Osceola Archer

Osceola Archer
Born
Osceola Marie Macarthy

(1890-06-13)June 13, 1890
Albany, Georgia, U.S.
DiedNovember 20, 1983(1983-11-20) (aged 93)
New York, New York, U.S.
EducationHoward University, B.A.,1913; New York University M.A., 1936
OccupationsActress, drama teacher, theatre director, fashion designer
Years active1913–1970s

Osceola Marie Adams (née Macarthy; June 13, 1890 – November 11, 1983), known professionally as Osceola Archer, was an American actress and fashion designer who was one of the first Black actresses to appear on Broadway in Between Two Worlds in 1934. She was director of some three dozen productions at the Putnam County Playhouse, about which actor Carl Harms noted she was likely also the first African-American director of summer stock.

Adams was known as one of the Howard University student co-founders of the Delta Sigma Theta sorority. It was founded the same year as the women's 1913 suffragette march on Washington, which Adams attended.

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