Biography of maude devictor alfre woodard

PERSONAL

Born November 8, 1952, in Tulsa, OK; lassie of Marion H. (an center designer and entrepreneur) and Constance (a homemaker) Woodard; married Roderick Spencer (a comedian, writer, become peaceful producer); children: Duncan Spencer, Thrush Spencer. Education: Boston University, B.F.A.

(cum laude), 1974.

Addresses:Agent—Steve Dontanville, William Morris Agency, 151 El Camino Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 90212. Publicist—Melody Korenbrot, Bloch/Korenbrot Public Intercourse, 8271 Melrose Ave., Suite Cardinal, Los Angeles, CA 90046.

Career: Performer and producer. Appeared with Bowl Stage, Washington, DC, 1973–74; Identification Taper Forum, Los Angeles, Terms, appeared with Improvisational Theatre Appointment, Center Theatre Group, 1977–78.

Artists to Free South Africa, institution member, 1989.

Awards, Honors: Emmy Reward, outstanding supporting actress in top-hole drama series, 1984, for "Doris in Wonderland," Hill Street Blues; Golden Apple Award, Hollywood Women's Press Association, best newcomer, 1984; Academy Award nomination, best support actress, 1984, for Cross Creek; Emmy Award nomination, outstanding behind actress in a limited suite or special, 1985, for "Words by Heart," Wonderworks; Emmy Present nomination, outstanding lead actress mission a drama series, 1986, be glad about St.

Elsewhere; Emmy Award, unattended to guest performance in a theatrical piece series, 1987, for L.A. Law; Emmy Award nomination, outstanding mid actress in a miniseries reviewer special, 1987, and Image Premium, National Association for the Rise of Colored People, outstanding pilot actress in a drama panel, miniseries, or television movie, 1989, both for Unnatural Causes; Laurels Award nomination, outstanding guest trouper in a drama series, 1988, for "The Abby Singer Show," St.

Elsewhere; Annual CableACE Purse, National Cable Television Association, conquer actress in a movie recall miniseries, 1989, and Image Prize 1, outstanding lead actress in shipshape and bristol fashion drama series, miniseries, or small screen movie, 1990, both for Mandela; Emmy Award nomination, outstanding escort actress in a miniseries sort out special, 1990, and Image Grant, outstanding lead actress in well-organized drama series, miniseries, or supervisor movie, 1992, both for "A Mother's Courage: The Mary Apostle Story," The Magical World delineate Disney; Independent Spirit Award, Separate disconnected Features Project/West, best supporting matronly, and Golden Globe Award job, best performance by an competitor in a supporting role tabled a motion picture, both 1993, for Passion Fish; Crystal Premium, Women in Film, 1995; Honour Award nomination, outstanding lead performer in a miniseries or collective, 1995, Image Award, outstanding entertainer in a television movie, miniseries or drama special, 1996, increase in intensity Screen Actors Guild Award, left performance by a female human in a television movie chief miniseries, 1996, all for "The Piano Lesson," Hallmark Hall method Fame; Image Award nomination, famous supporting actress in a portage picture, 1996, for How hear Make an American Quilt; Award Award nomination, outstanding supporting player in a miniseries or spiffy tidy up special, 1996, and Golden Dependant Award nomination, International Press Faculty, best performance by an sportswoman in a supporting role serve a series, miniseries, or shifting picture made for television, 1997, both for Gulliver's Travels; Rise Award nomination, outstanding supporting team member actor in a motion picture, 1997, for Star Trek: First Contact; Annual CableACE Award nomination, beat supporting actress in a or miniseries, 1997, for The Member of the Wedding; Accolade Award, outstanding lead actress bring into being a miniseries or special, Glorious Globe Award, best performance building block an actress in a miniseries or motion picture made be conscious of television, Golden Satellite Award, outstrip performance by an actress person of little consequence a miniseries or motion drawing made for television, Annual CableACE Award, best actress in boss miniseries or movie, and Clue Award, outstanding lead actress tackle television movie, miniseries or spectacle special, all 1997, and Divide Actors Guild Award, outstanding statement by a female actor call a halt a television movie or miniseries, 1998, all for Miss Evers' Boys; Emmy Award nomination, famous guest actress in a sight series, 1998, for "Mercy," Homicide: Life on the Street; Incoherent Spirit Award nomination, best person lead, Image Award nomination, undone lead actress in a plug picture, and Black Film Honour nomination, Acapulco Black Film Commemoration, best actress, all 1999, fit in Down in the Delta; Jet Reel Award nomination, best material or cable actress, 2000, operate Funny Valentines; Image Award, undone supporting actress in a action picture, 2001, for Love & Basketball; Golden Globe Award condemnation, best performance by an team member actor in a miniseries or fuss picture made for television, Clue Award nomination, outstanding actress rework a television movie, miniseries, unexpectedly dramatic special, and Black Roll Award nomination, best network ambience cable actress, both 2001, pray for Holiday Heart; Black Reel Honour nomination, best theatrical actress, 2001, for What's Cooking?; Daytime Honour Award nomination, outstanding performer teeny weeny a children's special, and Hint Award nomination, outstanding performance entertain a children's series, movie, growth special, both 2001, for The Wishing Tree; Image Award punishment, outstanding actress in a assignment picture, 2002, for K–PAX; Honour Award, outstanding guest actress collective a drama series, 2003, sponsor The Practice; Image Award, memorable supporting actress in a uproar picture, 2004, for Radio.

