Viola Davis grew up a long way from Hollywood, in Central Falls, Rhode Island, and she was born even further away from the world of showbiz - on a former plantation in South Carolina. In a sit-down with Jess Cagle, editorial director of People and Entertainment Weekly, Davis recounted her short time living on her grandmother's farm, which was on Singleton Plantation in St. Matthews, South Carolina. "I wasn't on it long, because I was the fifth child, and so we moved soon after I was born," she said during the latest episode of The Jess Cagle Interview. "I mean,...
- 8/4/2016
- by Kara Warner, @karawarner
- PEOPLE.com
Viola Davis grew up a long way from Hollywood, in Central Falls, Rhode Island, and she was born even further away from the world of showbiz - on a former plantation in South Carolina. In a sit-down with Jess Cagle, editorial director of People and Entertainment Weekly, Davis recounted her short time living on her grandmother's farm, which was on Singleton Plantation in St. Matthews, South Carolina. "I wasn't on it long, because I was the fifth child, and so we moved soon after I was born," she said during the latest episode of The Jess Cagle Interview. "I mean,...
- 8/4/2016
- by Kara Warner, @karawarner
- PEOPLE.com
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