Sonny Terry
🎭 Actor

Sonny Terry

🎂 Born 24 October 1911 (age 74)✝ 11 March 1986📍 Mineola, New York, U.S.
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Popularity Score
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Acting Credits

Sonny Terry was an American Piedmont blues and folk musician, who was known for his energetic blues harmonica style, which frequently included vocal whoops and hollers and occasionally imitations of trains and fox hunts.

Known For

The Color Purple
★ 7.7
The Color Purple
1985
Jook Joint Musician
The Jerk
★ 6.9
The Jerk
1979
Blues Singer
The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966, Vol. 1
The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966, Vol. 1
2003
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
BBC Arena: Woody Guthrie
BBC Arena: Woody Guthrie
1988
Self (archive footage)

Full Filmography(12 films)

YearTitleRating
1985The Color Purple★ 7.71979The Jerk★ 6.92003The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966, Vol. 1—1988BBC Arena: Woody Guthrie—2003Red, White and Blues★ 7.51967Festival★ 6.01984Woody Guthrie: Hard Travelin'★ 6.51973The Blues Under the Skin★ 10.02004The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1969, Vol. 3★ 10.01947To Hear Your Banjo Play★ 4.52003Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry: Red River Blues 1948-1974★ 3.82003The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966, Vol. 2—
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