Loretta Devine

Loretta Devine

Born: August 21, 1949
in Houston, Texas, USA
Loretta Devine (born August 21, 1949) is an American actress, singer and voice actor. She is known for numerous roles across stage and screen. Her most high profile roles include Lorrell Robinson in the original Broadway production of Dreamgirls, the long-suffering Gloria Matthews in the film Waiting to Exhale, and her recurring role as Adele Webber on the medical drama Grey's Anatomy, for which she won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series in 2011.

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Title: Young Love
Character: Gigi Young (voice)
Released: September 21, 2023
Type: TV
The Young family – millennial parents Stephen and Angela, their daughter Zuri and her pet cat Rocky – juggle careers, marriage, parenthood, social issues and multi-generational dynamics while striving to make a better life for themselves.
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Title: Doc McStuffins: The Doc & Bella Are In!
Character: Hallie (Voice)
Released: September 6, 2023
Type: TV
Doc welcomes to the clinic, Bella Bunnynose, an adorable plush bunny who dreams of being a toy doctor.
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A Snowy Day in Oakland
Title: A Snowy Day in Oakland
Character: Jeanette
Released: March 17, 2023
Type: Movie
A Snowy Day in Oakland - A magical urban tale about a beautiful psychologist from San Francisco who decides to end a stalled romance with her longtime, high-profile, psychiatrist, boyfriend/business partner. She moves on with her life by opening her own private practice in a vacant, street-front office space in the middle of a small, commercial block located across the bay in Oakland, turning the predominately African-American and psychologically ignored neighborhood on its emotional ear.
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All I Didn't Want for Christmas
Title: All I Didn't Want for Christmas
Character: Lorraine
Released: December 7, 2022
Type: Movie
Emily Harris is not doing great. In a desperate attempt to improve her life and make this Christmas not totally suck, Emily writes a letter to Santa. Fortunately, and unfortunately, her wine-soaked wishes start coming true.
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Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
Title: Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
Character: Irene (voice)
Released: December 2, 2022
Type: Movie
A new school year, his brother Rodrick teases him over and over and over and over again. Will Greg manage to get along with him? Or will a secret ruin everything?
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Mack & Rita
Title: Mack & Rita
Character: Sharon
Released: August 12, 2022
Type: Movie
A 30-year-old spends a wild weekend in Palm Springs and wakes up to find she has magically transformed into her 70-year-old self.
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Doc McStuffins: The Doc Is 10!
Title: Doc McStuffins: The Doc Is 10!
Character: Hallie (voice)
Released: March 23, 2022
Type: Movie
Doc McStuffins gets help from her friends and fans to make this her best birthday ever!
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Christmas Déjà Vu
Title: Christmas Déjà Vu
Character: Crystal
Released: November 25, 2021
Type: Movie
A Christmas angel grants a wish to a Christmas hater, to have her life as a singer.
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Christmas in Harmony
Title: Christmas in Harmony
Character: Mama
Released: October 29, 2021
Type: Movie
Harmony is tricked into auditioning for the Holiday Chorus — directed by an ex-boyfriend. By Christmas Eve, they could be harmonizing in the key of love.
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The Starling
Title: The Starling
Character: Velma
Released: September 17, 2021
Type: Movie
A woman adjusting to life after a loss contends with a feisty bird that's taken over her garden — and a husband who's struggling to find a way forward.
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Title: Days of Our Lives: Beyond Salem
Character: Angela
Released: September 6, 2021
Type: TV
Over a long weekend, John & Marlena travel to Zurich, Ben & Ciara have a romantic getaway in New Orleans, Chad visits some old friends in Phoenix, and Abe, Paulina, Lani, and Eli vacation in Miami. All find themselves embroiled in a mystery involving stolen jewels which, in the wrong hands, could cause dire consequences for Salem.
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Title: Teenage Euthanasia
Released: September 6, 2021
Type: TV
A former runaway teen mom is accidentally resurrected in her family's funeral home.
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Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
Title: Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
Character: Self
Released: August 14, 2021
Type: Movie
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age explores the world of Broadway from 1959 through the early 1980s as recounted by a diverse cast of Broadway stars who lived through it, creating a first-hand archive of personal backstage stories and memories. The new documentary is the long-awaited sequel to late filmmaker Rick McKay’s award-winning 2003 film Broadway: The Golden Age, continuing the saga into the '60s and '70s and spotlighting beloved classic Broadway shows including Once Upon a Mattress, Bye Bye Birdie, Barefoot in the Park, Pippin, A Chorus Line, Ain’t Misbehavin’, Chicago, and 42nd Street. Featuring a galaxy of stars including Alec Baldwin, Carol Burnett, Glenn Close, André De Shields, Jane Fonda, Robert Goulet, Liza Minnelli, Chita Rivera, Dick Van Dyke, Ben Vereen, and many more, the film also includes rare archival photos and never-before-seen footage both onstage and off.
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Queen Bees
Title: Queen Bees
Character: Sally
Released: June 11, 2021
Type: Movie
Helen is an independent widow who moves into the Pine Grove Senior Community and discovers it’s just like high school – full of cliques and flirtatious suitors. What she initially avoids leads her to exactly what she has been missing: new friendships and a chance at love again with newcomer Dan.
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Always and Forever
Title: Always and Forever
Character: Elda
Released: November 20, 2020
Type: Movie
After a tragedy reunites Nicole with her childhood friends, they each find themselves in danger, targets of a deranged stalker. Nicole knows this can't be a coincidence. The secrets of their past are coming back to haunt them.
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Spell
Title: Spell
Character: Eloise
Released: October 30, 2020
Type: Movie
A father survives a plane crash in rural Appalachia, but becomes suspicious of the elderly couple who take him in to nurse him back to health with the ancient remedies.
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Title: Connecting...
Character: Dayleen
Released: October 8, 2020
Type: TV
An ensemble comedy about a group of friends trying to stay close (and sane) through video chats as they share the highs and lows of these extraordinary times.
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Title: GAME ON: A Comedy Crossover Event
Character: Amelia 'M'Dear' McKellan
Released: August 10, 2020
Type: TV
Worlds collide in this special event featuring familiar faces, surprise cameos and stories of spirited competition from four different comedy series.
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Title: P-Valley
Character: Ernestine
Released: July 12, 2020
Type: TV
Down deep in the Mississippi Delta, Trap music meets film noir in this kaleidoscopic story of a little-strip-club-that-could and the big characters who come through its doors—the hopeful, the lost, the broken, the ballers, the beautiful, and the damned.
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Title: Secret Celebrity RuPaul's Drag Race
Character: Self - Contestant / Fabulosity
Released: April 24, 2020
Type: TV
Secret celebrities - from all walks of life - compete in full drag as they try to impress Emmy Award winning host, RuPaul. To save themselves from elimination, they have to lip sync for their lives. In the end, one celebrity will be crowned America's Next Celebrity Drag Superstar.
