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Lonne Elder III
Lonne Elder III
(December 26, 1927 – June 11, 1996) was an
American
actor,
playwright
and
screenwriter
. In 1973, he and
Suzanne de Passe
became the first
African Americans
to be nominated for the
Academy Award
for writing. Elder was nominated for
Sounder
, while De Passe was nominated for the film
Lady Sings the Blues
.
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