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Overview
Trivia:
Graduated from the University of Houston in 1971 with a BA in Speech and... moreAwards:
6 wins & 12 nominations moreNewsDesk:
(2 articles)
Halle Berry Reveals 'What You Don't Know About Don Cheadle' (From PEOPLE.com. 29 June 2008, 10:00 PM, PDT)
Sean Penn Sparks Off Early Oscar Buzz (From WENN. 17 August 2001)
US TV Schedule:
| Fri. July 11 | 3:00 AM | BET | A Different World | Reconcilable Differences | #1.1 | |
| Fri. July 11 | 3:30 AM | BET | A Different World | Pilot | #1.2 | more |
Filmography
Actress:
- Touched (2008) (pre-production) .... Miss Esther
- Spring Breakdown (2008) (completed) .... Dr. Racine Marguerite
- "Grey's Anatomy" .... Adele Webber (10 episodes, 2005-2008)
- Freedom (2008) TV episode .... Adele Webber
- The Becoming (2008) TV episode .... Adele Webber
- The Heart of the Matter (2007) TV episode .... Adele Webber
- Didn't We Almost Have It All? (2007) TV episode .... Adele Webber
- Testing 1-2-3 (2007) TV episode .... Adele Webber
(5 more) - "Eli Stone" .... Patti (13 episodes, 2008)
- Soul Free (2008) TV episode .... Patti
- Waiting for That Day (2008) TV episode .... Patti
- Patience (2008) TV episode .... Patti
- Heartbeat (2008) TV episode .... Patti
- I Want Your Sex (2008) TV episode (credit only) .... Patti
(8 more) - First Sunday (2008) .... Sister Doris
- "The PJs" .... Muriel Stubbs (36 episodes, 1999-2008)
- Red Man's Burden (2008) TV episode (voice) .... Muriel Stubbs
- National Buffoon's European Vacation (2001) TV episode (voice) .... Muriel Stubbs
- Smoke Gets in Your High-Rise (2001) TV episode (voice) .... Muriel Stubbs
- Clip Show (2001) TV episode (voice) .... Muriel Stubbs
- Scarthroat (2000) TV episode (voice) .... Muriel Stubbs
(31 more) - "Boston Legal" .... Annabelle Carruthers / ... (2 episodes, 2006-2007)
- Oral Contracts (2007) TV episode .... Judge Victoria Thomson
- The Nutcrackers (2006) TV episode .... Annabelle Carruthers - This Christmas (2007) .... Shirley Ann 'MaDere' Whitfield
- Cougar Club (2007) .... Dolly
- "Everybody Hates Chris" .... Maxine (3 episodes, 2006-2007)
- Everybody Hates Math (2007) TV episode .... Maxine
- Everybody Hates Dirty Jokes (2007) TV episode .... Maxine
- Everybody Hates Funerals (2006) TV episode .... Maxine - Dreamgirls (2006) .... Jazz Singer
- Life Is Not a Fairytale: The Fantasia Barrino Story (2006) (TV) .... Addie Collins
- Dirty Laundry (2006) .... Evelyn
- "Girlfriends" .... Judge Jackson / ... (2 episodes, 2005-2006)
- Party Over Here (2006) TV episode .... Judge Jackson
- Trial and Errors (2005) TV episode .... Judge Vashti Jackson - "Supernatural" .... Missouri Moseley (1 episode, 2005)
- Home (2005) TV episode .... Missouri Moseley - "Wild Card" .... M. Pearl McGuire (19 episodes, 2004-2005)
... aka Zoe Busiek: Wild Card (Canada: English title) (USA)
- Zoe's Phony Matrimony (2005) TV episode .... M. Pearl McGuire
- My Boyfriend Is an Axe Murderer (2005) TV episode .... M. Pearl McGuire
- Multiple Personality Fatality (2005) TV episode .... M. Pearl McGuire
- A Whisper from Zoe's Sister (2005) TV episode .... M. Pearl McGuire
- See Ya Later, Investigator! (2005) TV episode .... M. Pearl McGuire
(14 more) - King's Ransom (2005) .... Miss Gladys
- Crash (2004/I) .... Shaniqua Johnson
... aka L.A. Crash (Germany) - "Boston Public" .... Marla Hendricks (81 episodes, 2000-2004)
- Chapter Eighty-One (2004) TV episode .... Marla Hendricks
- Chapter Eighty (2004) TV episode .... Marla Hendricks
- Chapter Seventy-Nine (2004) TV episode .... Marla Hendricks
