Amanda Randolph

NEW YORK – NOVEMBER 2: Amanda and the Three Barons are the stars of the new CBS weekly television musical feature, Amanda and the Boys, featuring Amanda Randolph, pianist and singer. The Three Barons are (left to right) Ed Parton, William Howard Green, and Joel McGhee. New York, NY. Image dated November 2, 1944. (Photo by CBS via Getty Images)

Amanda Randolph

1948 TV Sitcom Amanda and the Boys

In 1948, Randolph starred in the DuMont network’s The Laytons. The sitcom was short-lived (it only ran from August to October of that year), but it marked the first time American TV audiences could regularly see a Black woman on a series. Randolph performs above in a photo from the 1944 musical program Amanda and the Boys.