Tony Puryear
- Occupation
- film screenwriter · actor · illustrator · artist · director
- Fields
- acting · music video · film screenwriting · book illustration
- Languages
- English
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Tony Puryear is recorded as film screenwriter, actor, illustrator, artist and director. Established in Library of Congress under nb97062578. Career and activity. Puryear worked in acting, music video, film screenwriting, book illustration and visual arts.
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- 1.Shaw-King, Crystal. Erika Alexander on 'Get Out' and Whether or Not a 'Living Single' Reunion Is Really Happening. EBONY. April 3, 2017.
- 2.Coleman, Robin R. Means. African American Viewers and the Black Situation Comedy: Situating Racial Humor. Taylor & Francis. 134. 2014-01-02. 978-1-317-71671-6.
- 3.Celebrity birthdays for the week of Nov. 17-23. abcnews.go.com. Associated Press. November 12, 2024.
- 4.Berry, S. Torriano. Historical Dictionary of African American Cinema. Bloomsbury Publishing PLC. 24. 2015-05-07. 978-1-4422-4702-4.
- 5.Hughes, Mike (August 17, 1995). "'Living Single' Cast Faces New Shot". Gannett News Service. Courier-Post (Camden, New Jersey).
- 6.Gussow, Mel. Reviews/Theater; A Mother Only a Son Could Love. The New York Times. 1989-04-07. 0362-4331.
- 7.Marin, Rick. Going to Extremes. Variety. 1992-09-01.
- 8.McCann, Bob. Encyclopedia of African American Actresses in Film and Television. McFarland. 2009-12-21. 978-0-7864-5804-2.
- 9.Bonnin, Jay. Cicely Tyson heads "Mama Flora's Family" in miniseries. Tribune Media Services. November 8, 1998.
- 10.Didymus, John Thomas. Who plays the new Carol Larabee on Last Man Standing? Actress Tisha Campbell-Martin recurs as Chuck's wife. Monsters and Critics. January 17, 2020.
- 11.Shaw-King, Crystal. Erika Alexander on 'Get Out' and Whether or Not a 'Living Single' Reunion Is Really Happening. Ebony. April 3, 2017.
- 12.Obenson, Tambay. 50th NAACP Image Awards: 'Black Panther,' 'black-ish' Dominate. IndieWire. March 31, 2019.
- 13.'Wu-Tang: An American Saga': Erica Alexander shares "deep" challenges Wu-Tang faced during their early days – Music News. abcnewsradioonline.com. September 4, 2019.
- 14.Magnum, Trey. 'Wu-Tang: An American Saga': Ashton Sanders, Shameik Moore And Erika Alexander Among 6 Cast In Scripted Hulu Drama. shadowandact.com. February 12, 2019.
- 15.Wills, Cortney. Erika Alexander reuniting with Yvette Lee Bowser for 'Run the World'. TheGrio. November 2, 2020.
- 16.White, Peter. Erika Alexander, Derek Luke & Sam Trammell To Star In Blumhouse's TV Movie 'American Refugee' For Epix. Deadline. May 6, 2021.
- 17.Earth Mama - Rotten Tomatoes. Rotten Tomatoes. July 7, 2023.
- 18.Jackson, Angelique. Tracee Ellis Ross, Erika Alexander, Sterling K. Brown, Issa Rae Join Jeffrey Wright in Cord Jefferson's Directorial Debut for MGM's Orion Pictures. Variety. December 2, 2022.
- 19.Nordyke, Kimberly. Film Independent Spirit Awards: Full List of Nominees. The Hollywood Reporter. December 5, 2023.
- 20.Otterson, Joe. Tracy Morgan, Daniel Radcliffe Comedy From '30 Rock' Team Ordered to Series at NBC. Variety. 2025-05-12.
- 21.Brown, Stacia. Clutch Magazine. "Erika Alexander Co-Writes Graphic with Black Heroine"
- 22.Tony Puryear And Erika Alexander's Concrete Park Returns With Hardcover And New Series!. www.darkhorse.com. April 19, 2014.
- 23.Erika Alexander Develops Graphic Novel with Black Female Characters. Essence. October 28, 2020.
- 24.Commandeur, Jordan. Joss Whedon & Erika Alexander Send Buffy's Giles Back to School. CBR. January 9, 2018.
- 25.Color Farm Media.
- 26.Panzar, Javier. “Democrats Counting on Celebrities to Introduce Heavy Subject Matter.” Los Angeles Times, July 27, 2016. Accessed July 30, 2017.
- 27.Wells, Veronica. Erika Alexander Talks Being Single After 20 Years Of Marriage. MadameNoire. April 23, 2021.
- 28.Cordero, Rosy. Erika Alexander Joins NBC's Tracy Morgan Comedy Pilot. Deadline Hollywood. March 14, 2025.
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