Zamah Cunningham

Zamah Cunningham (November 29, 1892 – June 2, 1967) was an American stage, film, and television actress. She began her career appearing in uncredited bit parts for D. W. Griffith, making her film debut in his 1924 silent feature, America. She later had an extensive career on Broadway, making her stage debut there in 1933's Give Us This Day. Cunningham went on to appear in numerous stage plays over the following several decades, though she publicly commented that most of her plays were "flops."

In her later career, she appeared in several films, including Dream Girl (1948), Here Come the Girls (1953), and Baby the Rain Must Fall (1965). Beginning in 1956, she made several guest appearances as Angelina Manicotti, neighbor of the Kramdens on the sitcom The Honeymooners. Cunningham died at Roosevelt Hospital in Manhattan in June 1967, aged 74.

Life and career Cunningham was born in 1892 in Portland, Oregon. She began her career as a singer before relocating to New York City to study acting. appearing in Griffith's America. She subsequently studied music in Paris, and was given opportunity to appear in productions at the Opera Comique. She went on to appear in over 20 Broadway productions over the following two decades, including On the Town (1944) and The Shadow of a Gunman (1958). She made her final film appearance in Baby the Rain Must Fall (1965).

Death Cunningham died at Roosevelt Hospital in Manhattan on June 2, 1967.

Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 1924 America 1931 The Vagabond King Katherine de Vaucelles Northrop Auditorium, Minneapolis, Minnesota 1933 Give Us This Day Anne Strong Booth Theatre 1934 Gentlewoman Mrs. Stoneleigh Cort Theatre 1934 Are You Decent Peggy Witherspoon Ambassador Theatre; 49th Street Theatre 1935 Reprise Madame Vanderbilt Theatre 1935 Triumph Mrs. Giordana Fulton Theatre 1935 The Season Changes Rita Glenn Booth Theatre 1935 Ah, Wilderness! Mildred Miller Alvin Theatre, Minneapolis, Minnesota 1936 Hallowe'en Edith Vanderbilt Theatre 1957 The Glass Menagerie Playmakers Theatre, Long Branch, New Jersey 1958–1959 The Shadow of a Gunman Mrs. Henderson Bijou Theatre 1965 Minor Miracle Mrs. Fuller Henry Miller's Theatre