- Chapter Seventy-Eight (2004) TV episode .... Marla Hendricks
- Chapter Seventy-Seven (2004) TV episode .... Marla Hendricks
(76 more) - Woman Thou Art Loosed (2004) .... Cassey Jordan
- "Half & Half" .... Erika (2 episodes, 2003)
- The Big Phat Mouth Episode: Part 2 (2003) TV episode .... Erika
- The Big Phat Mouth Episode: Part 1 (2003) TV episode .... Erika - Book of Love (2002)
- Baby of the Family (2002) .... Delores
- I Am Sam (2001) .... Margaret Calgrove
- Kingdom Come (2001/I) .... Marguerite Slocumb
- What Women Want (2000) .... Flo the Doorwoman
- Urban Legends: Final Cut (2000) .... Reese Wilson
... aka Légendes urbaines 2 (Canada: French title)
... aka Légendes urbaines: La suite (Canada: French title)
... aka Leyendas urbanas: Corte final (USA: Spanish title) - "Ally McBeal" .... Nora Mills (1 episode, 2000)
- I Will Survive (2000) TV episode .... Nora Mills - "Family Law" .... Gloria Rivers (1 episode, 2000)
- Playing God (2000) TV episode .... Gloria Rivers - Best Actress (2000) (TV) .... Connie Travers
- Freedom Song (2000) (TV) .... Evelyn Walker
- Punks (2000) .... Health Counselor
- Introducing Dorothy Dandridge (1999) (TV) .... Ruby Dandridge
... aka Face of an Angel (UK: DVD title) - Jackie's Back! (1999) (TV) .... Snookie Tate (Jackie's Childhood Friend)
... aka Jackie's Back: Portrait of a Diva (USA) - "Clueless" .... Phyliss Holiday (1 episode, 1999)
- Graduation (1999) TV episode .... Phyliss Holiday - "Moesha" .... Steph (1 episode, 1999)
- It Takes Two (1999) TV episode .... Steph - The Breaks (1999) .... Floria
- Funny Valentines (1999) (TV) .... Dearie B.
- Operation Splitsville (1999) .... Principal
- Lillie (1999) .... Michelle
- Urban Legend (1998) .... Reese Wilson
... aka Mixed Culture
... aka Urban Legend (France) - Down in the Delta (1998) .... Zenia
- Love Kills (1998) .... Sylvia Finkelstein
- Alyson's Closet (1998) (voice) .... Raul's Mother
- Don King: Only in America (1997) (TV) .... Connie Harper
- Lover Girl (1997) .... Leticia/'Coco'
... aka Lover Girls - Clover (1997) (TV) .... Everleen
- Hoodlum (1997) .... Pigfoot Mary
- The Price of Kissing (1997) .... Jackee
- "Touched by an Angel" .... Tonya Hawkins (2 episodes, 1997)
- Amazing Grace: Part 2 (1997) TV episode .... Tonya Hawkins
- Amazing Grace: Part 1 (1997) TV episode .... Tonya Hawkins - "Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child" .... Mother (1 episode, 1997)
- The Golden Goose (1997) TV episode (voice) .... Mother - The Preacher's Wife (1996) .... Beverly
- Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault (1996) (TV) .... Miss Mary
... aka Rebound
... aka Rebound: The Legend of Earl Manigault (Australia) - Waiting to Exhale (1995) .... Gloria 'Glo' Matthews
- "Ned and Stacey" .... Mrs. Duncan (1 episode, 1995)
- Reality Check (1995) TV episode .... Mrs. Duncan - "Picket Fences" .... Marla Melrose (1 episode, 1995)
- Close Encounters (1995) TV episode .... Marla Melrose - The Hard Truth (1994) .... Nichols' secretary
- The American Clock (1993) (TV) .... Irene
... aka Arthur Miller's The American Clock - "Roc" .... Cynthia (2 episodes, 1992-1993)
... aka Roc Live
- You Don't Send Me No Flowers (1993) TV episode .... Cynthia
- Roc Throws Joey Out (1992) TV episode .... Cynthia - Amos & Andrew (1993) .... Ula
- Caged Fear (1992) .... Judy
... aka Hotel Oklahoma
... aka Innocent Young Female (UK: video title)
... aka Jail Force (USA) - Class Act (1992) .... Blade's Mom
- "Reasonable Doubts" .... Valerie Hall (2 episodes, 1991)
- Hard Bargains (1991) TV episode .... Valerie Hall
