1. Suzzanne Douglas was best known for her role as matriarch Geraldine "Jerri" Peterson on The WB sitcom The Parent 'Hood, starring Robert Townsend, which originally ran from 1995 to 1999.
13 Facts About Suzzanne Douglas
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Suzzanne Douglas was well known for her portrayal as Cissy Houston in the Lifetime TV movie Whitney which aired in 2015.
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Suzzanne Douglas was born on April 12,1957, in Chicago, Illinois, to Lois Mae Thompson and Donald Suzzanne Douglas, Sr.
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One of four children, Suzzanne Douglas was reared by a single mother, and grew up in the Altgeld Gardens Homes public housing complex on the city's far south side.
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Suzzanne Douglas became interested in the arts as a child, citing 1965's The Sound of Music as her inspiration for acting.
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Suzzanne Douglas later earned a Master's degree in music specializing in Jazz Vocals at the prestigious Manhattan School of Music.
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Suzzanne Douglas made numerous television guest star appearances on shows such as Bull, Bones and The Good Wife.
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On stage, Suzzanne Douglas performed the role of Jenny Diver in The Threepenny Opera starring Sting and Dr Bearing in Wit, where she was the first African American to perform the role.
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Suzzanne Douglas was a two-time NAACP Image Award winner; she won a Reel Award, and the Mary Martin Award.
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In 2011, Suzzanne Douglas appeared in the Rel Dowdell film Changing the Game.
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Suzzanne Douglas was a honorary member of Delta Sigma Theta sorority where she served on its national executive board as the Honorary Co-chair of the Arts and Letters Commission for thirteen years.
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In February 1989, Suzzanne Douglas wed neuro-radiologist Roy Jonathan Cobb, to whom she was still married at the time of her death.
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Suzzanne Douglas died on July 6,2021, at age 64, at her home in Martha's Vineyard after a two-year battle with pancreatic cancer.