Actor

bell hooks

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Movies: 9Series: 0Crew credits: 1

TMDB ID: 547962

IMDb ID: nm0393654

Known for: Acting

Born: September 25, 1952

Died: December 15, 2021

Age: 69

Place of birth: Hopkinsville, Kentucky, USA

Gender: Female

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1995 - 2024

Years active: 30

Average TMDB rating: 6.02

Wikidata: Q259507

Also known as

Gloria Watkins • Gloria Jean Watkins

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Biography

Gloria Jean Watkins (September 25, 1952 - December 15, 2021) better known by her pen name as bell hooks, was a professor, social activist, public intellectual, cultural critic, feminist and author of 40 books, including Ain't I a Woman?: Black Women and Feminism, Black Looks: Race and Representation, Reel to Real, and All About Love: New Visions. In 2014, the bell hooks Center was founded at Berea College in Kentucky. In 2021, hooks died of kidney failure at her home, following a brief period of illness.

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