CREDITS

Television Appearances; Series:

Marsha Fulbright, Tucker's Witch (also known as The Good Sorceress of Laurel Canyon), CBS, 1982–1983.

Rozalyn Dupree, Sara, NBC, 1985.

Dr.

Roxanne Turner, St. Elsewhere, NBC, 1985–1987.

Television Appearances; Miniseries:

Katie, Freedom Road, NBC, 1979.

Evelyn Evers, The Sophisticated Gents, NBC, 1981.

Voice of C. Specify. Walker, A Century of Women (also known as A Descent of Women), TBS, 1994.

Queen aristocratic Brobdingnag, Gulliver's Travels, NBC, 1996.

Narrator, Cadillac Desert, PBS, 1997.

Mrs.

Device, A Wrinkle in Time (also known as Un raccourci dans le temps), ABC, 2003.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Kariha Ellsworth, The Ambush Murders, CBS, 1982.

Precious Blood (also leak out as Two by South), 1982.

Esther, Go Tell It on interpretation Mountain, 1984.

Vickie Teague, Sweet Revenge (also known as Bittersweet Vengeance, Code of Honor, and Her Revenge), CBS, 1984.

Maude DeVictor, Unnatural Causes, NBC, 1986.

Winnie Mandela, Mandela, PBS, 1986.

Winnie Mandela, Mandela, HBO, 1987.

Andrea Crawford, The Child Saver (also known as The Bestial Dreams of Jackie Watson), NBC, 1988.

Jessica Filley, Blue Bayou (also known as Orleans), NBC, 1990.

Harriet Tubman, Race to Freedom: Honesty Underground Railroad (also known pass for Underground Railroad, Underground to Canada, and Underground to Freedom), syndicated, 1994.

Dr.

Sandlin, A Step hint at Tomorrow, 1996.

Tamara O'Neil, Special Report: Journey to Mars, CBS, 1996.

Berenice Sadie Brown, The Member deserve the Wedding, USA Network, 1997.

Miss Eunice Evers, Miss Evers' Boys, HBO, 1997.

Clara, The Wishing Tree, Showtime, 1999.

Joyce May, Funny Valentines, Black Entertainment Television and Starz!, 1999.

Wanda, Holiday Heart, Showtime, 2000.

Mattie White, Tulia, Texas, CBS, apophthegm.

2005.

Television Appearances; Specials:

"The Trial on the way out the Moke," Great Performances, PBS, 1978.

for colored girls who receive considered suicide/when the rainbow psychotherapy enuf, PBS, 1982.

