Discover what you are made of
An African-American woman becomes an unwitting pioneer for medical breakthroughs when her cells are used to create the first immortal human cell line in the early 1950s.
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as Deborah Lacks
AliveBorn: January 29, 1954
Age: 72
Kosciusko, Mississippi, USA
as Rebecca Skloot
AliveBorn: July 24, 1979
Age: 47
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
as Henrietta Lacks
AliveBorn: January 2, 1971
Age: 55
San Jose, California, USA
as Zakariyyah
DeceasedBorn: August 18, 1958
Died: February 9, 2018
Age at death: 59
as Sir Lord Keenan Coefield
AliveBorn: March 12, 1960
Age: 66
Detroit, Michigan, USA
as Sonny Lacks
AliveBorn: July 8, 1963
Age: 63
Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
as Sadie
AliveBorn: May 25, 1943
Age: 83
Harlem, New York City, New York, USA
as Dr. George Gey
AliveBorn: September 11, 1954
Age: 71
Alexandria, Virginia, USA
as Lawrence Lacks
AliveBirth date not on record.
Bath, England, U.K.
as Barbara Lacks
AliveBorn: September 11, 1956
Age: 69
Memphis, Tennessee, USA
as Day Lacks
DeceasedBorn: May 2, 1940
Died: October 26, 2018
Age at death: 78
as Cliff
DeceasedBorn: June 26, 1943
Died: May 30, 2023
Age at death: 79
as Paul Lurz
AliveBorn: May 17, 1940
Age: 86
Providence, Rhode Island, USA
as Christoph Lengauer
AliveBorn: May 14, 1988
Age: 38
as Bill Watson
AliveBorn: June 25, 1963
Age: 63
Plano, Texas, USA
as Dr. Roland Pattillo
AliveBorn: November 24, 1956
Age: 69
Lackawanna, New York, USA
as Dr. Victor McKusick
AliveBorn: September 21, 1950
Age: 75
as Mary Kubicek
AliveBirth date not on record.
Missouri, USA
as Mrs. Gey
AliveBirth date not on record.
as Board Administrator
AliveBorn: August 24, 1948
Age: 78
Houston, Texas, USA
as Davon Lacks
AliveBirth date not on record.
as Deborah (15-24YRS)
AliveBirth date not on record.
Decatur, Georgia, USA
as Dr. Susan Hsu
AliveBirth date not on record.
as Alfred
AliveBirth date not on record.
as Cootie
AliveBorn: January 1, 1935
Age: 91
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
as Gladys
AliveBirth date not on record.
as Young Gladys
AliveBirth date not on record.
as Sadie
AliveBirth date not on record.
as Cousin Fred
AliveBorn: December 2, 1992
Age: 33
Jacksonville, Florida, USA
as Day Lacks
AliveBorn: August 26, 1955
Age: 71
Tennessee, USA
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