- Episode #1.1 (????) TV episode .... Valerie Hall - Livin' Large! (1991) .... Nadine Biggs
... aka The Tapes of Dexter Jackson - "Great Performances" .... Janine (1 episode, 1991)
- The Colored Museum (1991) TV episode .... Janine - "Cop Rock" .... Juror (1 episode, 1990)
- Marital Blitz (1990) TV episode .... Juror - "Murphy Brown" .... Nurse Hawking (1 episode, 1990)
- The Bitch's Back (1990) TV episode .... Nurse Hawking - "Sugar and Spice" (1990) TV series .... Loretta Fontaine (unknown episodes)
- Stanley & Iris (1990) .... Bertha
- Heart and Soul (1989) (TV) .... Tonia Harris
- Parent Trap III (1989) (TV) .... Thelma
- "Amen" .... Lyndia Cummings (1 episode, 1988)
- Court of Love (1988) TV episode .... Lyndia Cummings - Sticky Fingers (1988) .... Diane
- "A Different World" .... Stevie Rallen (9 episodes, 1987-1988)
- Come Back, Little Eggby (1988) TV episode .... Stevie Rallen
- Romancing Mr. Stone (1987) TV episode .... Stevie Rallen
- Sometimes You Get the Bear, Sometimes the Bear Gets You (1987) TV episode .... Stevie Rallen
- Rudy and the Snow Queen (1987) TV episode .... Stevie Rallen
- War of the Words (1987) TV episode .... Stevie Rallen
(4 more) - Little Nikita (1988) .... Verna McLaughlin
... aka The Sleepers - The Murder of Mary Phagan (1988) (TV) .... Annie Maude Carter
- "CBS Summer Playhouse" .... Cheryl (1 episode, 1987)
- Sirens (1987) TV episode .... Cheryl - Anna to the Infinite Power (1983) .... Ms. Benson (Schoolteacher)
- Will (1981)
Soundtrack:
- "Eli Stone" (2 episodes, 2008)
- Soul Free (2008) TV episode (performer: "Feeling Good" (uncredited))
- One More Try (2008) TV episode (performer: "One More Try" (uncredited)) - "Boston Public" (2 episodes, 2001-2003)
- Chapter Fifty-Seven (2003) TV episode (performer: "Georgia On My Mind")
- Chapter Fourteen (2001) TV episode (performer: "Midnight Train To Georgia") - The 42nd Annual Tony Awards (1988) (TV) (performer: "One Night Only/Dreamgirls")
Self:
- Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age (2008) (in production)
... aka B.G.A. 2 (USA: informal English title)
... aka Broadway: The Golden Age Two (USA: informal English title) - Film Independent's 2007 Spirit Awards (2007) (TV) .... Herself
- "HBO First Look" .... Herself (1 episode, 2006)
- The Making of 'Dreamgirls' (2006) TV episode .... Herself - "The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson" .... Herself (1 episode, 2005)
- Episode #1.102 (2005) TV episode .... Herself - The 20th IFP Independent Spirit Awards (2005) (TV) .... Herself
- "Pyramid" .... Herself (1 episode, 2003)
... aka The $100,000 Pyramid (USA: alternative title)
- Episode dated 4 November 2003 (2003) TV episode .... Herself - 34th NAACP Image Awards (2003) (TV) .... Herself
- 33rd NAACP Image Awards (2002) (TV) .... Herself - Presenter
- Headliners & Legends: Denzel Washington (2002) (TV) .... Herself
- The Script (2002) .... Herself
- "Hollywood Squares" .... Herself - Guest Appearance (1 episode, 2001)
... aka H² (USA: promotional abbreviation)
... aka H2: Hollywood Squares (USA: fifth season title)
- Episode dated 17 December 2001 (2001) TV episode .... Herself - Guest Appearance - Iron Chef USA: Showdown in Las Vegas (2001) (TV) .... Judge
- "Intimate Portrait" .... Herself (1 episode)
- Lela Rochon (????) TV episode .... Herself - The 42nd Annual Tony Awards (1988) (TV) .... Herself - Performer
- The 39th Annual Tony Awards (1985) (TV) .... Herself - Presenter & Performer
Additional Details
Other Works:
Appeared in 'Ruben Studdard's music video "What If" moreSTARmeter: 
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