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A Family Reunion Christmas
Title: A Family Reunion Christmas
Character: Amelia 'M'Dear' McKellan
Released: December 9, 2019
Type: Movie
M'Dear and her sisters struggle to keep their singing act together before a church Christmas pageant while Grandpa teaches the kids a valuable lesson.
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A Sweet Christmas Romance
Title: A Sweet Christmas Romance
Character: Loretta
Released: November 10, 2019
Type: Movie
When food stylist Holly returns home for Christmas, she learns that the elderly owner of her favorite childhood bakery is retiring and has started a contest to give the bakery away to whoever can recreate her famous 12 Days of Christmas recipes. When a local baker also enters the contest, the two adversaries end up cooking up something special together for the holidays.
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Postmarked
Title: Postmarked
Character: Hattie
Released: November 8, 2019
Type: Movie
One summer afternoon, a ten-year-old boy finds a forgotten trove of postcards. To solve their mystery, he journeys to their postmarked city in search of the person who sent them.
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Title: The Kelly Clarkson Show
Released: September 9, 2019
Type: TV
Kelly Clarkson presents the biggest newsmakers and names in film, television and music; as well as emerging new talent and everyday people who are beacons of hope in their communities.
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Title: Tamron Hall
Character: Self - Guest
Released: September 9, 2019
Type: TV
Former news host and journalist Tamron Hall discusses all things topical and engages those she interviews in thorough meaningful and entertaining conversations.
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Title: A Black Lady Sketch Show
Character: Marrier
Released: August 2, 2019
Type: TV
A narrative series set in a limitless magical reality full of dynamic, hilarious characters and celebrity guests presenting sketches performed by a core cast of black women.
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Title: Family Reunion
Character: M'Dear
Released: July 10, 2019
Type: TV
Family Reunion follows a family of six who travel from Seattle, Washington to Columbus, Georgia for the McKellan Family Reunion and decide to stay to be closer to their family.
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The Trap
Title: The Trap
Character: Mama Jay
Released: April 1, 2019
Type: Movie
A man returns home to Atlanta to help and turn around his family's struggling restaurant with the help of a new chicken recipe.
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Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror
Title: Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror
Character: Self
Released: February 7, 2019
Type: Movie
Delving into a century of genre films that by turns utilized, caricatured, exploited, sidelined, and finally embraced them, this is the untold history of black Americans in Hollywood through their connection to the horror genre.
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The Doc McStuffins Christmas Special
Title: The Doc McStuffins Christmas Special
Character: Hallie
Released: December 2, 2018
Type: Movie
When there are no presents under the tree, Doc suspects there's something wrong at the North Pole and time travels to figure out what went wrong and save Christmas!
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Jingle Belle
Title: Jingle Belle
Character: Emory Simons
Released: November 25, 2018
Type: Movie
Every year, Isabelle (Tatyana Ali) and her high school sweetheart Mike (Cornelius Smith Jr.), rocked their small town’s annual Christmas Eve Pageant with a sweet Christmas duet. But after graduation, Isabelle left to study at Juillard in New York – leaving Mike behind. Years later, when Isabelle returns to her hometown to write music for the annual Christmas Eve Pageant, she is shocked to learn that Mike is the one directing the show. Can Isabelle and Mike put the past behind them and reunite on stage for another show-stopping duet?
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Urban Legacy: The Story Behind Urban Legend
Title: Urban Legacy: The Story Behind Urban Legend
Character: Self
Released: November 20, 2018
Type: Movie
This two and a half hour documentary takes a look at the making of the 1998 horror film Urban Legend.
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Behind the Movement
Title: Behind the Movement
Character: Jo Ann Robinson
Released: November 15, 2018
Type: Movie
Behind the Movement is a unique and fast-paced retelling of how Rosa Parks' refusal to give up her seat launched the history-making Montgomery Bus Boycott.
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Sierra Burgess Is a Loser
Title: Sierra Burgess Is a Loser
Character: Ms. Thomson
Released: September 7, 2018
Type: Movie
A case of mistaken identity results in unexpected romance when the most popular girl in high school and the biggest loser must come together to win over their crushes.
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Title: Summer Camp Island
Character: Sea Cow (voice)
Released: July 7, 2018
Type: TV
Oscar and Hedgehog are dropped off at a strange summer camp, full of fantastical things ranging from magical camp counselors to sticky notes that are portals to other dimensions.
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Broadway: The Next Generation
Title: Broadway: The Next Generation
Released: November 16, 2017
Type: Movie
A look at the past, present and future of the Great White Way.
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Naked
Title: Naked
Character: Carol
Released: August 11, 2017
Type: Movie
Following a wild night out with his Best Man, Rob Anderson wakes up to find himself naked in an elevator on the morning of his wedding day and is forced to relive the morning over and over again.
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Title: Dear White People
Character: Sorbet (voice)
Released: April 28, 2017
Type: TV
At a predominantly white Ivy League college, a diverse group of students navigate various forms of racial and other types of discrimination.
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Chapter & Verse
Title: Chapter & Verse
Character: Miss Maddy
Released: February 3, 2017
Type: Movie
Upon his return from serving a ten-year sentence in prison, reformed gang leader, S. Lance Ingram, struggles to adapt to a changed Harlem. Unable to use the technological skills he acquired in jail, Lance is forced to accept a position delivering meals for a local food bank. It is here that he befriends Ms. Maddy, 75, a past beauty with a irreverent and hardened shell to whom he delivers dinners. Through her, Lance finds hope, relearning the joys of life and living despite the outwardly bedeviled society in which they find themselves.
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No Regrets
Title: No Regrets
Character: Ms Carey
Released: September 24, 2016
Type: Movie
This film is a romantic comedy about a stewardess (Calhoun), who after 12 years of dating (Joseph) as college sweethearts (along with several marriage proposals in between), meets a business man going through a divorce (White) on one of her job layovers. As expected, sparks fire and unexpectedly a traumatic past is revealed, and the couples lives are changed for ever.
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Brett Gelman's Dinner in America
Title: Brett Gelman's Dinner in America
Character: Herself
Released: July 1, 2016
Type: Movie
Brett Gelman invites four African-American panelists to discuss racism in the United States.
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Grandma's House
Title: Grandma's House
Released: April 29, 2016
Type: Movie
Based upon the true story of Kimberley T. Zulkowski's Grandmother, Margie Ree Harris. "Grandma's House" gives a compelling insight into how the Executive Producer's life changed when she moved into her Grandmother's home, and their generations became one under the same roof. Chock-full of passion, Faith, and Family, the Film demonstrates the trials and tribulations she faced living with a Grandparent who stood as an inner-city Matriarch and Pillar of Strength to selflessly serve her Family, and surrounding community.
