Guillaume won an Emmy for outstanding supporting actor in the comedy series Soap in and was the first black actor to win outstanding lead actor for Benson in His distinctive voice earned him the title role in a production of Phantom of the Opera in Los Angeles. In , Guillaume suffered a minor stroke at the age of 71 but was able to return to work following several weeks in hospital. Born Robert Peter Williams in , he changed his name to Guillaume to make it more distinctive.
Nicholas Grade School in St. Louis, Missouri Robert Guillaume recalls racist incidents from his childhood in St. Tape: 3 Robert Guillaume recalls the nightlife of St. Louis and East St. Louis Robert Guillaume reflects upon the black community's reactions to racial injustice Robert Guillaume reflects upon his reactions to racial injustice Robert Guillaume recalls his childhood talent for singing Robert Guillaume describes prejudice based on skin color among African Americans Robert Guillaume recalls being expelled from two high schools in St.
Louis Robert Guillaume describes his influences growing up Robert Guillaume describes his favorite high school teacher. Army in Robert Guillaume describes his duties in the U. Army Robert Guillaume describes his battles with authority in the U. Army Robert Guillaume describes his honorable discharge from the U. Tape: 5 Robert Guillaume recalls returning to St.
Joseph's School in St. Louis Robert Guillaume recalls his graduation from St. Joseph's School Robert Guillaume describes his women's clothing shop in St. Louis Robert Guillaume describes his interest in singing Robert Guillaume describes his early jobs in St. Louis, Missouri Robert Guillaume reflects upon the impact of his grandmother's death Robert Guillaume recalls his scheme for selling hair products Robert Guillaume describes his first marriage to Marlene Scott.
Louis, one of four children. His mother named him Robert Peter Williams; when he became a performer he adopted Guillaume, a French version of Williams, believing the change would give him distinction. His early years were spent in a back-alley apartment without plumbing or electricity; an outhouse was shared with two dozen people.
His alcoholic mother hated him because of his dark skin, and his grandmother rescued him, taught him to read and enrolled him in a Catholic school. Seeking but denied his mother's love and scorned by nuns and students because of his dark skin, the boy became a rebel, and that carried into his adult life. He was expelled from school and then the Army, though he was granted an honorable discharge.
He fathered a daughter and abandoned the child and her mother. He did the same to his first wife and two sons and to another woman and a daughter. He worked in a department store, the post office and as St.
Louis's first black streetcar motorman. Seeking something better, he enrolled at St. Louis where a music professor trained the young man's superb tenor singing voice. After serving as an apprentice at theaters in Aspen, Colo. Guillaume's first stable relationship came when he married TV producer Donna Brown in the mids and fathered a daughter, Rachel. At last he was able to shrug off the bitterness he had felt throughout his life.
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