Cast & creator
Mahalia Jackson
Best known for The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, The Mike Douglas Show, The Merv Griffin Show
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Mahalia Jackson (October 26, 1911 – January 27, 1972) was an American gospel singer. Possessing a contralto voice, she was referred to as "The Queen of Gospel". She became one of the most influential gospel singers in the world and was heralded internationally as a singer and civil rights activist. She recorded about 30 albums (mostly for Columbia Records) during her career, and her 45 rpm records included a dozen "golds" (million-sellers).
18
film credits
12
television credits
30
1948–2023 · acting roles
7.2
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (30)
Showing 30 of 30 credits
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
1961
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
1962
What's My Line?
Self
1950
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
1948
The Steve Allen Show
Self - Gospel Singer
1956
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Self
1956
The Flip Wilson Show
Self
1970
The Danny Kaye Show
Self
1963
The Bell Telephone Hour
Self
1959
The Hollywood Palace
Self - Gospel Singer
1964
DuPont Show of the Month
Self
1957
Sunday Best: The Untold Story of Ed Sullivan
Self (archive footage)
2023
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Self (archive footage)
2021
Imitation of Life
Choir Soloist
1959
The Best Man
Mahalia Jackson
1964
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
Self (archive footage)
1970
4 Little Girls
Self - During March on Washington (archive footage)
1997
Jazz on a Summer's Day
Self
1960
St. Louis Blues
Bessie May
1958
Black Woodstock
Self
1969
My Music: A Classic Christmas
Self (archive footage)
2019
Aretha Franklin: The Queen of Soul
Self (archive footage)
1988
A Taste of Heaven: The Ecstatic Song & Gospel of Maestro Raymond Anthony Myles
2023
Mahalia
Self - Vocals
1975
Mahalia Jackson: The Power and the Glory
1997
Good Evening Ev'rybody: In Celebration of Louis Armstrong
Self
2008
And Now They Call It Soul
Self
1971
Mahalia Jackson Sings the Songs Of Christmas
Self
1997