Anna Maria Horsford

Born: 1948-03-06

Anna Maria Horsford is an American actress, known for her performances in television comedies. Horsford is best known for her roles as Thelma Frye on the NBC sitcom Amen (1986–91), and as Dee Baxter on the WB sitcom The Wayans Bros. (1995–99). She had dramatic roles on the FX crime drama The Shield playing A.D.A. Beth Encardi, and CBS daytime soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful as Vivienne Avant, for which she was nominated for the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Special Guest Performer in a Drama Series in 2016 and Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series in 2017. Horsford appeared in a number of movies, most notable as Craig Jones' mother Betty in 1995 comedy film Friday and its sequel Friday After Next (2002). Her other film credits include Times Square (1980), The Fan (1981), Presumed Innocent (1990), Set It Off (1996), Along Came a Spider (2001), Our Family Wedding (2010), and A Madea Christmas (2013).


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Nutty Professor II: The Klumps

as Denise's Mother
Released: 2000-07-27

The hilarity begins when professor Sherman Klump finds romance with fellow DNA specialist,...

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Friday

as Mrs. Jones
Released: 1995-04-26

Craig and Smokey are two guys in Los Angeles hanging out on their porch on a Friday afternoon,...

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as Casey [Pre-Crime]
Released: 2002-06-20

John Anderton is a top 'Precrime' cop in the late-21st century, when technology can predict...

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as Connie
Released: 2022-08-26

With his family away, a devoted stay-at-home dad enjoys his first me time in years by joining...

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Vacation Friends

as Nancy
Released: 2021-08-27

When a straight-laced couple that has fun with a rowdy couple on vacation in Mexico return to...

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as Naomi
Released: 1985-06-28

A group of friends graduates from the halls of Georgetown University into lives that revolve...

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Kiss the Girls

as Vickie Cross
Released: 1997-09-29

Forensic psychologist Alex Cross travels to North Carolina and teams with escaped kidnap victim...

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Along Came a Spider

as Vickie
Released: 2001-04-06

After the harrowing death of his partner, detective and best-selling author Alex Cross has...

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How High

as Mamma King
Released: 2001-12-21

Multi-platinum rap superstars Redman and Method Man star as Jamal and Silas, two regular guys...

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Friday After Next

as Mrs. Jones
Released: 2002-11-22

Craig and his cousin Day Day have finally moved out of their parents' houses and into their own...

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Set It Off

as Ms. Wells
Released: 1996-11-06

Four inner-city Black women, determined to end their constant struggle, decide to live by one...

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Gridiron Gang

as Sharon Weathers
Released: 2006-09-15

Under the leadership of their counselor, teenagers at a juvenile detention center gain...

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Presumed Innocent

as Eugenia
Released: 1990-07-27

Rusty Sabich is a deputy prosecutor engaged in an obsessive affair with a coworker who is...

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Class

as Maggie
Released: 1983-07-22

Naive Midwestern prep student Jonathan bonds with his more worldly roommate, Skip, who takes the...

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Mr. Jones

as Judge Harris
Released: 1993-10-08

The story about the relationship between a manic depressive man, Mr Jones, and the female doctor...

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Dear God

as Lucille Barnett
Released: 1996-11-01

A judge gives con-man Tom Turner a choice—a jail sentence, or a year of honest work. But when he...

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One Fine Day

as Evelyn
Released: 1996-12-20

Melanie Parker, an architect and mother of Sammy, and Jack Taylor, a newspaper columnist and...

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Our Family Wedding

as Diane Boyd
Released: 2010-03-12

The weeks leading up to a young couple's wedding is comic and stressful, especially as their...

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The Fan

as Emily Stolz
Released: 1981-05-15

A record store clerk is an obsessed fan of an actress of stage and screen. However, when faced...

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Times Square

as Rosie Washington
Released: 1980-10-17

When a 13-year-old girl befriends a defiant antisocial child of the streets, the mismatched...

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Heartburn

as Della
Released: 1986-07-25

Rachel is a food writer at a New York magazine who meets Washington columnist Mark at a wedding...

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A Madea Christmas

as Eileen
Released: 2013-12-13

Madea dispenses her unique form of holiday spirit on rural town when she's coaxed into helping a...

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Crackers

as Slam Dunk
Released: 1984-02-17

Garvey is a San Francisco pawnshop operator. His unemployed and criminal friends Dillard, Turtle...

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Broken Bridges

as Loretta
Released: 2006-09-08

A fading country music star returns to his hometown, where he reunites with his childhood...

