{"id":5653,"date":"2022-02-08T16:08:50","date_gmt":"2022-02-08T16:08:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/watch.iwoman.tv\/village\/?p=5653"},"modified":"2022-03-03T17:02:34","modified_gmt":"2022-03-03T17:02:34","slug":"black-history-month-women-in-tv-film-lola-falana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watch.iwoman.tv\/village\/black-history-month-women-in-tv-film-lola-falana\/","title":{"rendered":"Black History Month: Women in TV &amp; Film &#8211; Lola Falana"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"5653\" class=\"elementor elementor-5653\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5ad4342 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5ad4342\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-86fce3e\" data-id=\"86fce3e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bd6342c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bd6342c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"color: #222222;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: small;line-height: 1.38;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;vertical-align: baseline\">Studying dance from a young age, Lola Falana was first discovered in the 1960s while dancing in a chorus line in Atlanta by Sammy Davis Jr. He quickly cast her as the lead dancer in his Broadway musical <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;font-style: italic;vertical-align: baseline\">Golden Boy.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"color: #222222;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: small;line-height: 1.38;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;vertical-align: baseline\">During the 1960s, Falana released a single, appeared in the film <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;font-style: italic;vertical-align: baseline\">A Man Called Baby, <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;vertical-align: baseline\">and eventually rose to international fame by starring in multiple Italian films. 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Shortly following the dissolution Falana broke into the American entertainment industry, starring in \u201cblaxploitation films\u201d such as\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;font-style: italic;vertical-align: baseline\">The Liberation of L.B. Jones\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;vertical-align: baseline\">and\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;font-style: italic;vertical-align: baseline\">Lady Cocoa.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;vertical-align: baseline\">By 1975 her album was #67 on the Billboard R&amp;B charts and she got her own variety show,\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;font-style: italic;vertical-align: baseline\">Lola!,\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;vertical-align: baseline\">the following year. Due to her rising fame, Falana was the first Black woman to be a spokesperson for a major perfume line as the face of Tigress by Faberge.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d0edc3a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d0edc3a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-319de3b\" data-id=\"319de3b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ed2588c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ed2588c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"570\" height=\"785\" src=\"https:\/\/watch.iwoman.tv\/village\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/cc1a4f4549856805edf06bda886c689a.jpg\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/watch.iwoman.tv\/village\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/cc1a4f4549856805edf06bda886c689a.jpg 570w, https:\/\/watch.iwoman.tv\/village\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/cc1a4f4549856805edf06bda886c689a-218x300.jpg 218w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 570px) 100vw, 570px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bc19dab\" data-id=\"bc19dab\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0e58b59 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0e58b59\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt;line-height: 1.38\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;vertical-align: baseline\">Her success continued to grow and she began selling out shows on the Las Vegas Strip, becoming the highest paid female entertainer in Las Vegas at the time and she was subsequently named the \u201cQueen of Las Vegas.\u201d<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;vertical-align: baseline\">She was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis in 1987, shortly after her last project, a soap opera called <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;font-style: italic;vertical-align: baseline\">The Capital <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;vertical-align: baseline\">was canceled. The left side of her body was paralyzed and she was unable to hear or speak clearly. She was able to recover from the severe symptoms after about a year and a half and returned to her career in Vegas. She performed for a couple more years before officially leaving the industry in the early 1990\u2019s to devote her time to the Catholic Ministry.<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt;line-height: 1.38\">\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-65b6261 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"65b6261\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b06966e\" data-id=\"b06966e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6998ab1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6998ab1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;vertical-align: baseline\">Her film <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;font-style: italic;vertical-align: baseline\">Lady Cocoa <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;vertical-align: baseline\">can be viewed in our Black History Month Film Collection on\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"font-size: 1rem;background-color: #ffffff;font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif\" href=\"https:\/\/www.iwoman.tv\/moviedetails\/bab5ae0ff4f216a62d73b46a3bb6f004\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">iWoman.tv<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Studying dance from a young age, Lola Falana was first discovered in the 1960s while dancing in a chorus line in Atlanta by Sammy Davis Jr. He quickly cast her&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":143,"featured_media":5777,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"arc_restricted_post":false,"__cvm_playback_settings":[],"__cvm_video_id":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[126,125,131,130,123],"slider-tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v16.9 (Yoast SEO v19.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Black History Month: Women in TV &amp; Film - Lola Falana | iWomanTV<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Celebrate Black History Month with iWomanTV! 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