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Caged No More
Title: Caged No More
Character: Aggie
Released: January 15, 2016
Type: Movie
Aggie, A 67 year-old Black Cajun, has just stepped into her worst nightmare. Her two granddaughters have disappeared, and the only clue she possesses is a forgotten laptop. Aware she only has a short window of time, she feels helpless to save them as her money and influence are scarce. Desperate to get her girls back, Aggie risks everything to cross paths with Richard and Lottie DuMonde, two of the wealthiest and most connected people in New Orleans. Certainly, once they hear her story, they will help. But what Aggie doesn't foresee is the dark world she's about to step into, or the dangers accompanying the rescue needed to bring her girls home.
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Norm of the North
Title: Norm of the North
Character: Tamecia (voice)
Released: January 14, 2016
Type: Movie
Polar bear Norm and his three Arctic lemming buddies are forced out into the world once their icy home begins melting and breaking apart. Landing in New York, Norm begins life anew as a performing corporate mascot, only to discover that his new employers are directly responsible for the destruction of his polar home.
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The Sound and the Fury
Title: The Sound and the Fury
Character: Dilsey
Released: October 23, 2015
Type: Movie
A look at the trials and tribulations of The Compson siblings, living in the deep south during the early part of the 20th century.
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Title: The Carmichael Show
Character: Cynthia Carmichael
Released: August 26, 2015
Type: TV
From the comedy of Jerrod Carmichael and Nick Stoller ("Neighbors") comes an irreverent sitcom inspired by Jerrod's relationships with his say-anything, contrarian father, his therapist-in-training girlfriend, his ever-hustling brother and his mother who is always, always, always right with Jesus. Taking the next step and moving in together, Jerrod and his girlfriend, Maxine (Amber West), are your average young couple trying to make it in the city. They’re smart, motivated and looking to build a fulfilling life together. The only thing standing in their way is family. Between Jerrod's larger-than-life brother, Bobby (Lil Rel Howery), and his smothering and passionate parents (David Alan Grier, Loretta Devine), Jerrod and Maxine are put to the test navigating the boundaries of romance, family and sanity.
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For the Love of Ruth
Title: For the Love of Ruth
Character: Naomi
Released: May 9, 2015
Type: Movie
Ruth Summerling has spent the majority of her life struggling to find her way and comes to some understanding of where exactly it is she belongs.
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Back to School Mom
Title: Back to School Mom
Character: Meghan Graham
Released: February 14, 2015
Type: Movie
Mary Thomas, a free-spirited musician, has spent the past two decades traveling the world, but at age 41 she decides to go back to college and finish her degree so that, for once, she can finally finish something she started. Back at her old university, she becomes close friends with her popular and charming "peer tutor" -- only to learn that he is actually the son she gave up 20 years earlier.
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Doc McStuffins: Cuddle Me Lambie
Title: Doc McStuffins: Cuddle Me Lambie
Character: Hallie (voice) (archive footage)
Released: January 1, 2015
Type: Movie
No one gives better cuddles than Doc's warm and fuzzy best friend! She's a princess and a ballerina, and she's always there for toys that need an extra helping of tender loving care. Just say three little words: "CUDDLE ME LAMBIE." Join Doc and the whole gang as they laugh, play and have a ball fixing boo-boos and discovering great ways to stay happy and healthy. Celebrate the power of true friendship as new, sparkly heart toy Val shows Lambie there's plenty of love to go around. Meet Donny and Alma's monster creation Charlie - who turns out to be very sweet and not so scary after all. Then, see how Lambie gets out of a super-sticky jam! Bursting with five song-filled episodes and cuddles galore, this "hug-stravaganza" is magical fun your little one will adore!
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You're Not You
Title: You're Not You
Character: Marilyn
Released: October 10, 2014
Type: Movie
A drama centered on a classical pianist who has been diagnosed with ALS and the brash college student who becomes her caregiver.
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Title: black-ish
Character: Lynette
Released: September 24, 2014
Type: TV
A family man struggles to gain a sense of cultural identity while raising his kids in a predominantly white, upper-middle-class neighborhood.
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Welcome to Me
Title: Welcome to Me
Character: Barb Vaughn
Released: September 5, 2014
Type: Movie
A year in the life of Alice Klieg, a woman with Borderline personality disorder who wins the Mega Millions lottery, quits her meds and buys her own talk show.
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Comeback Dad
Title: Comeback Dad
Character: Malinda
Released: June 21, 2014
Type: Movie
A man tries to reconnect with his estranged daughter.
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Doc Mcstuffins: A Little Cuddle Goes A Long Way
Title: Doc Mcstuffins: A Little Cuddle Goes A Long Way
Character: Hallie
Released: March 17, 2014
Type: Movie
When your favorite toys need fixing, count on the best toy fixerupper in town - Doc McStuffins - to lend a hand and a hug! Join Doc, Lambie, Stuffy and the whole crew for two hours of songfilled fun. Splash around with noble knight, Sir Kirby, as his icky-sticky armor turns sparkly-shiny after a super-fun bubble bath; jump for joy along with Kiko, Doc's amazing new action toy from Japan; whirl and twirl with dancing doll Bella Ballerina, and so much more! Remember, everyone gets boo-boos sometimes, but when it comes to feeling better, A Little Cuddle Goes A Long Way! Volume 3 - DVD/Bluray
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Title: Sirens
Character: Hank's Mother
Released: March 6, 2014
Type: TV
A comedy that follows three Chicago EMTs who despite their narcissistic and self-destructive personalities are uniquely qualified to save lives.
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A Very Larry Christmas
Title: A Very Larry Christmas
Character: Mrs. Claus
Released: December 31, 2013
Type: Movie
Larry is a good natured guy with a spotty work history. Santa picks Larry to fill in when he breaks his leg. Larry`s old boss and Santa`s PR assistant doubt Larry and his ability. Even Larry has misgivings but Santa and Larry`s dad believe Larry`s Christmas spirit and good heart will save the day.
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Saving Westbrook High
Title: Saving Westbrook High
Character: Doris
Released: October 20, 2013
Type: Movie
A diverse community, an ambitious newly-appointed principal and a handful of committed teachers come together to save a once popular suburban school in danger of closing.
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Title: The Doc Files
Character: Hallie (voice)
Released: July 22, 2013
Type: TV
A magical animated series about a six-year-old girl, Doc McStuffins, who has the ability to talk to and heal toys and stuffed animals! With the help of her stuffed animal friends, Doc runs a clinic for toys out of her playhouse. The series emphasizes the importance of lending a helping hand, or paw, when people and toys need it most.
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Khumba
Title: Khumba
Character: Mama V (voice)
Released: July 18, 2013
Type: Movie
A half-striped zebra is blamed for the drought and leaves his herd in search of his missing stripes. He is joined on his quest by an overprotective wildebeest and a flamboyant ostrich; they defeat the tyrannical leopard and save his herd.
