Ismay Andrews è nata il 28 febbraio 1895. Luogo di nascita: Georgetown, British Guiana. È conosciuta come attrice. È celebre per aver partecipato a The Black King (1932). È stata sposata con Raymond Percival Talma.
Stage Play: Africana. Musical/operetta. Book by Donald Heyward; Music by Donald Heyward. Lyrics by Donald Heyward. Additional lyrics by Abe Tuvim. Music orchestrated by Philip Ellis and Fredda Feranda. Musical Direction by Donald Heyward. Directed by Peter Morell. Venice Theatre: 26 Nov 1934- 28 Nov 1934 (3 performances). Produced by Perry-Wood Co. and John Mason.
Actress, playwright, poetess and dancer; Ismay Andrews was a well-known interpretive dancer, specializing in native African and Caribbean dances; during the late Thirties and early Forties, she was the director of the Swa'Hili Dance Troupe of Harlem.