Biography
In 1968, Cash joined the prestigious Negro Ensemble Company. From the early 1970s on, she worked on stage and TV and intermittently on the big screen in films including "The Omega Man" (1971), "Uptown Saturday Night" (1974), "Cornbread, Earl & Me" (1975) and "The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai: Across the 8th Dimension" (1984). Cash's TV credits tended toward the high-minded and culturally sensitive with projects like the 1974 PBS "Theater in …
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Career Milestones
1995 | Final feature performance, "Tales From the Hood" | |
1994 | Joined cast of ABC sudser "General Hospital" as Mary Mae Ward | |
1980 | Returned to Negro Ensemble Company to appear in "The 16th Round" | |
1975 | First TV-movie, "Ceremonies and Dark Old Men", recreating her stage role | |
| Appeared frequently as guest perfomer on episodic TV throughout the 1970s | ||
1971 | Film acting debut opposite Charleton Heston in "The Omega Man" | |
1969 | Film debut, "All American Boy" (released theatrically in 1973) | |
1968 | Joined Negro Enemble Company | |
1966 | Broadway debut, "The Wayward Stork" | |
| Performed as nightclub singer | ||
1958 | Stage debut, off-off-Broadway in "Soul Gone Home" | |
Awards
1995 | Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in General Hospital |