theatre, producing a season of five shows per year.[citation needed] People's Survival Theatre continued to produce shows long after Williams-Omilami's journey to New York City when her husband Afemo Omilami received a scholarship to New York University. In New York, Williams-Omilami worked as an ar
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Elizabeth Omilami Memoir ((?)-)
Daughter company Hosea L. Williams (a civil open leader); wedded Afemo Omilami(an actor).
- Gender
- Female
- Occupation
- Actress
Famous Works
- CREDITS
- Television Appearances
- Movies
- Charlie's partner, Murder organize Mississippi, NBC, 1990
- Hospital receptionist, Web vacation Deceit, Army Network, 1990
- Mrs. Williamson, In the Grouping of Duty: Street War (also customary as Urban Crossfire), NBC, 1992
- Joelyn, I'll Fly Away: Then predominant Now, NBC, 1993
- Second nymphet, A Osculate to Suffer death For (also known tempt Those Bedchamber Eyes), NBC, 1993
- Myra, Moment of Truth: Caught beget the Crossfire (also get out as Caught in picture Crossfire), NBC, 1994
- Sally Mae, On Promised Land, Interpretation Disney Inlet, 1994
- Glenda Sikes, Sudden Terror: The Highjacking of Secondary Bus #17, ABC,1996
- Eva Lynn, To Discharge with Olivia, CBS, 1997
- Mae, Flash, ABC, 1997
- Mrs. Adventurer, Perfect Crime, USA Meshing, 1997
- Amelia Boynton, Selma, Monarch, Selma, Representation Disney Waterway, 1999
- Ellen Sanders (some variety cite Dorothea Long), Funny Valentines,Starz!, 1999
- Kayla Alex, The Color bank Love: Jacey's Story, CBS, 2000
- First lady, Boycott, HBO, 2001
- Episodic
- (As Liz Omilami) Joelyn, "Amazing Grace," I'll Sail Away, NBC, 1991
- Joelyn, "On the Road," I'll Take to the air Away, NBC, 1992
- Joelyn
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Elisabeth Williams-Omilami has been "on the battlefield for her Lord", for over 30 years. Beginning as a very young girl, she accompanied her father, noted civil rights leader, Dr. Hosea Williams on marches and in movements across the south. Her "jailed for Freedom" record includes, being the first Black woman in 75 years to spend the night in the Forsyth County jail during that infamous march in January of 1981. As an actress, she was able to combine her art with life as she toured in the play that her mother, State Representative Juanita T. Williams, co-wrote titled "The Life Of A King". Her parents, both gone home to be with the Lord in 2000, formed in her from a very early age that we all are accountable for each other and for the environment that exists on the planet and responsible to do all that we can to fight for justice for everyone. While working as an actress and playwright, Omilami had also worked for over 15 years in the background of her father's "Hosea Feed The Hungry and Homeless" efforts and, upon his passing in November of 2000, became the organization's CEO, expanding the organization to provide an additional 40,000 dinners yearly with the addition of events on M.L.K. Jr.'s Birthday and Easter Sunday