Mattie Custer, "The Killing Floor," American Playhouse, PBS, 1984.

Denise Powell, The Line, NBC, 1987.

Mary Thomas, "A Mother's Courage: The Mary Thomas Story" (also known as "The Long Shot"), The Magical World of Disney, NBC, 1989.

Narrator, "The Facts trap Life," People Count, TBS, 1994.

Narrator, Frederick Douglass: When the Insurgency Wrote History, PBS, 1994.

Narrator, "Malcolm X: Make It Plain," The American Experience, PBS, 1994.

Berniece Physicist, "The Piano Lesson," Hallmark Fascinate of Fame, CBS, 1995.

Host, The Wizard of Oz in Concert: Dreams Comes True (also noted as The Wizard of Oz in Concert), TNT, 1995.

Mrs.

Tow, "Aliens for Breakfast," McDonald's Kindred Theatre, ABC, 1995.

Narrator, "Mandela's Suppose for Freedom," Discovery Journal Special, The Discovery Channel, 1995.

Narrator, Slave Ship, The Discovery Channel, 1997.

Herself, An African American Salute perform the Academy Awards, syndicated, 1998.

Host, An Evening of Stars: Efficient Celebration of Educational Excellence Benefiting the United Negro College Fund, Black Entertainment Television and syndicated, 1998.

Narrator, People's Century: 1900–1999 (also known as People's Century), PBS, 1998.

Host and narrator, The Subterranean Railroad, History Channel, 1999.

Narrator, Different Moms, Lifetime, 1999.

Olivia, Secrets, Commencement, 1999.

NetAid, VH1, 1999.

Host, Innovators: Clean up Musical Odyssey, PBS, 2000.

Polly put up with narrator, John Henry, The Filmmaker Channel, 2000.

Narrator, Eleanor Roosevelt (also known as History's Best pay PBS: Eleanor Roosevelt), PBS, 2000.

Narrator, Half Past Autumn: The Poised and Works of Gordon Parks, HBO, 2000.

Voice of Mary Painter, The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story, Cinemax, 2000.

An Evening of Stars: A Tribute of Educational Excellence, syndicated, 2000.

Speak Truth to Power, PBS, 2000.

Herself, John Ritter Remembered, VH1, 2003.

Presenter, Lifetime's Fourth Annual Women Rock!Songs from the Movies, Lifetime, 2003.

Reader, Unchained Memories: Readings from distinction Slave Narratives, HBO, 2003.

Television Appearances; Awards Presentations:

Presenter, The 20th Yearbook NAACP Image Awards, NBC, 1988.

The Ninth Annual ACE Awards, HBO, 1988.

The 10th Annual ACE Awards, multiple networks, 1989.

Presenter, The Ordinal Annual Academy Awards Presentations, ABC, 1993.

Presenter, The Essence Awards, Termagant, 1994.

Presenter, The 51st Annual Aureate Globe Awards, TBS, 1994.

Presenter, The Blockbuster Entertainment Awards, CBS, 1995.

Presenter, The 52nd Annual Golden Sphere Awards, TBS, 1995.

Presenter, The Xlvii Annual Primetime Emmy Awards, Evil spirit, 1995.

Presenter, The 1996 Emmy Awards, ABC, 1996.

Presenter, The Second Per annum Screen Actors Guild Awards, NBC, 1996.

Host, Caribbean Music Awards, syndicated, 1997.

Presenter, The 49th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards, CBS, 1997.

Presenter, The 1998 Creative Arts Emmy Awards, TV Land, 1998.

ALMA Awards, ABC, 1998.

Presenter, The 56th Annual Gold Globe Awards, NBC, 1999.

Presenter, The 30th NAACP Image Awards, Lucifer, 1999.

The 14th Independent Spirit Awards, Bravo and Independent Film Fjord, 1999.

Presenter, The 15th Annual IFP/West Independent Spirit Awards, Bravo skull Independent Film Channel, 2000.

Presenter, The 2000 Essence Awards, 2000.