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Widow's Kiss

as Lavanda Harrison
Released: 1996-01-18

Haunted by his mother's recent death, a young man becomes suspicious of his wealthy father's...

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Street Smart

as Harriet
Released: 1987-03-20

A New York journalist lies when his fake story about a pimp describes a real pimp up for murder.

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An Almost Perfect Affair

as Amy Zon
Released: 1979-04-27

An idealistic first-time director lives for his art — until he meets a wife of an Italian...

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Stone Pillow

as Collins
Released: 1985-11-05

A homeless woman named Florabelle becomes the unwitting guide to the streets for a New York...

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I Tried

as Milly
Released: 2007-10-27

What if Bone Thugs N harmony never got to audition for Eazy E. What would their outcome have...

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Love Child

as Mara
Released: 1982-10-15

It's an extraordinarily touching true-story about Terry Jean Moore, the determined, independent...

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Starstruck

as Jessica
Released: 1981-10-14

Aspiring teen folk singer is torn whether to continue her singing or to accept an educational...

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A Killer Among Us

as Barbara Evans
Released: 1990-10-29

Theresa is one of the twelve jurors who have to decide about a case of assassination. She...

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Bill

as Marge Keating
Released: 1981-12-22

Bill, an intellectually disabled man, ventures out into the world for the first time, having...

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Jacked Up

as Thelma Barnes
Released: 2001-01-01

A teen commits murder, gets away with it and a year later, he turns himself in, but before doing...

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C'mon Man

as Mrs. Woods
Released: 2012-06-26

Chronicles the rise, fall and attempted rise again of a stand up comedian plagued by his own...

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Murder Without Motive: The Edmund Perry Story

as Veronica Perry
Released: 1992-01-06

Murder Without Motive: The Edmund Perry Story (TV) Edmund Perry appears to have things all going...

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Summer Switch

as Stepahnie Marshak
Released: 1984-09-19

Father and son magically switch personalities with comical results.

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The Bitch Who Stole Christmas

as Mayor Coont
Released: 2021-12-02

A workaholic big-city fashion journalist is sent to a Christmas-obsessed small town to dig up a...

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Muggable Mary: Street Cop

as Kathy Thomas
Released: 1982-02-25

Mary is a single mother with a disabled child who makes a living as a undercover cop catching...

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A Doctor's Story

as Leigh Williams
Released: 1984-04-23

A physician frustrates his family in his fight to prove that an elderly man is not senile.

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Guarding Eddy

as Carol
Released: 2004-06-24

A developmentally handicapped young man comes to L.A. to pursue his dream of playing...

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Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored

as Miss Annie
Released: 1996-01-26

This film relates the story of a tightly connected Afro-American community informally called...

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Masquerade

as Mrs. Scott
Released: 2000-11-10

After moving to LA, a young woman starts a romance with a man (Cress Williams) she met on the...

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Hollow Image

as Monica
Released: 1979-06-24

A black New York career girl, who has made it big in the fashion world, is torn between her new...

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Baby Brokers

as Randi
Released: 1994-02-21

A woman (Cybill Shepherd) financially supports the natural parents in hope of adopting their...

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Chasing the Blues

as Mrs. Walker
Released: 2018-10-05

Two rival record collectors attempt to con an old lady out of a rare but cursed 1930s blues...

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Directors on Directing

as Self
Released: 2009-09-24

A look at the development of film making and its contribution to the social and political times...

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C.A.T. Squad

as Mrs. Raines
Released: 1986-07-27

When terrorists start killing scientists who are working on NATO's laser defense program, an...

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Single AF

as Jane
Released: 2018-05-14

A plethora of single people connected through a dating app meet their judgement day based on...

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Ganked

as Mrs. Barry
Released: 2005-06-07

Aspiring songwriter Ricky Barry (Kel Mitchell) finally gets the break he's been waiting for when...

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Benny's Place

as Charmaine
Released: 1982-05-31

Time begins to catches up to a tough factory worker who is feeling threatened by younger men at...

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Wigger

as uncredited
Released: 2010-04-09

"Wigger" is a spellbinding urban drama, which chronicles the life of a young, White, male...

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My Big Phat Hip Hop Family

as Mamma Pearl
Released: 2005-03-08

Audrey is a typical music student at a large Midwestern college, interested in pursuing a career...

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Grey's Anatomy

as Elizabeth Fallon
First aired: 2005-03-27

Follows the personal and professional lives of a group of doctors at Seattle’s Grey Sloan...

