Hidden Bibliographic Details
Varying Form of Title: | History Makers video oral history with La Donna Tittle La Donna Tittle
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Other authors / contributors: | Tittle, La Donna, 1949- interviewee.
Crowe, Larry F., interviewer.
Hickey, Matthew, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
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Sound characteristics: | digital
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Digital file characteristics: | video file
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Notes: | Videographer, Matthew Hickey. Larry Crowe, interviewer. Recorded Chicago, Illinois 2003 March 17. Vendor-supplied metadata.
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Summary: | Radio host and actress LaDonna Tittle was born in Chicago, Illinois on March 13, 1949. She began her radio career soon after graduating from Chicago State University in 1971 with a B.A. degree in art education and drama, and a minor in journalism. Working the midday and evening shifts on Chicago station WBEE, she did a brief stint for a radio station in Milwaukee before returning to Chicago in 1973 to work for WBMX. In the next three decades, Tittle worked as a model and actress, and provided voiceover work for commercials. She appeared in various religious and secular plays in Chicago, and was in the movie, The Relic. Tittle hosted and produced for the Web satellite radio station www.wgcr.freeservers.com and pursued a M.A. degree in art and communication at the Art Institute of Chicago. She received numerous public service awards, such as the Operation PUSH Woman of the Year.
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