Donzaleigh Abernathy

Donzaleigh Abernathy

Born: August 5, 1957
in Montgomery, Alabama, USA
Donzaleigh Abernathy is an American actress, author and civil rights activist.

Movies for Donzaleigh Abernathy...

Title: All Rise
Character: Ness's Mom
Released: September 23, 2019
Type: TV
A look at the personal and professional lives of the judges, lawyers, clerks, bailiffs and cops who work at an L.A. County courthouse.
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Zarina
Title: Zarina
Character: Kathy
Released: August 15, 2019
Type: Movie
A woman endures frequent nightmares of her own death.
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59 Seconds
Title: 59 Seconds
Character: Katherine
Released: February 27, 2018
Type: Movie
ZayVian, a teenager, guilty over the death of his twin brother, commits negative acts in order to gain the attention of his parents. He seeks absolution for the murder. His ultimate decision an impact on eight other troubled teens that changes their lives forever. An haunting story of a boy trying to reclaim a lost hope with no assistance from anyone. Written By Sehjada
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Title: 9-1-1
Character: Joanne Kingston
Released: January 3, 2018
Type: TV
Explore the high-pressure experiences of police officers, paramedics and firefighters who are thrust into the most frightening, shocking and heart-stopping situations. These emergency responders must try to balance saving those who are at their most vulnerable with solving the problems in their own lives.
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Title: Shooter
Character: Mrs. Fenn
Released: November 15, 2016
Type: TV
Bob Lee Swagger is an expert marksman living in exile who is coaxed back into action after learning of a plot to kill the president.
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Sleight
Title: Sleight
Character: Bo's Mom
Released: April 28, 2016
Type: Movie
A young street magician is left to take care of his little sister after his mother's passing and turns to drug dealing in the Los Angeles party scene to keep a roof over their heads. When he gets into trouble with his supplier, his sister is kidnapped and he is forced to rely on both his sleight of hand and brilliant mind to save her.
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Title: Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Character: Trip’s mom
Released: September 24, 2013
Type: TV
Agent Phil Coulson of S.H.I.E.L.D. (Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division) puts together a team of agents to investigate the new, the strange and the unknown around the globe, protecting the ordinary from the extraordinary.
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Bad Ass
Title: Bad Ass
Character: Mother
Released: April 12, 2012
Type: Movie
Decorated Vietnam hero, Frank Vega returns home only to get shunned by society leaving him without a job or his high school sweetheart. It's not until forty years later when an incident on a commuter bus makes him a local hero where he's suddenly celebrated once again. But his good fortune suddenly turns for the worse when his best friend is murdered and the police aren't doing anything about it.
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Title: Suits
Character: Gloria Danner
Released: June 23, 2011
Type: TV
While running from a drug deal gone bad, Mike Ross, a brilliant young college-dropout, slips into a job interview with one of New York City's best legal closers, Harvey Specter. Tired of cookie-cutter law school grads, Harvey takes a gamble by hiring Mike on the spot after he recognizes his raw talent and photographic memory.
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Title: The Walking Dead
Character: Dr. Stevens
Released: October 31, 2010
Type: TV
Sheriff's deputy Rick Grimes awakens from a coma to find a post-apocalyptic world dominated by flesh-eating zombies. He sets out to find his family and encounters many other survivors along the way.
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Grilled
Title: Grilled
Character: Karen
Released: July 11, 2006
Type: Movie
Maurice and Dave sell high-end cuts of beef, but after hitting a patch of no sales, they're facing being fired. Maurice needs money to enroll in his final semester of acupuncture school, and the recently-separated Dave needs money for his daughter's birthday gift. Their final client card—a beautiful woman—is attracted to Maurice, but a desperate call from a suicidal friend interrupts her signing the contract. Still hoping to close the sale, they offer to drive her to the friend's house—where their troubles multiply.
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Red Riding Hood
Title: Red Riding Hood
Character: Newscaster
Released: June 27, 2006
Type: Movie
Teenage Claire would rather hang out with her friends at the mall than to stay home with her brother Matt while Grandma babysits. Who wouldn't? Unfortunately, Grandma isn't about to let Claire out of the house. Worse, she insists that Claire and Matt listen to her reworking of the Brothers Grimm classic tale "Little Red Riding Hood". Fortunately, Grandma has a sense of humor, and adds some modern twists. Claire imagines herself as Red, and her brother, parents and grandma as....her brother, parents and grandma.
