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    Jackée Harry Biography

    Date of Birth:
    Aug 14, 1956Birth Place:
    Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA

    Biography

    Born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Jackée Harry moved to New York City at the age of nine. After graduating from New York's High School of Music and Art, Harry earned a grad in Education from the Long Island University and taught History at Brooklyn Technical High School, before deciding to give acting a try. She performed in a number of plays and made her way to Broadway before her first on screen appearance with Morgan Freeman on "Another World" (NBC, 1964-1999) in 1983. In 1985, Harry debuted as a series regular on "227" (NBC, 1985-1990). The role of Sandra Clark, nemesis to the series leading lady, earned Harry the honor of becoming the first African-American woman to win the Emmy for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series, and made Jackée a household name. In 1994, Harry premiered in a series regular role on the popular show "Sister, Sister" (ABC, 1

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    Biography

    Vivacious, witty, and completely unforgettable, Jackée Harry was born to entertain.

    Born Jacqueline Yvonne Harry on August 14, 1956 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and reared from the age of nine in Harlem, New York, by her mother, Flossie, Jackée landed the lead role of the King in her school’s production of The King and I at the tender age of fourteen. Upon graduation from New York City’s High School of Music and Art with a distinction in Opera, Jackée attended the University of Long Island, where she earned her B.A. in education.

    Jackée began her career as a history teacher at Brooklyn Technical High School but left after two years to pursue acting. She studied at the Henry Street Settlement on the Lower East Side and made her professional acting debut in 1973 in Richard Wesley’s Goin’ Through Changes; not long afterward, she made her Broadway debut inA Broadway Musical as Melinda Bernard. Other Broadway performances include The Wiz, Eubie!, and

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    Jackée Harry

    Jackée Harryis an American actress. She is portraying Evelyn Randin Girl Meets World.

    Biography[]

    Born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and raised in Harlem, New York, to a Trinidadian mother and African American father, Harry began studying acting at the Henry Street Settlement on the Lower East Side in New York City. She was an American History teacher at Brooklyn Technical High School before beginning a career on the New York stage.

    Career[]

    Theatre[]

    Harry made her Broadway debut in A Broadway Musical, playing a chorine. Throughout the 80's she starred in numerous productions both on and off Broadway, and in national touring productions. 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 musicalThe Boys From Syracuse, a play based on William Shakespeare's Th

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