Althea Gibson

Althea Gibson was born on Aug 25, 1927 in USA. Althea Gibson's big-screen debut came with The Horse Soldiers directed by John Ford in 1959. Althea Gibson is known for The Player directed by Robert Altman, Tim Robbins stars as Griffin Mill and Greta Scacchi as June Gudmundsdottir. The upcoming new movie Althea Gibson plays is The Player which will be released on May 08, 1992.

She was the first to break the color barrier of the American Lawn Tennis League in 1950 and played in the U.S. National Tennis Championship in Forest Hills. She became the first African-American player to play in Wimbledon in 1951. She won the French Championship in 1956. She won in Wimbledon in 1957, the trophy presented to her by Queen Elizabeth. She successfully defended her Wimbledon title in 1958. She won the U.S. National Tennis Championship at Forest Hills in 1957 and 1958. She retired from Tennis in 1958 and played for a while with the Harlem Globetrotters. She also broke the color barrier in golf, launching her golf career in 1964 and joining the LPGA.