# Thomas D. Rice

> Thomas Dartmouth Rice was an American performer and playwright who performed in blackface and used African American vernacular speech, song and dance to become one of the most popular minstrel show entertainers of his time. He is considered the "father of American minstrelsy". His act drew on aspects of African American culture and popularized them with a national, and later international, audience.

*American performer, playwright and comedian (1808-1860)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Writer / Author
- **Category:** Writers
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1808-05-20
- **Died:** 1860-09-19
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 50.8 / 100
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- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100

## Sources
- [托馬斯·D·賴斯](https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%89%98%E9%A6%AC%E6%96%AF%C2%B7D%C2%B7%E8%B3%B4%E6%96%AF)
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- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2423312)

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