Warfield

American  

[wawr-feeld] / ˈwɔrˌfild /

noun

1. David, 1866–1951, U.S. actor.

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Example Sentences

The cast includes William Warfield, Leontyne Price and Cab Calloway, who at one point is shown scat-singing in a Vienna tavern, a born entertainer caught in a wonderfully loose, lithe and swinging performance.

From The Wall Street Journal

And Warfield and Price’s rendition of “Bess, You Is My Woman Now” is downright transcendent, the music pouring out of Price in particular in a way that immediately makes sense of the legendary career that then lay before her.

From The Wall Street Journal

This is a factor of series creator Julian Fellowes tapping Sonja Warfield as his co-showrunner and hiring Black writers for the room, proving the benefit of insisting on diversity in storytelling perspectives.

From Salon

From there, Fellowes and Warfield made up most of the names for the drama’s principal characters, although the Russells’ rise closely mirrors that of the Vanderbilts.

From Salon

Although “The Gilded Age” doesn’t ignore the racism the Scotts and Kirklands confront in their social circles’ limited interactions, Fellowes and Warfield’s focus more intently on the dignity and grace with which they confront their offenders.

From Salon