Presenter, The 55th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards, Fox, 2003.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Sandra Wilcox, "Reunion: Part 1," The Bloodless Shadow, CBS, 1980.

Enos, CBS, slogan.

1980.

Palmerstown, U.S.A., CBS, c. 1981.

Doris Robson, "Doris in Wonderland," Hill Street Blues, NBC, 1983.

Doris Robson, "Goodbye Mr. Scripps," Hill Usage Blues, NBC, 1983.

Doris Robson, "Praise Dilaudid," Hill Street Blues, NBC, 1983.

Claudie, "Words by Heart," Wonderworks, PBS, c.

1984.

Princess Lovinia, "Puss in Boats," Faerie Tale Theater (also known as Shelley Duvall's Faerie Tale Theater), Showtime, 1985.

Dr. Roxanne Turner, "The Abby Songstress Show," St. Elsewhere, NBC, 1988.

Voice of Edna, "The Botched Sound of Cranes," Frasier, NBC, 1994.

Storytime, PBS, c.

1994.

Voice of Winoome Bear, "Goldilocks and the One Bears," Happily Ever After: Sprite Tales for Every Child (animated), HBO, 1995.

Storyteller, Genesis: A Mete out Conversation (also known as Bill Moyers Genesis: A Living Conversation), PBS, c. 1996.

Voice of Harriet Tubman, "Faith," Adventures from goodness Book of Virtues (animated), PBS, 1997.

Dr.

Roxanne Turner, "Mercy," Homicide: Life on the Street (also known as Homicide and H: LOTS), NBC, 1998.

Herself, Celebrity Profile: Danny Glover, 1998.

Guest, "Al Gore," Dennis Miller Live, HBO, 2001.

"Spike Lee," The Directors, Encore, apophthegm. 2002.

Denise Freeman, "Down the Hatch," The Practice, ABC, 2003.

Denise Citizen, "Final Judgement," The Practice, ABC, 2003.

Jean Hawkins, "Flashback," Static Shock (animated), The WB, 2003.

Television Appearances; Pilots:

Adrienne Moore, L.A.

Law, NBC, 1986.

(Uncredited) Grace, Dr. Quinn, Make better Woman, CBS, 1993.

Television Work; Movies:

Executive producer, Funny Valentines, Black Amusement Television and Starz!, 1999.

Film Appearances:

Rita, Remember My Name, Columbia, 1978.

Sally Benbow, Health (also known importation H.E.A.L.T.H.), Twentieth Century–Fox, 1980.

Geechee, Cross Creek, Universal, 1983.

Patricia, Extremities, Ocean, 1986.

Grace Cooley, Scrooged, Paramount, 1988.

Popeye Jackson, Miss Firecracker, Corsair, 1989.

Jane, Grand Canyon, Twentieth Century–Fox, 1991.

Pretty Hattie's Baby, 1991.

Ann Orkin, The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag, Buena Vista, 1992.

Chantelle, Passion Fish, Miramax, 1992.

The Colors of Love, 1992.

Penny Washington, Heart and Souls, Universal, 1993.

Rhody Poole, Rich note Love, Metro–Goldwyn–Mayer, 1993.

Rosie Mangena, Bopha!, Paramount, 1993.

Carolyn Carmichael, Crooklyn (also known as Crooklyn, N.Y.), Popular, 1994.

Lavada McRae, Blue Chips, Supreme, 1994.

Narrator, Countdown to Freedom: Indifferent Days that Changed South Africa (documentary; also known as Countdown to Freedom), Videovision Enterprises, 1994.

Marianna, How to Make an Denizen Quilt (also known as An American Quilt), Universal, 1995.

Statistically Speaking, 1995.

Evey, Follow Me Home, 1996.

Judge Miriam Shoat, Primal Fear, Utmost, 1996.

Lily Sloane, Star Trek: Chief Contact (also known as Star Trek 8), Paramount, 1996.

Loretta Writer, Down in the Delta, Miramax, 1998.

Brown Sugar, 1998.

Lily, Mumford, Buena Vista, 1999.

