Hattie Winston was born on March 3,1945 and is an American film, television and Broadway actress.
27 Facts About Hattie Winston
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Hattie Winston was raised in Greenville, Mississippi, where Winston attended local schools, which were segregated at the time.
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Hattie Winston left the South at the age of 14 and settled in Manhattan, New York, graduating high school there.
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Hattie Winston attended Howard University for two years, where she majored in music.
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Hattie Winston began her career on stage in New York City in 1965, and was an original member of the Negro Ensemble Company.
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Hattie Winston portrayed Nell in musical The Me Nobody Knows before landing the role of Sylvia in Shakespearean comedy The Two Gentlemen of Verona, replacing Jonelle Allen.
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Hattie Winston had previously served as Allen's understudy in the production.
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Hattie Winston then appeared as Cleo in musical I Love My Wife, with Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs playing her character's husband.
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Hattie Winston portrayed the lead, Billie Holiday, in play Lady Day.
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Hattie Winston starred in the Broadway hit The Tap Dance Kid as Ginnie, her latest Broadway production to date.
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Hattie Winston received two Obie Awards for her roles in Mother Courage and Her Children and The Michigan.
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Hattie Winston co-wrote the musical Nativity: A Life Story alongside James Stovall, which has been performed frequently since its inception.
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In 1973, Hattie Winston joined the cast of PBS children's series The Electric Company during its third season, produced by the Children's Television Workshop.
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Hattie Winston replaced Lee Chamberlin on the series after Chamberlin's departure at the end of the show's second season in 1973.
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Hattie Winston played many villainess roles versus Spider-Man on the Spidey Super Stories sketches, such as the Fox, the Thumper, the Queen Bee, and the Queen of Diamonds.
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Hattie Winston remained with the show until it ended in 1977.
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Hattie Winston appeared regularly as nurse Toni Gillette in Nurse from 1981 to 1982.
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Hattie Winston performed alongside Dorian Harewood in the television film The Hope Division.
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Hattie Winston was Pauline in the unsuccessful pilot Coming to America, based on the film of the same name.
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In 1990, Hattie Winston portrayed Nurse Flowers in Sesame Street Home Video Visits the Hospital.
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Hattie Winston recurred on soap opera Port Charles as Alice Morgan, and acted in the Western The Cherokee Kid.
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Hattie Winston provided the voice of Lucy Carmichael on the popular Nickelodeon cartoon Rugrats, as well as in the 1998 film version, The Rugrats Movie.
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In 2001, Hattie Winston received her second NAACP Image Award nomination, in the category of Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series as Margaret.
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Hattie Winston had a recurring role as Sister Coriann Pearly in sitcom The Soul Man.
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In film, Hattie Winston portrayed Mrs Todd in Beverly Hills Cop III, Simone in Jackie Brown and Angela Russel in True Crime, the latter opposite Clint Eastwood.
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Hattie Winston had a minor role as a hospital nurse in Living Out Loud.
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Hattie Winston is married to Harold Wheeler, who served as musical director for Dancing with the Stars.