Vinie Veronica Burrows (November 15, 1924 – December 25, 2023) was an American stage actress on Broadway and creator and star of one-woman shows like Walk Together Children and Sister!
[4] During the 1950s she appeared in more performances, including Green Pastures (1951), Mrs. Patterson (1954), The Skin of Our Teeth (1955), The Ponder Heart (1956) and The World of Shakespeare (1953).
[5] Burrows later chose to create her own plays and one-woman shows because she felt that the roles available for Black women were limited to those of a “Mammie” or “lady of the evening.” Many of her productions were seen on Broadway, and her work was shown in over 6,000 venues across four continents.
[8] At the University of Iowa in March 2007 she appeared in a show titled Black on the Great White Way: The Story of Rose McClendon.
[9] Burrows was to be [clarification needed] a panelist in the 2000–2001 African Diaspora lecture series at the Center for Ideas and Society in Riverside, California.
[1][12] Burows was active at the United Nations Economic and Social Council on the issues of the status of women and Southern Africa.
In 2014, Burrows received an award from the International Communications Association and AUDELCO for her Outstanding Contribution to the Arts and the Community.