Tracey Ross
Tracey Ross | |
|---|---|
| Born | Linda Tracey Ross February 27, 1959 Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
| Education | Dwight Morrow High School |
| Alma mater | Douglass College |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1981–present |
| Known for | |
| Children | Bryce Vine |
Linda Tracey Ross (born February 27, 1959) is an American television actress, known for her role as Eve Russell on the NBC daytime soap opera, Passions (1999–2008).
Early life and education
Ross was born in Brooklyn, New York, and attended Dwight Morrow High School in Englewood, New Jersey and then Douglass College.[1]
Career
In 1984, she became the first winner in the Spokesmodel category on the television series Star Search.[2] She later joined the cast of ABC daytime soap opera Ryan's Hope as Diana Douglas, appearing in show from 1985 to 1987.[2] She later had a number of guest starring roles on prime time shows, such as The Cosby Show, Roc, Baywatch Nights, and Providence.
From 1999 to 2008, Ross starred as Eve Russell on the NBC daytime soap opera, Passions.[3] Ross was nominated for the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Daytime Drama Series for nine consecutive years, for her performance as Eve Russell. Ross won the award on March 2, 2007.
Her son is rapper and singer Bryce Vine.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Jacqueline Susann's Valley of the Dolls | Television film | |
| 1984 | Best Defense | Arab Girl | |
| 1984 | The Cotton Club | Dancer | |
| 1985 | Finder of Lost Loves | Secretary | Episode: "Deadly Silence" |
| 1985 | Braker | Janice | Television film |
| 1985–1987 | Ryan's Hope | Diana Douglas | Series regular |
| 1987 | Mayflower Madam | Annabelle | Television film |
| 1989 | The Cosby Show | Fran | Episode: "Getting to Know You" |
| 1991 | Doctor Doctor | Rachel Patton | Episode: "Butterfield's Complaint" |
| 1991 | Lies of the Twins | Lillian Roth | Television film |
| 1991 | Roc | Wife | Episode: "A Home, a Loan" |
| 1994 | On Our Own | Mrs. Kisling | Episode: "Parents' Night" |
| 1996 | Baywatch Nights | Celia | Episode: "Curse of the Mirrored Box" |
| 1996 | Small Time | Verneile | |
| 1997 | Cold Around the Heart | Nurse | |
| 1999–2008 | Passions | Eve Russell | Series regular |
| 1999 | Unconditional Love | Patrice Sommers | |
| 2002 | Providence | Dr. Eve Johnson Russell | Episode: "The Eleventh Hour" |
| 2008 | House of Payne | Mrs. Carter | Episode: "Payne and Prejudice" |
| 2009 | Brothers | Chris | Episode: "Mom at Bar/Train Buddy" |
| 2014 | Steps of Faith | Stephanie Houston |
References
- ^ Ledesma, Ann. "Former 'wallflower' blossoms into radiant model", Home News, January 16, 1979. Accessed February 9, 2021, via Newspapers.com. "Looking at gorgeous Tracey Ross, 20, no one would ever suspect that she grew up feeling like 'a misfit, a wallflower, shy'.... Miss Ross, a Brooklyn native who graduated from Dwight Morrow High School in Englewood, had been a dance and theater major at Douglass."
- ^ a b "Tracey Ross Playing Dr. Eve Russell on Passions". Soaps.com. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
- ^ "Tracey Ross Looks Back at Her Time on Passions". Soaps.com. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
External links
- Tracey Ross at IMDb
- American film actresses
- American soap opera actresses
- American television actresses
- 1959 births
- Living people
- Actresses from New Jersey
- Douglass College alumni
- Dwight Morrow High School alumni
- Actresses from Brooklyn
- 20th-century American actresses
- 21st-century American actresses
- 21st-century African-American actresses
- 20th-century African-American actresses