The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with Louis Cameron Gossett, Jr.

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The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with Louis Cameron Gossett, Jr.

3/30/2005; 4/25/2005

https://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/A2005.086

Actor Louis Cameron Gossett, Jr. (1936 - ) is most well-known for winning an Academy Award for best supporting actor for his portrayal of Sergeant Emil Foley in "An Officer and a Gentleman." Gossett was interviewed by The HistoryMakers on 3/30/2005 and 4/25/2005, in Malibu, California. This collection is comprised of the video footage of the interview.

Total Sessions: 2; Total Tapes: 8; Total Run Time: 03h 46m 32s

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Gossett, Louis, 1936-

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Actor Louis Cameron Gossett, Jr. was born May 27, 1936 in Sheepshead Bay, Coney Island to Hellen Rebecca Wray Gosset and Louis Gossett Sr.. Gossett's Brooklyn neighborhood nurtured activists and artists like Gustav Blum, Harvey Keitel, Neil Simon, Neil Diamond and Arthur Miller. Gossett attended PS 135 and was student body president of Mark Twain Junior High School (PS 209). When Gossett acted in a production ofYou Can't Take It With Youat Abraham Lincoln High School, talent scouts picked him fo...