Eunice Wilson(1911-1984)

Eunice Wilson was one of the top entertainers of the 1930s of Black Entertainment. She was called the best. An exceptional song and dance girl she was, her dancing reminds you of Michael Jackson. She was an example of what hot/swing dancing was all about added with class. She was the definition of what a performer must be, she had talent, beauty, spark, personality, magnetism and a heart and love for her abilities, those were the ingredients that won her fame quickly and won her respect from her contemporaries and admirers in the U.S. and Europe and made her one of the main attractions in the most popular nightclubs and theaters. In her youth she was a fun type of performer, not just on stage and screen to show off her abilities but there because she really loved what she was doing and audiences saw that and it rubbed off on them to have fun. Eunice was a good time gal, she was the new type of Black, she wasn't the sad, bluesy type of performer but sexy, proud, full of song and dance and love. Eunice found fame quickly, rising above many who were just as good and had been in the business longer than her but because she had an innate, immense talent of songs and dance and a charming presence that was enticing and couldn't be forgotten. Eunice was a rare female dancer because her dancing could top any men, she was much more than a hip shaking, shimmy dancer. In 1936, Eunice joined the show of the famous Lew Leslie's Blackbirds of 1936, where there was plenty of great talents but Eunice stood out, she won favorable reviews and pleasing compliments from royalty.

Eunice was in 3 movies that are available that feature her excellent dancing and singing and in 2 films she was a pleasant actress as well. In 1948, Eunice starred in "No Time for Romance," one of the best of Black Cinema and the first black film in color. She was a bit heavier and older but classier and glamorous and she still had the talent of singing a song to the heart that couldn't be resist.

She was an interesting woman on and off stage. Eunice Wilson is and always will be the personification of what made Harlem and Black entertainers of the 1930s and 1940s greats. To this day, her performances in movies is still wowing people. She is truly irresistible.