Berlie Ray Dixon passed away on February 9, 2019. How was her personal life and many more, will be briefed in this article
Personal life
Berlie was a beautiful soul who was dearly loved by many. She was born on April 5, 1930, in Baden, North Carolina and raised in New Bern, North Carolina. She graduated from West Street High School in 1948 and from what is now North Carolina Central University in 1952.
During this time, she excelled in her studies and demonstrated her great talent in the field of theatre. After graduating, she moved to Cleveland, Ohio on a Rockefeller Scholarship, where she studied drama at Reserve University. As part of her studies, Burley worked as a performer, director, and educator at her famous Callum House, and was instrumental in developing children’s theatre. In 1954, she married her college sweetheart, Ivan Nathaniel Dixon, who joined her in Callum. In 1955, she became one of the first African-American women to graduate with a Master of Fine Arts degree from the Western Reserve.
Later, after moving to New York City, she continued her work with youth, producing shows that brought together at-risk teens from various counties. She managed to stay active in the theatre as an actress and as a director for various children’s theatre companies and major variety shows. In the late 1980s, she returned to working with at-risk youth, and as a recruiter for the LA Job Corps, she helped train and employ hundreds of young people. Mrs Dixon preceded the deaths of her husband Ivan and sons Ivan Dixon III and N`Gai Christopher Dixon. She was survived by her son Alan Kimara Dixon and her daughter Doris Nomathande Dixon.
Family
Berlie’s spouse’s name is Ivan Nathaniel Dixon III. He was an American actor, producer and director with a string of roles in the 1960s sitcom Hogan’s Heroes and independent drama, Nothing But a Man which broadcasted in 1964. He also appeared in the 1967 television film The Final War of Olly Winter. He has also directed many episodes of TV series.
In 1954, he graduated from North Carolina Central University, and then he married drama student, Berlie Ray. The couple had four children. Son Ivan IV, N`Gai Christopher and Alan Kimara Dixon. and his daughter Doris Nomathande Dixon.
Ivan Dixon died on March 16, 2008, at the age of 76 from complications of kidney failure at Presbyterian Hospital in Charlotte, North Carolina. He died by his sons Ivan Dixon IV and N`Gai Christopher Dixon. Born April 5, 1930, in Buddine, North Carolina, widowed Barley Ray Dixon died February 9, 2019, in Charlotte at the age of 88.
Conclusion
Berlie Ray will always remain a beautiful soul and mesmerized us with her acting skills. She had a beautiful life with her family. She, her husband and her two sons died one after the other. Being an actor, performer and dancer is very hard but she fulfilled all her roles gracefully.