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In the Hive
Title: In the Hive
Character: Mrs. Inez
Released: December 14, 2012
Type: Movie
Sixteen-year-old Xtra Keys hopes to raise his son better than his boozy, razor-edged mother raised him, and he just might get his wish when he's thrust into an unorthodox alternative school full of underprivileged boys.
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Title: The Client List
Character: Georgia Cummings
Released: April 8, 2012
Type: TV
Riley Parks delicately balances two starkly different lives -- one as a single mom in a conservative town struggling to provide for her family and the other as a savvy and ambitious businesswoman working with a rowdy, sexy and unpredictable group of women.
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Title: Doc McStuffins
Character: Nurse Hallie (voice)
Released: March 23, 2012
Type: TV
A young African-American girl aspires to be a doctor like her mom.
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Title: Doc McStuffins
Character: Hattie (voice)
Released: March 23, 2012
Type: TV
A young African-American girl aspires to be a doctor like her mom.
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Politics of Love
Title: Politics of Love
Character: Shirlee Gupta
Released: August 26, 2011
Type: Movie
Politics makes strange bedfellows, but never stranger than when a sexy, savvy, African-American conservative Republican reluctantly falls for his Democratic counterpart: a beautiful Indian-American Obama campaign volunteer. Sparks fly, tempers flare, heads turn, and romance blossoms for this mismatched pair of lovers in the frantic and intoxicating days leading up to Election Day. Can the politics of love conquer all?
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Title: State of Georgia
Character: Honey Dupree
Released: June 29, 2011
Type: TV
An aspiring actress with a larger than life personality and her science geek best friend try to make headway in New York City.
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Jumping the Broom
Title: Jumping the Broom
Character: Mrs. Taylor
Released: May 6, 2011
Type: Movie
Two very different families converge on Martha's Vineyard one weekend for a wedding.
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Madea's Big Happy Family
Title: Madea's Big Happy Family
Character: Shirley
Released: April 22, 2011
Type: Movie
When Shirley, Madea's niece, receives distressing news about her health, the only thing she wants is her family gathered around her. However, Shirley's three adult children are too preoccupied with their own troubled lives to pay attention to their mother. It is up to Madea, with the help of rowdy Aunt Bam, to bring the clan together and help Shirley deal with her crisis.
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Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2
Title: Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2
Character: Delta (voice)
Released: February 1, 2011
Type: Movie
Puppy mayhem turns the lives of newlywed Chihuahua parents Papi and Chloe upside down when their rambunctious, mischievous puppies present one challenge after another. But when their human owners end up in trouble, the tiny pups will stop at nothing to save them - because in good times and hard times, the family always sticks together. So Papi, Chloe and the puppies embark on a heroic adventure, proving once again that big heroes come in small packages.
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Title: Shake It Up
Character: Marsha Sanders
Released: November 7, 2010
Type: TV
Best pals CeCe and Rocky dream of dancing stardom. And they seem on the verge of realizing that goal when they win places as backup dancers on the local TV show "Shake It Up, Chicago." While they get to show off their moves, they find out they need to keep putting their best feet forward to keep up with the rest of the crew on the show.
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For Colored Girls
Title: For Colored Girls
Character: Juanita / Green
Released: November 5, 2010
Type: Movie
About existence from the perspective of 20 nameless black females. Each of the women portray one of the characters represented in the collection of twenty poems, revealing different issues that impact women in general and women of color in particular.
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Lottery Ticket
Title: Lottery Ticket
Character: Grandma
Released: August 20, 2010
Type: Movie
Kevin Carson is a young man living in the projects who has to survive a three-day weekend after his opportunistic neighbors find out he's holding a winning lottery ticket worth $370 million
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Death at a Funeral
Title: Death at a Funeral
Character: Cynthia
Released: April 15, 2010
Type: Movie
Aaron's father's funeral is today at the family home, and everything goes wrong: the funeral home delivers the wrong body, his cousin accidentally drugs her fiancé, and Aaron's successful younger brother, Ryan, flies in from New York, broke but arrogant. To top it all off, a mysterious stranger wants a word with Aaron.
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My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
Title: My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
Character: Miss Roberts
Released: December 11, 2009
Type: Movie
Brad has committed murder and barricaded himself inside his house. With the help of his friends and neighbours, the cops piece together the strange tale of how this nice young man arrived at such a dark place.
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Spring Breakdown
Title: Spring Breakdown
Character: Dr. Marguerite
Released: May 22, 2009
Type: Movie
Three women in their thirties head to a popular Spring Break destination and try to relive the Spring Break they never had.
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Title: Glee
Character: Sister Mary Constance
Released: May 19, 2009
Type: TV
In this musical comedy, optimistic high school teacher Will Schuester tries to refuel his own passion while reinventing the high school's glee club and challenging a group of outcasts to realize their star potential as they strive to outshine their singing competition while navigating the cruel halls of McKinley High.
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Title: Party Down
Character: Diane Ellison
Released: March 20, 2009
Type: TV
A group of struggling actors and dysfunctional dreamers wait for their big break while they are stuck serving hors d'oeurves for a Hollywood catering company 'Party Down.'
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Title: RuPaul's Drag Race
Character: Self
Released: February 2, 2009
Type: TV
Join RuPaul, the world's most famous drag queen, as the host, mentor and judge for the ultimate in drag queen competitions. The top drag queens in the U.S. will vie for drag stardom as RuPaul, in full glamazon drag, will reign supreme in all judging and eliminations while helping guide the contestants as they prepare for each challenge.
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Title: RuPaul's Drag Race
Character: Self - Judge
Released: February 2, 2009
Type: TV
Join RuPaul, the world's most famous drag queen, as the host, mentor and judge for the ultimate in drag queen competitions. The top drag queens in the U.S. will vie for drag stardom as RuPaul, in full glamazon drag, will reign supreme in all judging and eliminations while helping guide the contestants as they prepare for each challenge.
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Beverly Hills Chihuahua
Title: Beverly Hills Chihuahua
Character: Delta (voice)
Released: October 3, 2008
Type: Movie
A pampered Beverly Hills chihuahua named Chloe who, while on vacation in Mexico with her owner Viv's niece, Rachel, gets lost and must rely on her friends to help her get back home before she is caught by a dognapper who wants to ransom her.
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Title: Eli Stone
Character: Patti Dellacroix
Released: January 31, 2008
Type: TV
Many lawyers consider themselves prophets, but Eli Stone may be the real deal. Eli has built a successful career at a top law firm in San Francisco representing only the biggest and richest corporations that make a habit of screwing over the little guy. But after experiencing a series of odd hallucinations, Eli seeks to find a deeper meaning to life while trying not to lose his job and destroy his relationship with the bosses' daughter. When Eli discovers an aneurysm in his brain, he wonders if his condition is truly medical or if perhaps he now has a higher calling.
