Actor info
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Name :
bell hooks
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Born :
September 25, 1952 in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, USA (69 years at death)
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Died :
December 15, 2021
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Known for :
Acting
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Gender :
Female
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Film career :
9 films (1995–2024)
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Also known as :
Gloria Watkins, Gloria Jean Watkins
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Biography
Gloria Jean Watkins (September 25, 1952 - December 15, 2021) better known by her pen name as bell hooks, was a professor, social activist, public intellectual, cultural critic, feminist and author of 40 books, including Ain't I a Woman?: Black Women and Feminism, Black Looks: Race and Representation, Reel to Real, and All About Love: New Visions. In 2014, the bell hooks Center was founded at Berea College in Kentucky. In 2021, hooks died of kidney failure at her home, following a brief period of illness.
Notable films
- Becoming bell hooks (2024) as Self
- Hillbilly (2018) as Self
- Happy to Be Nappy and Other Stories of Me (2004) as Self
- BaadAsssss Cinema (2002) as Self
- Black Is… Black Ain’t (1995) as Self
