The term "piccaninny" is an outdated and offensive term historically used to refer to a small child, specifically of African descent. It has roots in racial stereotypes and has been used in derogatory contexts, often perpetuating negative and dehumanizing imagery. Due to its racist connotations, it is considered highly inappropriate and disrespectful in contemporary discourse.
In the context of the term "piccaninny," which is considered a racial slur and derogatory term used to refer to black children, there is no specific or formal term for a piccaninny's mother and father. It is important to acknowledge the offensive nature of this term and avoid its use. Instead, it is respectful and appropriate to refer to individuals by their proper names or titles.
"piccaninny" used to mean 'a small black child'. -Now of course, politically incorrect.
The cast of Jeanne Eagels - 1957 includes: Lee Allen as Stage Director Jack Ano as Soldier Beulah Archuletta as Mrs. Horn Eleanor Audley as Sob Sister at Party Lew Borzage as Assistant Director Frank Borzage as Director Frank Borzage Jeff Chandler as Sal Satori Sheridan Comerate as Confederate Officer Heinie Conklin as Joe, Carnival Employee Walter Conrad as Reporter Bill Couch as Barker Lillian Culver as Equity Board Woman Mina Cunard as Neilson Maid Jules Davis as Mr. Horn Paul De Rolf as Wise Teenager Joe De Santis as Frank Satori George DeNormand as Police Sergeant Charles Drake as John Donahue Frances Driver as Maid Juney Ellis as Mrs. Davidson Shelley Fabares as Teenage Girl Myrna Fahey as Girl Sammy Finn as Barker Richard Gaines as Judge Larry Gates as Al Brooks Kenneth Gibson as Middle-Aged Man Rebecca Godinez as Satori Daughter James Gonzalez as Equity Man Reita Green as Girl Raymond Greenleaf as Elderly Lawyer Virginia Grey as Elsie Desmond Joanne Harding as Girl Whitey Haupt as Wise Teenager Judd Holdren as Young Actor on Equity Board Bob Hopkins as Reporter Bradford Jackson as Equity Sokesman Eugene Jackson as Piccaninny Larry Larson as Wise Teenager Hal Le Sueur as Reporter Jennifer Lea as Young Ingenue Doris Lloyd as Mrs. Corliss Gene Lockhart as Equity Board President Alyn Lockwood as Rosalie Satori Brenda Lomas as Teenage Girl Florence MacAfee as Mrs. McPhail Hank Mann as Ticket Selling Barker Theodore Marcuse as Dr. Richards Junius Matthews as Court Clerk Tom McKee as Police Lieutenant Joseph Mell as Actors Equity Representative Frank Mills as Courtroom Attendee Carlyle Mitchell as Disgruntled Man Irving Mitchell as Lawyer Agnes Moorehead as Nellie Neilson Pat Mowry as Chubby Bathing Beauty Forbes Murray as Man in Stage Wings Kim Novak as Jeanne Eagels Gary Pagett as Wise Teenager Joe Ploski as Chief of Police at Carnival Walter Ridge as Barker Deon Robb as Kevin Wallace Ross as Barker Cosmo Sardo as Reporter Eugene Sherman as Reporter Bert Stevens as Member of Audience Joy Stoner as Girl Bill Suiter as Sailor John Tarangelo as Pvt. Griggs Arthur Tovey as Hotel Desk Clerk Lee Trent as Equity Board Head Joe Turkel as Eddie, Reporter Leon Tyler as Bellhop Jean Vachon as Middle-Aged Woman Helen Van Tuyl as Equity Board Member Dorothy Vernon as Wardrobe Woman Patricia Winters as Bit Role Ward Wood as Police Sergeant Will Wright as Marshal