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First Sunday
Title: First Sunday
Character: Sister Doris
Released: January 11, 2008
Type: Movie
Durell and LeeJohn are best friends and bumbling petty criminals. When told they have one week to pay a $17,000 debt or Durell will lose his son, they come up with a desperate scheme to rob their neighborhood church. Instead, they end up spending the night in the presence of the Lord and are forced to deal with much more than they bargained for.
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This Christmas
Title: This Christmas
Character: Shirley Ann "Ma'Dere" Whitfield
Released: November 27, 2007
Type: Movie
This year Christmas with the Whitfields promises to be one they will never forget. All the siblings have come home for the first time in years and they've brought plenty of baggage with them. As the Christmas tree is trimmed and the lights are hung, secrets are revealed and family bonds are tested. As their lives converge, they join together and help each other discover the true meaning of family.
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Cougar Club
Title: Cougar Club
Character: Dolly
Released: January 1, 2007
Type: Movie
When Spence and Hogan graduate from college, life is bleak. They have to work for heinous divorce lawyers that torture them. Spence has a girlfriend from hell and Hogan just wants to start his life already. As luck would have it, our two young men are presented with an opportunity, they develop a club of young men devoted to the older woman, the "Cougar" if you will.
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Dreamgirls
Title: Dreamgirls
Character: Jazz Singer
Released: December 25, 2006
Type: Movie
A trio of female soul singers cross over to the pop charts in the early 1960s, facing their own personal struggles along the way.
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Life Is Not a Fairytale: The Fantasia Barrino Story
Title: Life Is Not a Fairytale: The Fantasia Barrino Story
Character: Addie Collins
Released: August 19, 2006
Type: Movie
In the Lifetime® movie, THE FANTASIA BARRINO STORY: LIFE IS NOT A FAIRYTALE, a single teenage mother overcomes all odds - sexual abuse, poverty and illiteracy - by relying on her spectacular singing voice. She ultimately gains national prominence as the winner of a hit talent show. Fantasia Barrino plays herself in this modern true Cinderella story. Also starring Loretta Devine, Kadeem Hardison and Viola Davis.
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Dirty Laundry
Title: Dirty Laundry
Character: Evelyn
Released: July 15, 2006
Type: Movie
After ten years, Sheldon returns from New York City to Paris, Georgia. His mother Evelyn, a laundress who is stubborn, ornery, opinionated, mean-spirited, insulting, and inflexible, has sent a ten-year-old boy who says he's Sheldon's son up to see Sheldon. Sheldon comes home to straighten things out. Old arguments flare up - between mother and son and between brothers. Sheldon wants no part of fatherhood or family. Then, someone else from New York shows up at Evelyn's door, bringing a new set of challenges. Will this family ever stop airing its dirty laundry? And what of Sheldon: where is his pride? Can he, in the words of James Baldwin, go where his blood beats and live the life he has?
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Title: Psych
Character: Melba Birdson
Released: July 7, 2006
Type: TV
Thanks to his police officer father's efforts, Shawn Spencer spent his childhood developing a keen eye for detail (and a lasting dislike of his dad). Years later, Shawn's frequent tips to the police lead to him being falsely accused of a crime he solved. Now, Shawn has no choice but to use his abilities to perpetuate his cover story: psychic crime-solving powers, all the while dragging his best friend, his dad, and the police along for the ride.
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Title: Everybody Hates Chris
Released: September 22, 2005
Type: TV
Chris is a teenager growing up as the eldest of three children in Brooklyn, New York during the early 1980s. Uprooted to a new neighborhood and bused to a predominantly white middle school two-hours away by his strict, hard-working parents, Chris struggles to find his place while keeping his siblings in line at home and surmounting the challenges of junior high.
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Title: Supernatural
Character: Missouri Moseley
Released: September 13, 2005
Type: TV
When they were boys, Sam and Dean Winchester lost their mother to a mysterious and demonic supernatural force. Subsequently, their father raised them to be soldiers. He taught them about the paranormal evil that lives in the dark corners and on the back roads of America ... and he taught them how to kill it. Now, the Winchester brothers crisscross the country in their '67 Chevy Impala, battling every kind of supernatural threat they encounter along the way.
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Crash
Title: Crash
Character: Shaniqua Johnson
Released: May 6, 2005
Type: Movie
In post-Sept. 11 Los Angeles, tensions erupt when the lives of a Brentwood housewife, her district attorney husband, a Persian shopkeeper, two cops, a pair of carjackers and a Korean couple converge during a 36-hour period.
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King's Ransom
Title: King's Ransom
Character: Miss Gladys
Released: April 22, 2005
Type: Movie
Hoping to foil his own gold-digging wife's plan, a loathsome businessman arranges his own kidnapping, only to realize that there are plenty of other people interested in his wealth as well.
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Title: Grey's Anatomy
Character: Adele Webber
Released: March 27, 2005
Type: TV
Follows the personal and professional lives of a group of doctors at Seattle’s Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital.
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Title: Boston Legal
Character: Judge Victoria Thomson
Released: October 3, 2004
Type: TV
Alan Shore and Denny Crane lead a brigade of high-priced civil litigators in an upscale Boston law firm in a series focusing on the professional and personal lives of brilliant but often emotionally challenged attorneys. A spin-off of long-running series The Practice.
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Woman Thou Art Loosed
Title: Woman Thou Art Loosed
Character: Cassey Jordan
Released: September 30, 2004
Type: Movie
An adaptation of Bishop T.D. Jakes' self-help novel, chronciling a woman's struggle to come to terms with her legacy of abuse, addiction and poverty.
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Title: Cold Case
Character: Chandra Patterson (2009)
Released: September 28, 2003
Type: TV
The Philadelphia homicide squad's lone female detective finds her calling when she is assigned cases that have never been solved. Detective Lilly Rush combines her natural instincts with the updated technology available today to bring about justice for all the victims she can.
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Title: Wild Card
Character: M. Pearl McGuire
Released: August 2, 2003
Type: TV
Wild Card is an American comedy-drama series starring Joely Fisher. It was broadcast in the United States on Lifetime, and on the Global Television Network in Canada from August 2003 to July 2005.
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Title: Half & Half
Character: Erika Duke
Released: September 23, 2002
Type: TV
Half & Half is an American sitcom that aired on UPN from September 23, 2002, to May 15, 2006. The show focuses on the lives of two paternal half-sisters in their twenties who were estranged throughout their childhood, and are finally developing a close relationship. The series is set in San Francisco. It was the second-most-watched show on UPN's Monday night line-up and fourth overall on the network. The show was on The CW's first draft line-up in March 2006, but due to several circumstances—including The CW's contractual obligation to pick up Reba, the uncancelling of All of Us, and the pick-up of the Girlfriends spin-off The Game—Half & Half was left off the final Fall 2006 schedule and ended production. The series has aired in reruns on Global TV in Canada, Trouble in the UK and in local syndication in the United States. It also airs in the United States on TV One.
