Royce Wallace


Royce Wallace was an American veteran stage and screen actress who had a long, distinguished career in films and television from the 1960s through the 1980s. She has appeared mostly in guest roles on Sanford and Son, The Paper Chase, Benson, Soap, Quincy, M.E., and . She also played in Barnaby Jones, episode titled “Theater of fear”, alongside Anne Francis.

Career

Wallace started acting on Broadway, appearing in productions throughout the 1940s and 1950s such as Funny Girl and Carmen Jones which was her first stage appearance. In the 1960s, Wallace was a founding co-member of the Cambridge Players theatrical group, a group which included some of the distinguished black actresses such as Esther Rolle, Lynn Hamilton, and Helen Martin of NBC-TV's 227.

Death

Wallace died on November 24, 1992, in Ventura, California, at the age of 67.

Filmography