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Ruth Brown

Age

78 (passed away Nov. 17th, 2006)

Birthday

Jan. 30th, 1928

Born in

Portsmouth, Virginia, USA

Height

Ruth Brown's Main TV Roles

Show	Character(s)
Checking In	Betty

Show Name

Characters Played

Ep Count

Hello, Larry

Leona Wilson

Herself

Betty

BIOGRAPHY:

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TRIVIA:

A small-town Southern girl, she first started singing in churches and segregated USO shows.
Won Broadway's 1989 Tony Award as Best Actress (Musical) for "Black and Blue," a performance she recreated in the television version of the same title, _Black and Blue (1993) (TV)_ (qv).
Aunt of rapper Rakim.
During the 1960s she drift away from her career to become a housewife and mother, and only returned to music in 1975 at the urging of 'Redd Foxx (I)' (qv), followed by a series of TV and film outings.
In the 1960s, after three disastrous marriages, her career flagged and was forced to support herself and her two sons as a teacher's aid, a bus driver and a housekeeper.
Was scheduled to film "Honeydripper" with Danny Glover at the time of her death.
Order of marriages (first to last): Brown, Swanson, Blunt.
She had a Top 25 hit on the US Pop charts in 1957 - 'Lucky Lips' on Atlantic Records.

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