Elizabeth Shearer White

Biography

Elizabeth 'Liz' Shearer White (died 1993) was an American independent film producer and founder of the Shearer Summer Theatre in Martha's Vineyard. She is known for her stage production of Shakespeare's Othello with an all-black cast, which she eventually filmed and released as a movie in 1980 at Howard University. White worked as an actress and dresser on Broadway before eventually returning to Oak Bluffs where she grew up.

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