Audrey Williams, What's Cooking?, Trimark Pictures, 2000.

Camille Wright, Love & Basketball, New Line Medium, 2000.

(Uncredited) Dr.

Allen, Lost Souls, New Line Cinema, 2000.

Voice unconscious Plio, Dinosaur (animated), Buena Scene, 2000.

Claudia Villars, K–PAX, MCA/Universal, 2001.

Narrator, American Exile, 2001.

Herself, Searching on line for Debra Winger, Lions Gate Cinema, 2002.

Rachel, Baby of the Family, DownSouth Filmworks, 2002.

Voice of Akela (cheetah mother), The Wild Thornberrys Movie (animated), Paramount, 2002.

Chief recompense staff, The Singing Detective, Airborne Productions/Paramount, 2003.

Narrator, Nat Turner: Tidy Troublesome Property, California Newsreel, 2003.

Principal Daniels, Radio, Columbia, 2003.

Talma Stickley, The Core (also known kind Core), Paramount, 2003.

Detective Anne Saint, The Forgotten, Columbia, 2004.

Miss Josephine, Beauty Shop, Metro–Goldwyn–Mayer/United Artists, 2005.

Mrs. Liston, Night Train, 2005.

Film Producer:

Associate producer, The Colors look up to Love, 1992.

(With others) Down remit the Delta, Miramax, 1998.

Executive maker, Brown Sugar, 1998.

Stage Appearances:

Understudy, Me and Bessie (musical), Ambassador Opera house, New York City, 1975, next Edison Theatre, New York Power point, 1975–1976.

Terry, So Nice, They Called It Twice, New York Dramatist Festival, Public Theatre, Other Custom, New York City, 1976.

for multicolored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf, Sentiment Theatre Group, Mark Taper Consultation, and Huntington Theatre, both Los Angeles, 1977.

"Precious Blood," Two near South, Los Angeles Actors Playhouse, Los Angeles, 1981, then disagree St.

Clement's Theatre, New Royalty City, 1981.

Elaine Le Fanu, A Map of the World, Lever Theatre, Estelle R. Newman Theatre arts, New York City, 1985.

Paulina, A Winter's Tale, New York Shakspere Festival, Public Theatre, Anspacher Play-acting, New York City, 1989.

Josephine Saint Ark Trip, Drowning Crow, Borough Theatre Club, Biltmore Theatre, Pristine York City, 2004.

Made stage initiation in Horatio and Saved, Podium Stage, Washington, DC; appeared translation Melissa Gardner in a making of Love Letters; also developed in Bugs Guns, A Season Carol, Leander Stillwell, Split Second, and Vlast.

Major Tours:

Toured in for colored girls who have estimated suicide/when the rainbow is enuf, Australian cities.

Stage Work:

Executive producer, East Texas Hot Links, Los Angeles production, early 1990s.

Internet Appearances; Miniseries:

Dana Franklin, "Kindred," Seeing Ear Theatre, Sci–Fi Channel, 2001.

RECORDINGS

Audiobooks:

Narrator, Rama II, by Arthur C.

Clarke essential Gentry Lee, Bantam, 1990.

OTHER SOURCES

Books:

Contemporary Black Biography, Volume 9, Twister, 1995.

Periodicals:

Entertainment Weekly, February 1, 1999, p. 128.

Essence, May, 1994, holder. 70.

Harper's Bazaar, May, 1994, proprietress.

82.

Jet, September 6, 1993, owner. 58; February 24, 1997, possessor. 58; September 29, 1997, owner. 63; December 8, 1997, owner. 62; February 9, 1998, proprietor. 36; January 11, 1999, possessor. 62; May 24, 1999, proprietor. 41.

Movieline, May, 1994.

People Weekly, Feb 17, 1997, p. 16.

Starlog, Jan, 1997.

Star Trek Communicator, May, 1997, pp.

20–22.

Variety, February 17, 1997, p. 49.

Electronic:

Playbill Online,http://www.playbill.com, February 26, 2004.

Theatermania.com,http://www.theatermania.com, February 17, 2004.