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Title: Commander in Chief
Character: Reporter Patricia
Released: September 27, 2005
Type: TV
Mackenzie Allen has a lot on her plate -- she has twin teenagers, a 6-year-old at home and an ambitious husband at the office, and she is about to become the first female president of the United States. Before that happens, however; Mackenzie, who serves as vice president, has to decide whether or not to go against the dying wishes of the current president, who has asked her to step down and let someone "more appropriate" fill his shoes in the Oval Office. Not only does the president want her to resign, so does the entire party that elected her in the first place. But when the moment of truth arrives, Mackenzie isn't willing to be a mere footnote in history. Instead of allowing her detractors to keep her down, she decides to trust her instincts and accept the most powerful job in the world.
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Title: The Closer
Character: Mistress of Ceremonies
Released: June 13, 2005
Type: TV
Deputy Police Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson transfers from Atlanta to LA to head up a special unit of the LAPD that handles sensitive, high-profile murder cases. Johnson's quirky personality and hard-nosed approach often rubs her colleagues the wrong way, but her reputation as one of the world's best interrogator eventually wins over even her toughest critics.
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Title: House
Character: Brady
Released: November 16, 2004
Type: TV
Dr. Gregory House, a drug-addicted, unconventional, misanthropic medical genius, leads a team of diagnosticians at the fictional Princeton–Plainsboro Teaching Hospital in New Jersey.
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Leprechaun: Back 2 tha Hood
Title: Leprechaun: Back 2 tha Hood
Character: Esmerelda
Released: December 30, 2003
Type: Movie
When Emily Woodrow and her friends happen on a treasure chest full of gold coins, they fail to to heed the warnings of a wise old psychic who had foretold that they would encounter trouble with a very nasty and protective Leprechaun.
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Title: NCIS
Character: Ronda Ellis
Released: September 23, 2003
Type: TV
From murder and espionage to terrorism and stolen submarines, a team of special agents investigates any crime that has a shred of evidence connected to Navy and Marine Corps personnel, regardless of rank or position.
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Title: CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Character: Carolina Bell
Released: October 6, 2000
Type: TV
A Las Vegas team of forensic investigators are trained to solve criminal cases by scouring the crime scene, collecting irrefutable evidence and finding the missing pieces that solve the mystery.
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Countdown: The Sky's on Fire
Title: Countdown: The Sky's on Fire
Character: Dr. Hellstrom
Released: July 15, 1999
Type: Movie
The ozone is depleted and as a result of this all sorts things are happening like lethal insects flying around. A scientist tries to warn everybody about this but no one seems to believe him. When his predictions come true they now turn to him for help.
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Stranger in My House
Title: Stranger in My House
Character: Nurse
Released: January 1, 1999
Type: Movie
A middle-aged woman takes on a young female tenant to help pay her debts, but gets a lot more than she bargains for when the girl starts to act very strangely indeed . . .
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The Tempest
Title: The Tempest
Character: Mambo Azaleigh
Released: December 13, 1998
Type: Movie
An adaptation of Shakespeare's classic is set in the Mississippi bayous during the Civil War.
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Title: Any Day Now
Character: Sara Jackson
Released: August 18, 1998
Type: TV
Any Day Now is an American drama series that aired on the Lifetime network from 1998 to 2002. The show stars Annie Potts and Lorraine Toussaint as best friends of different races who grew up in Birmingham, Alabama, in the 1960s during the peak of the Civil Rights Movement. In every episode, contemporary storylines are interwoven with a storyline from their shared past.
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Don King: Only in America
Title: Don King: Only in America
Character: Henrietta King
Released: November 15, 1997
Type: Movie
A cinematic portrait of the famous fight promoter and boxing manager.
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Miss Evers' Boys
Title: Miss Evers' Boys
Character: Nurse Betty
Released: February 22, 1997
Type: Movie
The true story of the US Government's 1932 Tuskeegee Syphilis Experiments, in which a group of black test subjects were allowed to die, despite a cure having been developed.
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Title: EZ Streets
Released: October 27, 1996
Type: TV
EZ Streets is an American television drama series created by Paul Haggis. It premiered on CBS on October 27, 1996 with a two hour pilot telefilm. The series stars Ken Olin, Joe Pantoliano, and Jason Gedrick.
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Title: Dangerous Minds
Character: Irene Timmons
Released: September 30, 1996
Type: TV
Dangerous Minds is an American drama television series that aired on ABC network between September 1996 and March 1997. The series is based on the motion picture film, Dangerous Minds. Annie Potts stars in the lead role originated by Michelle Pfeiffer.