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Book of Love: The Definitive Reason Why Men Are Dogs
Title: Book of Love: The Definitive Reason Why Men Are Dogs
Released: February 14, 2002
Type: Movie
Book of Love delivers humor along with the mysteries of unrequited love and relationships gone bad. The film's story line focuses on three men living, dating and loving in Los Angeles in the 90's. They struggle with heartbreak and insecurity as a result of failed relationships. The three characters’ stories unfold through sessions with their therapist – sessions that are often as comedic as they are insightful.
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I Am Sam
Title: I Am Sam
Character: Margaret Calgrove
Released: December 28, 2001
Type: Movie
Sam, a neurodivergent man, has a daughter with a homeless woman who abandons them when they leave the hospital, leaving Sam to raise Lucy on his own. But as Lucy grows up, Sam's limitations as a parent start to become a problem and the authorities take her away. Sam convinces high-priced lawyer Rita to take his case pro bono and in turn teaches her the value of love and family.
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Kingdom Come
Title: Kingdom Come
Character: Marguerite Slocumb
Released: April 11, 2001
Type: Movie
When her husband keels over from a stroke, Raynelle Slocumb calls the entire clan together to remember their dearly departed. Family tensions reach a comedic boil as the wildly dysfunctional Slocumbs squabble and fight their way to the funeral.
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What Women Want
Title: What Women Want
Character: Flo
Released: December 15, 2000
Type: Movie
Advertising executive Nick Marshall is as cocky as they come, but what happens to a chauvinistic guy when he can suddenly hear what women are thinking? Nick gets passed over for a promotion, but after an accident enables him to hear women's thoughts, he puts his newfound talent to work against Darcy, his new boss, who seems to be infatuated with him.
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Title: Boston Public
Character: Marla Hendricks
Released: October 23, 2000
Type: TV
Principal Steven Harper runs Winslow High School as best as he can while dealing with the demands of the faculty, the students and their parents.
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Urban Legends: Final Cut
Title: Urban Legends: Final Cut
Character: Reese
Released: September 22, 2000
Type: Movie
The making of a horror movie takes on a terrifying reality for students at the most prestigious film school in the country. At Alpine University, someone is determined to win the best film award at any cost - even if it means eliminating the competition. No one is safe and everyone is a suspect.
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Title: Girlfriends
Released: September 11, 2000
Type: TV
The series revolves around the friendship of four African-American women in different phases of their lives. They explore the many trials and tribulations that most women face today such as relationships, family, friends and other current issues that will interest most women. Whether it’s getting over a divorce, finding a career, or looking for true love, Girlfriends delivers along with comedy and wit.
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Title: Strong Medicine
Released: July 23, 2000
Type: TV
The lives of staff in the womens' health clinic of a fictitious hospital in Philadelphia.
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Best Actress
Title: Best Actress
Character: Connie Travers
Released: March 18, 2000
Type: Movie
A Hollywood writer becomes embroiled while investigating into the lives of five fictitious actresses all nominated for the Academy Award for best actress.
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Freedom Song
Title: Freedom Song
Character: Evelyn Walker
Released: February 27, 2000
Type: Movie
Freedom Song is a made-for-TV film based on true stories of the Civil Rights Movement in Mississippi in the 1960s. It tells the story of the struggle of African Americans to register to vote in the fictional town of Quinlan. In the midst of the Freedom Summer, a group of high school students in the small town are eager to make grassroots changes in their own community. The young activists meet resistance not only from white southerners, but from their parents, who have experienced firsthand the violence that can result from speaking out. As high school students band together with the support of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, they make strides in registering African-American voters and gaining awareness for their cause.
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Punks
Title: Punks
Character: Health Counselor
Released: January 24, 2000
Type: Movie
The life and times of a group of twentysomething black gay men living in West Hollywood.
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Love Kills
Title: Love Kills
Character: Sylvia Finkelstein
Released: October 4, 1999
Type: Movie
A masseur gets mixed up in the family plots at the mansion of a recently deceased Beverly Hills millionaire.
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Title: Family Law
Released: September 20, 1999
Type: TV
Family attorney and mom Lynn Holt has had to scramble to keep her family and her law firm together since her husband left her and took most of their joint law practice with him. Although the attorneys are carting plenty of life's baggage, they're all determined to make the most of this unexpected second chance—and make each month's mortgage payment.
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Introducing Dorothy Dandridge
Title: Introducing Dorothy Dandridge
Character: Ruby Dandridge
Released: August 21, 1999
Type: Movie
An acclaimed stage performer, Dorothy still struggled with the challenge of her color, in a time that wouldn't let some stars in by the front door. Yet against the odds she beat out many more famous rivals for the role of "Carmen Jones", becoming the first black woman ever nominated for a Best Actress Academy Award. Marriages and affairs would break her heart, but her heart was strong. Seductive and easily seduced, she was born to be a star - with all the glory and all the pain of being loved, abused, cheated, glorified, undermined and undefeated. Here was a woman who wouldn't wait in the wings. Halle Berry stars as Dorothy Dandrige.
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Jackie's Back!
Title: Jackie's Back!
Character: Snookie Tate (Jackie's Childhood Friend)
Released: June 14, 1999
Type: Movie
A British documentarian profiles washed-up diva Jackie Washington as she prepares for her comeback concert.
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The Breaks
Title: The Breaks
Character: Floria
Released: February 26, 1999
Type: Movie
Derrick, a racially-confused Irishman raised in the hood by a black family is having the worst day ever. Determined to prove to his fed-up mother and would-be girlfriend that he's not a screw-up, he sets out to do one thing right (get some milk) and even that proves to be a challenge! Hilarious encounters with racist red-neck cops, local gangsters and 'flamboyant' pawn shop owners ensue, and along the way Derek shows that he can actually do things for others and maybe even get his own life together.
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Funny Valentines
Title: Funny Valentines
Character: Dearie B.
Released: February 14, 1999
Type: Movie
A woman returns to her home town to sort out her troubled marriage and finds new happiness in the rekindling of a broken friendship with her cousin.
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Title: The PJs
Character: Muriel Stubbs
Released: January 10, 1999
Type: TV
The PJs is an American stop-motion animated television series, created by Eddie Murphy, Larry Wilmore, and Steve Tompkins. It portrayed life in an urban public housing project, modeled after the Brewster-Douglass housing projects in Detroit that once housed Diana Ross and Lily Tomlin. The series starred Eddie Murphy, and was produced by Imagine Entertainment by Ron Howard and Brian Grazer, The Murphy Company & Will Vinton Studios in association with Touchstone Television and Warner Bros. Television. The original run of the series debuted on Fox on Sunday, January 10, 1999 in the time slot, following a divisional conference football playoff game. Two days later, the second episode aired in its regular Tuesday night time slot, following King of the Hill.
