About
| Birth Notes: | 21 August 1949, Houston, Texas, USA |
| Height: | 5' 6 1/2" |
Filmography
| Amos & Andrew (1993) as Ula |
| Class Act (1992) as Blade's Mom |
| Cougar Club (2007) as Dolly |
| Crash (2004) as Shaniqua Johnson |
| Death at a Funeral (2010) as Cynthia |
| First Sunday (2008) as Sister Doris |
| Hoodlum (1997) as Pigfoot Mary |
| I Am Sam (2001) as Margaret Calgrove |
| King's Ransom (2005) as Miss Gladys |
| Little Nikita (1988) as Verna McLaughlin |
| Lottery Ticket (2010) as Grandma |
| My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done (2009) as Miss Roberts |
| Spring Breakdown (2009) as Dr. Marguerite |
| The Preacher's Wife (1996) as Beverly |
| The Price of Kissing (1997) as Jackee |
| This Christmas (2007) as Ma'Dere/Shirley Ann Whitfield |
| Urban Legend (1998) as Reese Wilson |
| Urban Legends: Final Cut (2000) as Reese Wilson |
| Alyson's Closet (1998) as Raul's Mother |
| Anna to the Infinite Power (1983) as Ms. Benson (Schoolteacher) |
| Baby of the Family (2002) as Delores |
| Beverly Hills Chihuahua (2008) as Delta |
| Book of Love (2002) |
| Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age (2010) as Herself |
| Broadway: The Next Generation (2009) as Herself |
| Caged Fear (1992) as Judy |
| Dirty Laundry (2006) as Evelyn |
| Down in the Delta (1998) as Zenia |
| Dreamgirls (2006) as Jazz Singer |
| For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf (2010) |
| Jumping the Broom (2011) |
| Kingdom Come (2001) as Marguerite Slocumb |
| Lillie (1999) as Michelle |
| Livin' Large! (1991) as Nadine Biggs |
| Love Kills (1998) as Sylvia Finkelstein |
| Lover Girl (1997) as Leticia/'Coco' |
| Madea's Big Happy Family (2011) as Mother-in-Law |
| Norm of the North (2012) |
| Operation Splitsville (1999) as Principal |
| Politics of Love (2010) as Shirlee Gupta |
| Punks (2000) as Health Counselor |
| Stanley & Iris (1989) as Bertha |
| Sticky Fingers (1988) as Diane |
| The Breaks (1999) as Floria |
| The Hard Truth (1994) as Nichols' secretary |
| The Script (2002) as Herself |
| Waiting to Exhale (1995) as Gloria Matthews |
| What Women Want (2000) as Flo the Doorwoman |
| Will (1981) |
| Woman Thou Art Loosed (2004) as Cassey Jordan |
Trivia
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* Originated role of Lorell in the Broadway stage production of "Dreamgirls", the basis for the film Dreamgirls (2006). * (April 2001) Engaged to financial analyst Glenn Marshall. * Graduated from the University of Houston in 1971 with a BA in Speech and Drama and Brandeis University in 1976 with a MFA in Theater. * She is a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. She was initiated in Epsilon Lambda Chapter at the University of Houston. |
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