Jackee Harry
| Jackée Harry | |
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Harry at a performance of The Hot Chocolate Nutcracker in December 2010
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| Born |
Jacqueline Yvonne Harry August 14, 1956 Winston-Salem, North Carolina, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Other names | Jackée, Jackée Y. Harry |
| Education |
High School of the Performing Arts C.W. Post Campus of Long Island University |
| Occupation | Actress, television personality |
| Years active | 1982–present |
| Known for | Sandra Clark – 227 Lisa Landry – Sister, Sister Pauletta Birdsong – The First Family |
| Spouse(s) | Elgin Charles Williams (m. 1996–2003) |
| Children | 1 |
| Awards | 1987 – Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series Sandra Clark (227) 1999 – NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series Lisa Landry (Sister, Sister) 2000 – NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series Lisa Landry (Sister, Sister) |
| Website | jackee-online |
Jacqueline Yvonne Harry (born August 14, 1956), known professionally by her mononymous stage name Jackée, is an American actress, director and television personality. She is best known for her roles as Sandra Clark, the sexy nemesis of Mary Jenkins (played by Marla Gibbs), on the NBC TV series 227 (1985–89), and as Lisa Landry on the ABC/The WB sitcom Sister, Sister (1994–99). She is noted for being the first and currently only African-American to win an Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series.
Harry was born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, in 1956, and raised in Harlem, New York, to a Trinidadian mother and African-American father, Harry began studying acting at the High School of the Performing Arts 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.
Harry made her Broadway debut in A Broadway Musical, playing a chorine. Throughout the 1980s 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 musical The Boys from Syracuse. In the mid-2000s, she appeared in stage productions of The Sunshine Boys, Damn Yankees, and A Christmas Carol. She also toured nationally in JD Lawrence's The Clean Up Woman.
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