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Down in the Delta
Title: Down in the Delta
Character: Zenia
Released: December 25, 1998
Type: Movie
A single mother plagued by alcohol and drug addictions is sent with her children from Chicago to her ancestral home in the Mississippi Delta, to live with her uncle and aunt for the summer.
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Urban Legend
Title: Urban Legend
Character: Reese Wilson
Released: September 25, 1998
Type: Movie
A college campus is plagued by a vicious serial killer murdering students in ways that correspond to various urban legends.
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Don King: Only in America
Title: Don King: Only in America
Character: Connie Harper
Released: November 15, 1997
Type: Movie
A cinematic portrait of the famous fight promoter and boxing manager.
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Lover Girl
Title: Lover Girl
Character: Leticia / 'Coco'
Released: September 11, 1997
Type: Movie
Jake is a 16-year-old girl whose mother left her. She finds her older sister Darlene in L.A., but Darlene turns her away. Darlene's neighbor Marci takes pity on Jake, allowing her to stay over. When Jake discovers that Marci is a manager in a massage parlor, she convinces Marci to hire her.
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Clover
Title: Clover
Character: Everleen
Released: September 10, 1997
Type: Movie
Sara marries Gaten a single father who is African-American. Not long after they're married Gaten dies. So Sara has to take care of Gaten's daughter, Clover. Problem is she and Clover have not exactly bonded and several of Gaten's friends and relatives object to her being Clover's guardian.
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Title: Ally McBeal
Released: September 8, 1997
Type: TV
Ally McBeal is a young lawyer working at the Boston law firm Cage and Fish. Ally's lives and loves are eccentric, humorous, dramatic with an incredibly overactive imagination that's working overtime!
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Hoodlum
Title: Hoodlum
Character: Pigfoot Mary
Released: August 27, 1997
Type: Movie
In 1934, the second most lucrative business in New York City was running 'the numbers'. When Madam Queen—the powerful woman who runs the scam in Harlem—is arrested, Ellsworth 'Bumpy' Johnson takes over the business and must resist an invasion from a merciless mobster.
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The Price of Kissing
Title: The Price of Kissing
Character: Jackee
Released: April 1, 1997
Type: Movie
Pauley Perrette plays Renee, a young woman discovering her own meaning of love. From childhood memories of her mother to her own experiences as a young woman, she struggles to find answers to life's greatest mystery. From a recommendation of a friend, she becomes the doorman at a local club. There she meets several friends who help her on her journey of discovery. Who will be there when it rains?
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The Preacher's Wife
Title: The Preacher's Wife
Character: Beverly
Released: December 13, 1996
Type: Movie
Good-natured Reverend Henry Biggs finds that his marriage to choir mistress Julia is flagging, due to his constant absence caring for the deprived neighborhood they live in. On top of all this, his church is coming under threat from property developer Joe Hamilton. In desperation, Biggs prays to God for help – which arrives in the form of an angel named Dudley.
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Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault
Title: Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault
Character: Miss Mary
Released: November 23, 1996
Type: Movie
A dramatization of the life of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault (Don Cheadle), with a lot of factual based occurrences. A reformed junkie returns from prison to clean up his act and devote the rest of his life to the young kids of Harlem. 1996 was the 25th anniversary of the first tournament named after him.
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Title: Promised Land
Character: Tonya Hawkins
Released: September 17, 1996
Type: TV
Promised Land is an American drama series which aired on CBS from 1996 to 1999. It is a spin-off from another series, Touched by an Angel.
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Title: Moesha
Released: January 23, 1996
Type: TV
Moesha was an American sitcom series that aired on the UPN network from January 23, 1996 to May 14, 2001. The series stars R&B singer Brandy Norwood as Moesha Mitchell, a high school student living with her family in the Leimert Park neighborhood of South Central Los Angeles. It was originally ordered as a pilot for the CBS network's 1995-1996 television season, who rejected. It was then picked up by UPN, who aired it as a mid-season replacement. It went on to become the biggest success for the nascent network and one of the greatest hits over the course of the network's entire run.
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Waiting to Exhale
Title: Waiting to Exhale
Character: Gloria
Released: December 22, 1995
Type: Movie
Cheated on, mistreated and stepped on, the women are holding their breath, waiting for the elusive "good man" to break a string of less-than-stellar lovers. Friends and confidants Vannah, Bernie, Glo and Robin talk it all out, determined to find a better way to breathe.
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Title: Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
Character: Mother (voice)
Released: March 12, 1995
Type: TV
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child is an American anthology animated television series.
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Title: Touched by an Angel
Character: Tonya Hawkins
Released: September 21, 1994
Type: TV
Monica, an angel, is tasked with bringing guidance and messages from God to various people who are at a crossroads in their lives.
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Amos & Andrew
Title: Amos & Andrew
Character: Ula
Released: March 5, 1993
Type: Movie
When Andrew Sterling, a successful black urbanite writer, buys a vacation home on a resort in New England the police mistake him for a burglar. After surrounding his home with armed men, Chief Tolliver realizes his mistake and to avoid the bad publicity offers a thief in his jail, Amos Odell a deal.
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The American Clock
Title: The American Clock
Released: January 2, 1993
Type: Movie
Moe, Rose and Lee Baumler are members of an upper class family who find the world completely changed when they lose everything in the stock market crash of 1929. Lee, a college-age young man, who now faces no possibility of entering college, decides to go on the road to see what is happening to the rest of the country.
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Title: Love & War
Released: September 21, 1992
Type: TV
A woman running a bar in New York City while trying to maintain a romance with an egotistical opinion columnist.
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Title: Out All Night
Character: Crystal
Released: September 19, 1992
Type: TV
Out All Night is an American sitcom that aired on NBC from September 19, 1992 to July 9, 1993 for one season. The series stars Patti LaBelle, and was created by Andy Borowitz, Susan Borowitz, and Rob Edwards.
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Class Act
Title: Class Act
Character: Blade's Mom
Released: June 5, 1992
Type: Movie
Duncan is a genius straight A student, Blade is juvenile delinquent. But because of a mix up with their school records, everyone thinks each is the other one. Now, Duncan kind of likes the attention from being thought of as a real bad dude, if only the school bully would stop trying to rough him up. And Blade definitely likes being thought of as important instead of as trouble.
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Livin' Large!
Title: Livin' Large!
Character: Nadine Biggs
Released: September 20, 1991
Type: Movie
A young black reporter begins to lose his identity.
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Title: Roc
Released: August 25, 1991
Type: TV
Roc is an American comedy-drama television series which ran on Fox from August 1991 to May 1994. The series stars Charles S. Dutton as Baltimore garbage collector Roc Emerson and Ella Joyce as his wife Eleanor.
