Myra Hemmings

Myra Lillian Davis Hemmings (August 30, 1895 – December 8, 1968) was an American actress and teacher, and a founder of Delta Sigma Theta sorority.

First, in the 1941 tragic drama film Go Down Death: The Story of Jesus and the Devil, she starred as the martyr Sister Caroline.

[12] Later as a drama teacher, Hemmings directed plays from the 1920s to the 1950s at the Carver Community Cultural Center in San Antonio.

[1] In addition, the San Antonio alumnae chapter of Delta Sigma Theta sorority resource center was named after Hemmings in 1986.

[18] Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. created the Myra Davis Hemmings Scholarship for the study of performance or creative arts.

Delta Sigma Theta founders, 1913, at Howard University. Myra Davis Hemmings at the far left, back row.