Eugene Jackson has: Played Verman in "Penrod and Sam" in 1923. Played Boy pushed into pond in "Her Reputation" in 1923. Played Child in "The Thief of Bagdad" in 1924. Played Gene in "Circus Fever" in 1925. Played Pineapple in "The Love Bug" in 1925. Played Pineapple in "The Big Town" in 1925. Played himself in "Twinkle Twinkle" in 1925. Played Pineapple in "Dog Days" in 1925. Played Boy Eating Watermelon in "Flirty Four-Flushers" in 1926. Played Chinquapin in "Hearts in Dixie" in 1929. Played Cupid - Van Horn Slave in "Dixiana" in 1930. Played Israel Polk in "Secret Service" in 1931. Played Horseshoes in "Sporting Chance" in 1931. Played Isaiah in "Cimarron" in 1931. Played Lightcrust the Horse Groom in "Ladies Crave Excitement" in 1935. Played Eightball in "Tumbling Tumbleweeds" in 1935. Played Eightball in "Guns and Guitars" in 1936. Played Iodine in "Red River Valley" in 1936. Played Bootblack in "Blonde Trouble" in 1937. Played Garfield Brown in "Midnight Court" in 1937. Played Eight Ball in "Wine, Women and Horses" in 1937. Played Colored Boy 1839 in "Anaesthesia" in 1938. Played James Smith, a Servant in "The Buccaneer" in 1938. Played Jimmy in "Kentucky" in 1938. Played Boy in "Tom Sawyer, Detective" in 1938. Played Tap Dancer in "Rhythm Rodeo" in 1938. Played Tommy in "Television Spy" in 1939. Played Porter in "Boy Friend" in 1939. Played Hotel Page Boy in "Arrest Bulldog Drummond" in 1939. Played Attendant in "Seventeen" in 1940. Played Bootblack in "Unfinished Business" in 1941. Played Curly in "Golden Hoofs" in 1941. Played Bill, Harlem Tuff-Kid Gang Menber in "Take My Life" in 1942. Played Franklin Delano Lincoln Van Buren Jones in "Reveille with Beverly" in 1943. Played Stablehand in "The Story of Seabiscuit" in 1949. Played Little Joe in "Boston Blackie" in 1951. Played Street Saxophonist in "Artists and Models" in 1955. Played Lucius in "The Adventures of Jim Bowie" in 1956. Played Piccaninny in "Jeanne Eagels" in 1957. Played Waiter in "The Long, Hot Summer" in 1958. Played Saxophonist in Blue Shade in "King Creole" in 1958. Played Saxophone Player in "The Gene Krupa Story" in 1959. Played Security Guard at Auction in "North by Northwest" in 1959. Played Newsboy in "Zebra in the Kitchen" in 1965. Played Uncle Lou in "Julia" in 1968. Played Shoe Shine Boy in "Chandler" in 1971. Played Waiter Aboard Train in "Support Your Local Gunfighter" in 1971. Played Parishioner in "Black Girl" in 1972. Performed in "Police Story" in 1973. Played Man at Rally in "Coffy" in 1973. Played Party Dancer in "40 Carats" in 1973. Played Henry in "Cleopatra Jones" in 1973. Played Air Boxing Patient in "The Rockford Files" in 1974. Played Cab Driver in "Ladies of the Corridor" in 1975. Played Black Minstrel Show Musician in "Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch" in 1976. Played Hotel Bellboy in "Sparkle" in 1976. Played Boxing Spectator in "Quincy M.E." in 1976. Played Pianist in "Dallas" in 1978. Played Inmate in "Escape from Alcatraz" in 1979. Played Inmate in "Five Days from Home" in 1979. Played Bootblack in "American Gigolo" in 1980. Played Jethro in "Bayou Romance" in 1982. Played Old Black Man in "Off the Wall" in 1983. Played Hospital Patient in "The Day After" in 1983. Played Joe in "Highway to Heaven" in 1984. Played Shoe Shine Man in "Night Court" in 1984. Played Saxophone Player in "227" in 1985. Played One-Armed Bass Player in "The Addams Family" in 1991. Played Office Janitor in "Life Stinks" in 1991. Performed in "Picket Fences" in 1992. Played himself in "Spencer Williams: Remembrances of an Early Black Film Pioneer" in 1996. Played himself in "UFC Hits: Volume 2" in 2000.