Hope Clarke
Hope Clarke is an American actress, dancer, vocalist, choreographer, and director. Clarke performed as principal dancer with the Katherine Dunham Company and the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, 1960s; actress on stage, film, and television, 1970s–1980s; choreographer and director, 1980s--. Clarke served on the Tony Awards Nominating Committee for the 2011–12 Broadway season. Clarke made history in 1995 when she became the first African American, as well as the first African-American woman, to direct and choreograph a major staging of the opera-musical Porgy and Bess. Clarke's production of the George Gershwin classic was staged in celebration of the work's 60h anniversary, and it toured not only major American cities but Japan and Europe as well. Clarke drew critical acclaim for her commitment to staging the show as a monument to African-American community and pride, giving a more hopeful, positive aura to a story that has been criticized for its stereotypes. As for the director herself, the success of Porgy and Bess is just the latest accolade in a long career devoted to dance and drama.
Rustin
as Lucille RandolphActivist Bayard Rustin faces racism and homophobia as he helps change the course of Civil Rights...
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Beat Street
as Dancing instructorAn aspiring DJ, from the South Bronx, and his best friend, a promoter, try to get into show...
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A Piece of the Action
as Sarah ThomasHow does retired cop Joshua Burke (James Earl Jones) get two career criminals, Manny Durrell...
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Basquiat
as MatildeThe brief life of Jean Michel Basquiat, a world renowned New York street artist struggling with...
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Seventeen Again
as Grandma Cat DonovanCat and Gene have been divorced for several years. They are both visiting their son and their...
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Jennifer: A Woman’s Story
as AnnieThe widow of a wealthy shipbuilder tries to hold onto his business and becomes involved with...
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Ailey
as HerselfAlvin Ailey was a visionary artist who found salvation through dance. Told in his own words and...
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A Father's Homecoming
as DoctorLong separated from his teenaged son and daughter, Michael Fields comes into contact with them...
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Going Home
as Mother at PrisonAfter doing 13 years in prison for the murder of his wife, mechanic Harry Graham is out on...
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Change of Mind
as NancyA white man's brain is transplanted into a black man's skull.
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Scout's Honor
as Mrs. PrewettGary Coleman stars as little Joey Seymour, a clever but lonely orphan shuffled from one foster...
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The Baron
as Cokeman's GirlA black actor tries to make his own movie with an all-black cast, but to make it he's forced to...
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Book of Numbers
as Pigmeat GoinsTwo waiters in Depression-era Arkansas get involved in the numbers racket.
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Law & Order
as Judge Emma ReynoldsIn cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing...
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Law & Order
as Mrs. MarburyIn cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing...
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Law & Order
as Appellate Judge #2In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing...
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Hill Street Blues
as uncreditedA realistic glimpse into the daily lives of the officers and detectives at an urban police station.
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Hart to Hart
as uncreditedWealthy couple Jonathan and Jennifer Hart, a self-made millionaire and his journalist wife,...
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Three's Company
as Second NurseThree's Company is an American television sitcom that aired for eight seasons on ABC from March...
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Good Times
as uncreditedGood Times is an American sitcom that originally aired from February 8, 1974, until August 1,...
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The Jeffersons
as uncreditedSitcom following a successful African-American couple, George and Louise “Weezyö Jefferson as...
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The White Shadow
as Aunt Edna HaywardThe White Shadow is an American drama television series that ran on the CBS network from...
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What's Happening!!
as uncreditedWhat's Happening!! is an American television sitcom that aired on ABC from August 5, 1976 to...
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The New Odd Couple
as Beth St. ClairThe New Odd Couple is an American sitcom that aired on ABC from 1982–1983, and was an updated...
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The Ropers
as uncreditedThe Ropers is an American sitcom that ran from March 13, 1979 to May 22, 1980 on ABC. The series...
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Maggie
as ReceptionistBased on books by Erma Bombeck, Maggie Weston is a housewife living with husband Len and sons...
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