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Title: Roc
Character: Cynthia
Released: August 25, 1991
Type: TV
Roc is an American comedy-drama television series which ran on Fox from August 1991 to May 1994. The series stars Charles S. Dutton as Baltimore garbage collector Roc Emerson and Ella Joyce as his wife Eleanor.
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Caged Fear
Title: Caged Fear
Character: Judy
Released: May 17, 1991
Type: Movie
After a jewelry theft Tommy Lane can hardly free. His girlfriend Kristen has less luck and is arrested. She's sentenced to jail in an ill-reputed female prison in Oklahoma. Tommy doesn't let her down; he manages to get into the prison - on the other side of the bars - to force the ruthless director to let her go.
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The Colored Museum
Title: The Colored Museum
Character: Janine
Released: February 1, 1991
Type: Movie
Ten satirical sketches written by George C. Wolfe use drama, comedy and music to examine black stereotypes and express the need for African-Americans to preserve their culture by remembering their painful but glorious heritage. Presented as museum "exhibitions," the songs and sketches address the problem of having to renounce one's history and suppress anger in order to assimilate.
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Title: Cop Rock
Released: September 26, 1990
Type: TV
Cop Rock is an Emmy Award-winning American musical police drama series that aired on ABC in 1990. The show, a police drama presented as a musical, was co-created by Steven Bochco, who also served as executive producer. TV Guide ranked it #8 on TV Guide's List of the 50 Worst TV Shows of All Time list in 2002. The periodical dubbed it "the single most bizarre TV musical of all time."
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Title: Sugar and Spice
Released: March 30, 1990
Type: TV
Sugar and Spice is a short-lived American sitcom that premiered on March 30, 1990 on CBS.
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Stanley & Iris
Title: Stanley & Iris
Character: Bertha
Released: February 9, 1990
Type: Movie
An illiterate cook at a company cafeteria tries for the attention of a newly widowed woman. As they get to know one another, she discovers his inability to read. When he is fired, she takes on trying to teach him to read in her kitchen each night.
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Parent Trap III
Title: Parent Trap III
Character: Thelma
Released: April 9, 1989
Type: Movie
When Jeff plans to marry again, his triplet daughters Megan, Lisa and Jessie try to bring him together with Susan.
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Title: Murphy Brown
Character: Nurse Hawking
Released: November 14, 1988
Type: TV
Murphy Brown (Candice Bergen) is a recovering alcoholic who returns to the fictional newsmagazine FYI for the first time following a stay at the Betty Ford Clinic residential treatment center. Over 40 and single, she is sharp tongued and hard as nails. In her profession, she is considered one of the boys, having shattered many glass ceilings encountered during her career. Dominating the FYI news magazine, she is portrayed as one of America's hardest-hitting (though not the warmest or more sympathetic) media personalities.
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Sticky Fingers
Title: Sticky Fingers
Character: Diane
Released: May 6, 1988
Type: Movie
Two dippy roommates, struggling musicians Lolly and Hattie are asked by a drug-dealing friend-of-a-friend Diane to baby-sit a bag containing nearly a million dollars while she scoots out of town in order to avoid trouble. Once the money is in their possession, however, temptation proves too much for them.
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Little Nikita
Title: Little Nikita
Character: Verna McLaughlin
Released: March 17, 1988
Type: Movie
Roy Parmenter is an FBI agent in San Diego; 20 years ago his partner was killed by a Soviet spy, nicknamed Scuba, still at large. Scuba is now trying to extort the Soviets; to prove he's serious, he's killing their agents one by one, including "sleepers," agents under deep cover awaiting orders. Roy interviews a high school lad, Jeff Grant, an applicant to the Air Force Academy. In a routine background check, Roy discovers that Jeff's parents are sleepers. He must see if Jeff is also a spy, confront the parents yet protect them, and catch his nemesis. Meanwhile, the Soviets have sent their own spy-catcher, the loner Karpov, to reel in Scuba. Alliances shift; it's cat and mouse.
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Title: A Different World
Character: Stevie Rallen
Released: September 24, 1987
Type: TV
A Different World is an American television sitcom which aired for six seasons on NBC. It is a spin-off series from The Cosby Show and originally centered on Denise Huxtable and the life of students at Hillman College, a fictional mixed but historically black college in the state of Virginia. After Bonet's departure in the first season, the remainder of the series primarily focused more on Southern belle Whitley Gilbert and mathematics whiz Dwayne Wayne. The series frequently depicted members of the major historically black fraternities and sororities. While it was a spin-off from The Cosby Show, A Different World would typically address issues that were avoided by The Cosby Show writers. One episode that aired in 1990 was one of the first American network television episodes to address the HIV/AIDS epidemic.
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Anna to the Infinite Power
Title: Anna to the Infinite Power
Character: Mrs. Benson
Released: January 12, 1983
Type: Movie
Anna Hart was always an odd child, a genius, a shoplifter, desperately afraid of flickering lights, with strange prophetic dreams. Simultaneously, several strange things begin to happen. A strange, mysterious neighbor, by the name of MacKayla moves in next door to the Harts. And, most frightening of all, Anna sees her exact double on the television one night. As her investigation of the other Anna, Anna Smithson, progresses, she begins to learn the truth. The truth about a woman named Anna Zimmerman that has been dead for twenty years, and most importantly, the truth about herself
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Will
Title: Will
Released: January 1, 1981
Type: Movie
A girls’ basketball coach is fighting through a heroin addiction while mentoring a 12-year-old street kid adopted by Will and his wife.
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Title: Great Performances
Character: Janine
Released: January 28, 1971
Type: TV
The best in the performing arts from across America and around the world including a diverse programming portfolio of classical music, opera, popular song, musical theater, dance, drama, and performance documentaries.
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Urban Legend
Title: Urban Legend
Character: Reese
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
The movie will center on a diverse cast of college students as they navigate a series of bizarre deaths that resemble urban legends linked to the darkest corners of social media.
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Lost & Found in Cleveland
Title: Lost & Found in Cleveland
Character: Joy Morris
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
A new American fable about the post-Industrial American Dream in the Industrial Midwest - a slice-of-life depiction over a 24-hour period that follows the personal odysseys of five very different people, whose lives intertwine when America's favorite televised antiques appraisal show comes to their city.
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Title: Legally Mad
Character: Jeanette Harris
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: TV
Legally Mad is a television pilot that was made to be an American television series. It takes place in a Chicago law firm. On May 4, 2009, NBC announced it would be picking up the show and was expected to debut in spring 2010. But on May 12, 2009, the show was dropped by NBC, due to scheduling conflict and is not going to be shopped to any other network.
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Break the Cycle
Title: Break the Cycle
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
Two Memphis brothers' childhood is impacted by tragedy. They are raised by their grandmother but follow different paths into adulthood.
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Bull Street
Title: Bull Street
Character: Mrs. Big-Gal
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
A woman faces the battle of her life when her estranged father's family tries to evict her and her grandmother from the only home she has ever known.