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Title: Dangerous Minds
Released: September 30, 1996
Type: TV
Dangerous Minds is an American drama television series that aired on ABC network between September 1996 and March 1997. The series is based on the motion picture film, Dangerous Minds. Annie Potts stars in the lead role originated by Michelle Pfeiffer.
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Abducted: A Father's Love
Title: Abducted: A Father's Love
Released: March 30, 1996
Type: Movie
A man kidnaps his little girl to protect her from an abusive mother, then becomes the first man to enter a woman's underground movement.
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Cagney & Lacey: Together Again
Title: Cagney & Lacey: Together Again
Character: Alcina Lewis
Released: May 2, 1995
Type: Movie
New York's toughest lady detectives re-team to solve the murder of a homeless transient who had been terrorizing the residents of a posh apartment building with screaming threats, insults and physical intimidation. Though the cops think the culprit is another street person, Cagney and Lacey believe the real killer is one of the tenants, many of whom have ample reason to have murdered the boorish bum.
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Night of the Running Man
Title: Night of the Running Man
Character: Francine, the Hacker
Released: January 19, 1995
Type: Movie
A Las Vegas cab driver finds a million dollars of stolen money in his cab after his fare is murdered. Soon after, a ruthless hitman is in persuit; he will stop at nothing to recover the money and dispose of all witnesses.
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Title: Family Album
Character: Lorrie
Released: October 23, 1994
Type: TV
Family Album, also known as Danielle Steel's Family Album, is a 1994 television film directed by Jack Bender. The film, which was released in two parts, is based upon the 1985 novel of the same name written by Danielle Steel. The drama centers on the life chronology of a Hollywood actress who becomes a successful film director in an era where directing was dominated by men.
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Title: Chicago Hope
Released: September 18, 1994
Type: TV
Chicago Hope is an American medical drama television series, created by David E. Kelley. It ran on CBS from September 18, 1994, to May 4, 2000. The series is set in a fictional private charity hospital in Chicago, Illinois. The show is set to return in the fall of 2013 on TVGN in reruns.
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Camp Nowhere
Title: Camp Nowhere
Character: Dorothy Welton
Released: August 26, 1994
Type: Movie
Morris "Mud" Himmel has a problem. His parents desperately want to send him away to summer camp. He hates going to summer camp, and would do anything to get out of it. Talking to his friends, he realizes that they are all facing the same sentence: a boring summer camp. Together with his friends, he hatches a plan to trick all the parents into sending them to a camp of their own design.
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Out of Darkness
Title: Out of Darkness
Character: MHA
Released: January 16, 1994
Type: Movie
Diana Ross dramatizes multiple personality disorder.
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Grass Roots
Title: Grass Roots
Character: Cora Mae Turner
Released: February 24, 1992
Type: Movie
This sequel to the 1983 miniseries, "Chiefs," continues the saga of the Lee family with Will Lee, an ambitious Georgia lawyer running for the U.S. Senate at the same time he is forced by a local judge to defend a young man in a murder trial. On top of this, he becomes the target of an assassin hired by a white-supremacist organization.
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Ghost Dad
Title: Ghost Dad
Character: E.R. Nurse
Released: June 29, 1990
Type: Movie
Elliot Hopper, a widower with three children, is working on a business deal to get his family out of financial straits when he is suddenly killed in a taxi accident. With the aid of a paranormal researcher, Elliott attempts to complete the deal from the beyond, ensuring his family will be taken care of.
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Murder in Mississippi
Title: Murder in Mississippi
Character: Sue
Released: February 5, 1990
Type: Movie
In 1964, members of the Ku Klux Klan murdered three Civil Rights workers who had traveled to the South to encourage African-American voter registration. Examines the last three weeks in the lives of the slain activists.
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Title: L.A. Law
Character: Naomi
Released: September 15, 1986
Type: TV
L.A. Law is an American television legal drama series that ran for eight seasons on NBC from September 15, 1986, to May 19, 1994. Created by Steven Bochco and Terry Louise Fisher, it contained many of Bochco's trademark features including a large number of parallel storylines, social drama and off-the-wall humor. It reflected the social and cultural ideologies of the 1980s and early 1990s, and many of the cases featured on the show dealt with hot-topic issues such as abortion, racism, gay rights, homophobia, sexual harassment, AIDS, and domestic violence. The series often also reflected social tensions between the wealthy senior lawyer protagonists and their less well-paid junior staff. The show was popular with audiences and critics, and won 15 Emmy Awards throughout its run, four of which were for Outstanding Drama Series.