Brenda Braxton

Brenda Braxton

Born: August 7, 1956
in Bronx, New York, USA
Brenda Braxton is an American actress, known for her roles in The Good Fight, Smash, and Nurse Jackie.

Movies for Brenda Braxton...

Girls Getaway Gone Wrong 2
Title: Girls Getaway Gone Wrong 2
Character: Cairo
Released: December 16, 2022
Type: Movie
While at New York Fashion Week with her best friends, Parker finds trouble following her again when a designer goes missing – and she’s the prime suspect.
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Ukraine: Answering the Call
Title: Ukraine: Answering the Call
Character: Self
Released: July 3, 2022
Type: Movie
In this one-hour primetime special in support of Ukraine, the world's biggest celebrities, musicians, thought leaders and more rise up to drive awareness of Ukrainians' fight for their country and their future.
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Title: Stars in the House
Character: Self
Released: March 16, 2020
Type: TV
In the wake of the Coronavirus pandemic and theatres across the world closing their curtains indefinitely, SiriusXM host Seth Rudetsky and his husband, producer James Wesley have created Stars in the House, a daily live streamed series to support The Actors Fund and its services.
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Title: The Good Fight
Character: Madeline Gilford
Released: February 19, 2017
Type: TV
Picking up one year after the events of the final broadcast episode of "The Good Wife", an enormous financial scam has destroyed the reputation of a young lawyer, Maia Rindell, while simultaneously wiping out her mentor and godmother Diane Lockhart's savings. Forced out of her law firm, now called "Lockhart, Deckler, Gussman, Lee, Lyman, Gilbert, Lurie, Kagan, Tannebaum & Associates", they join Lucca Quinn at one of Chicago's preeminent law firms.
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Title: Smash
Character: Beautiful Mother
Released: February 6, 2012
Type: TV
A songwriting duo tries to create a hit with a Broadway musical based on the life of Marilyn Monroe.
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Smokey Joe's Cafe: The Songs of Leiber and Stoller
Title: Smokey Joe's Cafe: The Songs of Leiber and Stoller
Character: Performer
Released: December 31, 2002
Type: Movie
Smokey Joe's Cafe, Broadway's longest-running musical revue, highlights the best songs by the legendary song-writing duo, Leiber and Stoller. Included numbers are "Neighborhood", "Fools Fall In Love", "Yakety Yak", "Charlie Brown", "Jailhouse Rock", "Hound Dog", "Love Potion #9" and "Stand By Me".
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The Hurricane
Title: The Hurricane
Character: Dancer with John Artis
Released: September 17, 1999
Type: Movie
The story of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, a boxer wrongly imprisoned for murder, and the people who aided in his fight to prove his innocence.
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Jazztime Tale
Title: Jazztime Tale
Character: Mrs. Mullins (voice)
Released: November 2, 1991
Type: Movie
Family - Set in Harlem in 1919, two girls - one white, one black - form a lifelong friendship through a chance encounter and the jazztime music of young "Fats" Waller.
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Purlie
Title: Purlie
Character: Ensemble
Released: October 12, 1981
Type: Movie
Based on Davis' 1961 play Purlie Victorious (which was later translated into the 1963 film Gone Are the Days! and which included all of the original Broadway cast, including Ruby Dee, Alan Alda, Beah Richards, and Godfrey Cambridge), Purlie is a musical with a book by Ossie Davis, Philip Rose, and Peter Udell, lyrics by Udell, and music by Gary Geld. It won two Tony Awards and was also nominated for Best Musical. This 1981 television adaptation is directed by Rudi Goldman and stars Broadway cast members Guillaume, Moore, Hemsley, and Hopkins, with Brandon Maggart as Cotchipee, Clarice Taylor as Idilla, and Don Scardino as Charlie. The production won a CableACE Award.
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When Hell Freezes Over, I'll Skate
Title: When Hell Freezes Over, I'll Skate
Character: Featured Performer
Released: July 30, 1979
Type: Movie
This lively, spirit-lifting musical celebrates the sheer joy -- and survival -- of black music, song and poetry since the days of America's Civil War. With utter grace and ease, the gifted eight-member singing ensemble glides from gospel to disco and from slave-quarter sermons to contemporary black poetry.