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American Dad!

as Female Juror (voice)
First aired: 2005-02-06

The series focuses on an eccentric motley crew that is the Smith family and their three...

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It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia

as Janet Barrett
First aired: 2005-08-04

Four egocentric friends run a neighborhood Irish pub in Philadelphia and try to find their way...

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L.A. Law

as Judge Olga Winbush
First aired: 1986-09-15

L.A. Law is an American television legal drama series that ran for eight seasons on NBC from...

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New Girl

as Charmaine
First aired: 2011-09-20

Jessica Day is an offbeat and adorable girl in her late 20s who, after a bad breakup, moves in...

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The Bernie Mac Show

as Aunt Sis
First aired: 2001-11-14

The Bernie Mac Show is an American sitcom that aired on Fox for five seasons from November 14,...

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Mom

as Ms. Ferguson
First aired: 2013-09-23

Aan irreverent and outrageous take on true family love‐and dysfunction. Newly sober single mom...

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The Shield

as A.D.A. Beth Encardi
First aired: 2002-03-12

The story of an inner-city Los Angeles police precinct where some of the cops aren't above...

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The Wild Thornberrys

as Gola's Mother (voice)
First aired: 1998-09-01

The Wild Thornberrys is an American animated television series that aired on Nickelodeon.

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Las Vegas

as uncredited
First aired: 2003-09-22

Ed Deline is a strict ex-CIA officer who went from being Head of Security to becoming President...

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7th Heaven

as Joyce
First aired: 1996-08-26

Reverend Eric Camden and his wife Annie have always had their hands full caring for seven...

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The District

as Vicky Yates
First aired: 2000-10-07

The District is a television police drama which aired on CBS from October 7, 2000 to May 1,...

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Entourage

as Saigon's Mother
First aired: 2004-07-18

Film star Vince Chase navigates the vapid terrain of Los Angeles with a close circle of friends...

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The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

as Karen Caruthers
First aired: 1990-09-10

Will, a street-smart teenager, moves from the tough streets of West Philly to posh Bel-Air to...

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The Wayans Bros.

as Deirdre 'Dee' Baxter
First aired: 1995-01-11

The Wayans Bros. is a situation comedy that aired from January 1995 to May 1999 on The WB. The...

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POSE

as Charlene
First aired: 2018-06-03

A dance musical that explores the juxtaposition of several segments of 1980s life and society in...

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History of the World: Part II

as Mother Mary
First aired: 2023-03-06

Explore different periods of human history through a variety of sketches.

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The League

as Trina Richardson
First aired: 2009-10-29

The League is an American sitcom and semi-improvised comedy about a about a fantasy football...

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Hacks

as Francine
First aired: 2021-05-13

Explore a dark mentorship that forms between Deborah Vance, a legendary Las Vegas comedian, and...

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The Conners

as Nicole
First aired: 2018-10-16

This iconic family—Dan, Jackie, Darlene, Becky and D.J.—grapples with parenthood, dating, an...

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Moesha

as Diane Henderson
First aired: 1996-01-23

Moesha was an American sitcom series that aired on the UPN network from January 23, 1996 to May...

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Amen

as Thelma Frye
First aired: 1986-09-27

Amen is an American television sitcom produced by Carson Productions that ran from September 27,...

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I Feel Bad

as Norman's Mom
First aired: 2018-09-19

Emet is the perfect mom, boss, wife, friend and daughter. Okay, she's not perfect. In fact,...

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The Guardians of Justice

as Serena Lyle
First aired: 2022-03-01

When their seemingly fearless leader self-destructs, a team of troubled superheroes must...

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B Positive

as Mrs. Ludlum
First aired: 2020-11-05

Faced with finding a kidney donor, newly divorced dad Drew is at the end of his rope when he...

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Key & Peele

as uncredited
First aired: 2012-01-31

Key & Peele is an American sketch comedy television show. It stars Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan...

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The Last O.G.

as Roberta Barker
First aired: 2018-04-03

An ex-felon is shocked to see just how much the world has changed when he is released from...

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Reed Between the Lines

as Ms. Helen Wilson
First aired: 2011-10-11

Reed Between the Lines is an American television family sitcom created by Kellie R. Griffin. It...

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Rhythm & Blues

as uncredited
First aired: 1992-09-24

Rhythm & Blues is a short-lived 1992 American sitcom that aired on NBC for only five weeks from...

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Tall Hopes

as Lainie Harris
First aired: 1993-08-25

Tall Hopes is a short-lived summer comedy series that aired on CBS in 1993. It centers on a...

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