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Barbara O. Jones dead at 82: Revered actress appeared in films such as Daughters of the Dust and Bush Mama
Her movies included the 1973's Child of Resistance, 1977's Diary of an African Nun, 1979's Bush Mama and 1979's Freedom Road.
Daughters of the Dust writer-director Julie Dash took to Instagram on Wednesday with an image of Jones in costume from Diary of an African Nun She appeared in the 1999 drama Mute Love for filmmaker Patrice Mallard opposite Nicole Ari Parker, Teja Frank and Otto Sanchez. Jones, who was born Barbara Olivia Minor in Dayton Ohio, was in radio before acting, as she had a show on the station WDAO in the 1960s under the name Bobbie Montgomery, according to THR.
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