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Actress Barbara O. Jones died Tuesday at the age of 82 at her home in Dayton, Ohio, according to her brother Raymond Minor.
Minor confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter the passing of his sibling, who the outlet called a 'part of the L.A. Rebellion film movement of the 1970s' with appearances in a series of culturally-relevant motion pictures of the time.
The movies included the 1973 short film Child of Resistance, 1977's Diary of an African Nun for writer-director Julie Dash, 1979's Bush Mama for writer-director Haile Gerima and 1979's NBC miniseries Freedom Road, in which she acted opposite the late Muhammad Ali.
Jones played a nun in Uganda introspective of her religion in Diary of an African Nun from Dash, a 13-minute student movie that was based on a short story from Alice Walker. The film also starred Marnita Carraway, Fred Carraway, Donald Carraway Jr., Sherry Madden and Barbara Young.
Another notable film role Jones had came with 1991's Daughters of the Dust from Dash, in which she portrayed the role of Yellow Mary under the screen name Barbara-O.
Actress Barbara O. Jones died Tuesday at the age of 82 at her home in Dayton, Ohio, according to her brother Raymond Minor. Pictured in 1991's Daughters of the Dust
In the storyline of the film, Yellow Mary had come home to her grandparents' island home off Georgia's coast.
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