Name: Favorite African-American Movie Stars Paper Dolls
Illustrated By: Tom Tierney
Published by and When: Dover Publications, 1997
Sizes: The paper dolls range in size from 8-1/2 to 9-1/2 inches. The book measures 9-1/4 x 12-1/4 inches.
Description: Tom Tierney spotlights a selection of the most talented and popular African American actors and actresses at the time of publication (1997). The inside of the front and back covers include a brief biography for each paper doll plate.
Other: The sixteen costumed paper dolls representing motion picture stars and sixteen additional costumes from their best-known movie roles included are:
Ruby Dee (Just Cause)
James Earl Jones (The Great White Hope)
Diana Ross (Lady Sings the Blues)
Gregory Hines (White Knights)
Whitney Houston (The Bodyguard)
Denzel Washington (Malcolm X)
Whoopi Goldberg (Sister Act and the Color Purple)
Wesley Snipes (White Men Can’t Jump)
Cicely Tyson (Roots)
Danny Glover (Angels in the Outfield)
Angela Bassett (Waiting to Exhale)
Laurence Fishburne (What’s Love Got to Do with It)
Vanessa Lynn Williams (Another You)
Samuel L. Jackson (Pulp Fiction)
Oprah Winfrey (The Color Purple)
Morgan Freeman (Driving Miss Daisy)
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