Jackée Harry

Jackée Harry
Jackée Harry in 1988
Born	Jacqueline Yvonne Harry Winston-Salem, North Carolina, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1970–present
Spouse	Elgin Charles Williams (1996-2003)
Website	http://www.Jackee-Online.com

Jackée Harry (born August 14, 1956) is an American actress, primarily known for her roles on sitcoms and television. She is best known for her roles Sandra Clark, sexy neighbor and nemesis of Mary Jenkins (played by Marla Gibbs) on the TV series 227 (a role she played from 1985 to 1989), and as Tia's mother, Lisa Landry, in the long-running comedy, Sister, Sister.

Career

Television

She began studying acting at the Henry Street Settlement on the Lower East Side in New York City and began a career on the New York stage. She appeared in A Broadway Musical, playing a chorine. In 1983, she made her television debut by on Another World as Lily Mason, a role she continued until 1986. In 2003, she was a surprise guest on the Another World Reunion that SOAPnet coordinated and aired.

In 1985, Harry began a co-starring role opposite Marla Gibbs as her building vamp, "Sandra Clark", on the NBC sitcom 227, the role with which she is most associated. Her mother, Flossie, celebrated her getting the part but died before the show aired.

As the breakout star of 227 she became the first African American to win an Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series. Her performance on 227 inspired NBC producers to create a television pilot for her entitled Jackée. The pilot episode failed with audiences and is now shown as an episode of 227.

After leaving 227 in 1989, Harry starred opposite Oprah Winfrey in the adaptation of Gloria Naylor's novel, The Women of Brewster Place. In 1991, Harry joined the cast of The Royal Family, whose run ended after one season when star Redd Foxx died unexpectedly that fall.

From 1994-99, Harry played Tia Mowry's character's adoptive mother on the sitcom, Sister, Sister. She won NAACP Image Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for two consecutive years in 1999 and 2000. First on ABC, the series moved to the WB network until it ended. She had a recurring role as Vanessa on The CW series Everybody Hates Chris.

Theatre

In 1994, Harry made her return to the theater by starring as Billie Holiday in the play Lady Day at Emersons Bar and Grill. Following that stage production, she fulfilled the role of "madam who runs a bordello" in the Broadway musical The Boys From Syracuse, a play based on William Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors.

In 1992, she starred as the assistant coach in Ladybugs. Harry served as a guest panelist on the 2000 revival of To Tell the Truth. Harry appeared on the second season of VH1's Celebrity Fit Club 2 in 2005.

In the mid-2000s, she appeared in stage productions of The Sunshine Boys, Damn Yankees, and A Christmas Carol. She most recently toured nationally in J.D. Lawrence's The Clean Up Woman.

Work

Theatre

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2008	JD Lawrence's The Clean Up Woman	Jasmine	Performer "Love Won't Let Me Love", "Bonus Track" narration on soundtrack
	The Sunshine Boys	Registered Nurse
2007	U Got Me Bent And Twisted	Mable	Director
	Damn Yankees	Sister	Performer "Heart (Reprise)"
2006	Man Of Her Dreams	Louise	"I'm as usual. I wanted to be the quiet, happily married one, but they wouldn't hear of it."
2005	Too Good To Let Go
2004	A Christmas Carol	Mrs. Fezziwig/Mrs. Dilbert	Performer “Angels We Have Heard On High
	Not A Day Goes By	Ava
2003	Urban Transitions: Loose Blossoms	Mother (Cheryl)
2002	The Boys from Syracuse	Madam Bordello	Performer “Sing For Your Supper”
2001	The Vagina Monologues
2000	For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf	Woman in Blue	Performer "Now I Love Somebody More Than", "Abortion Cycle #1", "I Used To Live In The World", "Sorry"
1994	Lady Day At Emerson's Bar & Grill	Billie Holliday	Performer "God Bless the Child", "T'Ain't Nobody's Biz-ness", and "Crazy He Calls Me"
1984	Diamonds	Lady #3	Performer "He Threw Out The Ball", "Hundreds Of Hats", "Vendors", "Stay In Your Own Back Yard"
	A…My Name Is Alice		Understudy
1983	Adam	Rachel Watts
1982	Rinestone	Chicago Woman, Sara, Maid
	Colored People's Time	Alberta/Corina	Blues Singer
1981	Child Of The Sun	Cassie
1980	One Mo Time	Ma Reed	Performer "Let Me Make Myself Plain", "Hindustan", "After You've Gone", "Muddy Water"
1979]]	The Good Ship Credit		Musical
	Second Thoughts
	I'm Getting My Act Together And Taking It On The Road	Alice	Performer "Natural High", "Smile", "Miss America", "Strong Woman Package", "Put In A Package And Sold"
1978	A Broadway Musical	Melinda Bernard	Performer "A Broadway Musical", "Smoke And Fire" (Back-up), "The 1934 Hot Chocolate Jazz Babies Revue", "You Gotta Have Dancing"
1977	The Wiz
1975	Eubie!		Performer “My Handyman Ain’t Handy No More"
1973	Two Plays By Richard Wesley	Nurse	Performer "Going Through Changes"
1970	The King And I	King	Performer "A Puzzlement", "Finale, Act I", "Song Of The King", "Shall We Dance?"

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2009	GED	Mama	Release Date of Feb. 9th, 2009
	The Man of Her Dreams	Louise	Recorded Live, Released Direct-to-Video
2004	You Got Served	Mama
1993	Living and Working in Space: The Countdown Has Begun	Charmayne	Released Direct-to-Video
1992	Ladybugs	Julie Benson

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006–2009	Everybody Hates Chris	Vanessa	Recurring Role
2007	The Last Day of Summer	Lola The Lobster	Nickelodeon TV-Movie
2006	All You've Got	Butt Short Salesman	MTV TV-Movie
2005	One on One	Sherri St. Croix	Episode: Waiting for Huffman
	That's So Raven	Dava	Episode: Goin' Hollywood
2003	7th Heaven	Ms. Beane	Episode: It's Not Always About You
2000	Twice in a Lifetime	Darcy Green	Episode: Used Hearts
1994–1999	Sister, Sister	Lisa Landry	Image Award (won-2)
1996	Unhappily Ever After	Ms. Blake	Episode: Girls Who Wear Glasses
1995	Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child	Bo Peep	Voice Role
1994	Dave's World	Estelle	Episode: Saved by Estelle
1991–1992	The Royal Family	Ruth 'CoCo' Royal
1992	Designing Women	Vanessa Chamberlain	Episode: Shades of Vanessa
1990	We'll Take Manhattan	Yvonne
1988, 1989	Amen	Roxanne Farley Roxanne Farley Florence Hawkins	Episode: A Slight Case of Murder (1) Episode: A Slight Case of Murder (2) Episode: Don't Rain on My Shower
1985–1989	227	Sandra Clark	Primetime Emmy Award (won-1) (nominated-1) Golden Globe Award (nominated)
1989	Double Your Pleasure		NBC TV-Movie
	Jackée	Sandra Clark
	The Women of Brewster Place	Etta Mae	ABC Miniseries
1988	Crash Course	Edna Savage	NBC TV-Movie
1987	Alf Loves a Mystery	Countess
	The Incredible Ida Early	Ida Early	TV-movie
1983–1986	Another World	Lily Mason	NBC Soap opera

External links

• Official website
• Jackée Harry at IMDb
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