Cleavon Little's Birth Card: The 3 of Spades

In the record

Cleavon Jake Little (June 1, 1939 – October 22, 1992) was an American actor. The birth-card coordinate for June 1 is the 3 of Spades — a calendar position, not a forecast of the 1970 Best Actor in a Musical (Purlie) win.

Tony Award record (leading acting)

• 1970 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical — Purlie as Purlie

The 3 of Spades coordinate

Cleavon Little's birthday maps to the 3 of Spades (The Sorrowful Truth). Card Blueprints treats that as a 365-day coordinate: solar value = 55 − (2 × month + day), and the year is unused. It is not a prediction about a Tony Award and not a verdict on Cleavon Little. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: You stay with the hard feeling long enough to learn it, then you let the day continue.

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Cleavon Little in the public record

He began his career in the late 1960s on the stage. In 1970, he starred in the Broadway production of Purlie, for which he earned both a Tony Award and a Drama Desk Award. His first leading television role was that of the irreverent Dr. Jerry Noland on the ABC sitcom Temperatures Rising (1972–1974). While starring in the sitcom, Little appeared in what has become his signature role, portraying Sheriff Bart in the 1974 Mel Brooks comedy film Blazing Saddles. In the 1980s, Little continued to appear in stage productions, films, and in guest spots on television series. In 1989, he won a Primetime Emmy Award for his appearance on the NBC sitcom Dear John. He later starred in the Fox sitcom True Colors (1991–1992).

Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article Cleavon Little (CC BY-SA 4.0). No biographical facts were written for this page beyond that article.

Where the record meets the 3 of Spades

A card is a calendar coordinate, not a cause. What follows sets one line of the card's own published language beside one sentence of the sourced record, paired by a documented rule. It is a resemblance offered for the reader to weigh — not a claim about Cleavon Little, and not a forecast of a Tony.

You stay with the hard feeling long enough to learn it, then you let the day continue. You see what's wrong, what's broken, what's unfair. Your mind is naturally oriented toward problems and suffering. You're the truth-teller about darkness.

The following year, he made his first film appearance in a small uncredited role in What's So Bad About Feeling Good? (1968), and his first television appearance as a guest star on two episodes of Felony Squad.

Paired on shared wording: feeling, what's.

Also on the record

1. Little was the brother of singer DeEtta Little West, best known for her performance (with Nelson Pigford) of the vocals on the chart-topping Bill Conti song "Gonna Fly Now", the main theme to Rocky.
2. He had another sister, Rosemarie Little Martin, and two brothers, Everett and Roy.
3. Little was raised in San Diego, California, and attended Kearny High School, graduating in 1957.
4. He appeared in A Raisin in the Sun in 1962 at the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego and graduated from San Diego State College in 1965 with a degree in speech therapy.

Other leading Tony winners with this card

• Bryan Cranston — 2014 Best Actor in a Play (All the Way); 2019 Best Actor in a Play (Network)
• Donna Murphy — 1994 Best Actress in a Musical (Passion); 1996 Best Actress in a Musical (The King and I)
• Jonathan Pryce — 1991 Best Actor in a Musical (Miss Saigon)
• Melvyn Douglas — 1960 Best Actor in a Play (The Best Man)
• Michael Moriarty — 1974 Best Actor in a Play (Find Your Way Home)
• Nigel Hawthorne — 1991 Best Actor in a Play (Shadowlands)
• Walter Slezak — 1955 Best Actor in a Musical (Fanny)

FAQ

What is Cleavon Little's birth card?

The 3 of Spades. June 1 maps to that card through the public Card Blueprints formula. The year of birth is not used.

Does a birth card predict a Tony Award?

No. These pages are coordinates, not fortune-telling. A birth card names a calendar day in a 52-card year. It does not forecast awards, character, or fate.

Where do Cleavon Little's dates come from?

Birth date 1939-06-01 is the day-precision date on Cleavon Little's Wikipedia person page, verified against Wikidata P569 (CC0, day precision, Gregorian preferred). The two sources match. Year-only Wikipedia dates and Wikipedia↔Wikidata conflicts are dropped, not guessed. Tony Award wins come from the Wikipedia leading-acting lists, which record the Tony Awards. Page hooks and evidence come from the Wikipedia REST summary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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