Jenifer Lewis

Age: 52
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Birth Place: Kinloch, Missouri, USA
Born: Jan. 25th, 1957

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Jenifer Lewis' Main TV Roles

Show	Character(s)
Strong Medicine	Receptionis…
The PJs	Bebe Ho

NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at IMDB

BIOGRAPHY:

Best known for playing unapologetically mature, assertive, and intelligent adult women, African-American supporting actress Jenifer Lewis originally launched her career as a vocalist, singing in a church choir in Kinloch, MO. Lewis' passion (and gift) for singing carried her to the Great White Way, where she appeared in a number of sell-out Broadway musicals -- including Ain't Misbehavin' and Dreamgirls. She subsequently migrated to the West Coast for a string of appearances in TV programs such as Roc, A Different World, Murphy Brown, Hangin' with Mr. Cooper, Touched by an Angel, and The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, and graduated to features in 1992. The films in which Lewis has appeared run the gamut of quality, from outstanding (What's Love Got to Do With It?, 1993) to satisfactory (Sister Act, 1992; The Preacher's Wife, 1996) to downright abominable (Frozen Assets, 1992); many, however, demonstrated her fine gifts.

TRIVIA:

She started her career in 1979 with a small role in the Broadway show Eubie.
Attended Webster University, Webster Groves, Missouri.
Suffers from bipolar disorder.
Has an adopted daughter named Charmaine.
Was once one of 'Bette Midler' (qv)'s Harlettes.
Sang in her church choir at the age of five.
She is the youngest of seven children.
She starred in and co-wrote a one-woman show called "The Diva is Dismissed." It earned her two NAACP Theater Awards.

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