Denise Burse
{{short description|American actress}}
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Denise Burse-Mickelbury is an American actress, best known for her role as Claretha Jenkins in the television series Tyler Perry's House of Payne.
Acting career
An African-American native of Atlanta, Burse received professional training at the Just Us Theatre, The Alliance Theatre and The Atlanta Children's Theater. She has numerous television credits such as Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and Law & Order: Criminal Intent.{{cite web |url=http://www.tbs.com/stories/story/0,,76348,00.html |title=Denise Burse: TBS Biography |accessdate=2007-12-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131026180512/http://www.tbs.com/stories/story/0,,76348,00.html |archive-date=2013-10-26 |url-status=dead }} Burse has also appeared in various stage productions such as An American Daughter, Harriet’s Return, Ground People, Pearl Cleage's Flyin' West, and Radio Golf.{{cite web|url=http://www.asianconnections.com/index.php?option=com_zoo&task=item&item_id=511&category_id=6&Itemid=2|title=Denise Burse in August Wilson's Radio Golf at the Mark Taper Forum|accessdate=2007-12-17|last=Chang|first=Lia|date=August 11, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110926222933/http://www.asianconnections.com/index.php?option=com_zoo&task=item&item_id=511&category_id=6&Itemid=2|archive-date=September 26, 2011|url-status=dead}}{{cite web |url=http://www.centerstage.org/page.php?pageID=271 |title=The Cast of August Wilson's Radio Golf: Denise Burse |accessdate=2007-12-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080107085546/http://www.centerstage.org/page.php?pageID=271 |archive-date=2008-01-07 |url-status=dead }} In 2016, she appeared in "San Junipero", an episode of the anthology series Black Mirror.
=Filmography=
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| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| rowspan="2"|1992, 1999
| rowspan="2"|Law & Order | ER Nurse #2 | Episode: "Consultation" |
| Sarah Chase
| Episode: "Haven" |
| 1995
| Mrs. Denise Reyes | Episode: "Mama Said Knock You Out" |
| rowspan="2"|1996
| Secretary Mary | |
| Basquiat
| Mary on TV | |
| 1999
| Brenda | |
| rowspan="2"|2000
| Nurse #2 | Episode: "From Where to Eternity" |
| Cosby
| Mrs. Henderson | Episode: "Thursday's Child" |
| rowspan="2"|2000–2001
| rowspan="2"|Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Counselor Scheider | Episode: "Wrong Is Right" |
| Pamela Tatum
| Episode: "Inheritance" |
| rowspan="2"|2001
| Brigette | Episode: "Exposing Faith" |
| 100 Centre Street
| Joy Glass | Episode: "Love Stories" |
| rowspan="2"|2005
| Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Sarah Edgars | Episode: "Ex Stasis" |
| On the One (Preaching to the Choir)
| Sister Marcie | |
| 2006–2011
| Tyler Perry's House of Payne | Claretha Jenkins | Main role (Seasons 1–6); Recurring role (Season 7–8); 47 episodes |
| 2016
| Elder Kelly | Episode: "San Junipero" |
| 2017
| Ethlin Satterlee | Episode: "A Mother's Love" |
| 2018
| Anna Woodrow | Episode: "Wilson Furlbee" |
| rowspan="2"|2019
| Marlene | Episode: "King of Swords" |
| The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
| Woman in Apollo Audience | Episode: "A Jewish Girl Walks Into the Apollo..." |
| 2020–2021
| Manifest | Estelle Vance | Episodes: "Call Sign" and "Deadhead" |
| 2022
| The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey | Shirley Wring | Recurring role, 4 episodes |
| 2023
|Elena Cahn |
See also
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References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0123334|Denise Burse}}
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Category:Actresses from Georgia (U.S. state)
Category:20th-century African-American actresses
Category:20th-century American actresses
Category:American television actresses
Category:21st-century African-American actresses