Acting · b. 1889 Alice B. Russell Biography African-American actress, writer, producer, and the wife of director Oscar Micheaux. Acting God's Step Children Mrs. Saunders 1938 The Girl from Chicago Miss Warren 1932 Ten Minutes to Live The Killer 1932 Easy Street 1930 Wages of Sin 1929 The Broken Violin 1928 Other Credits Birthright Producer 1938 Murder In Harlem Producer 1935 The Darktown Revue Producer 1931 Agent-readable