Leila Danette
{{short description|American actress}}
{{More citations needed|date=March 2010}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Leila Danette
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| birth_date = August 23, 1909
| birth_place = Jacksonville, Florida, U.S.
| death_date = September 4, 2012 (aged 103)
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| occupation = Actor
| yearsactive = 1976–2003}}
Leila Danette (August 23, 1909 – September 4, 2012){{Cite web |url=http://www.actorsequity.org/docs/news/en_01_2013.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2013-09-13 |archive-date=2013-07-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130721063035/http://www.actorsequity.org/docs/news/en_01_2013.pdf |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=http://www.actorsguild.org/memoriam.html |title=Episcopal Actors' Guild/Memoriam |accessdate=2013-09-13 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070801045013/http://www.actorsguild.org/memoriam.html |archivedate=2007-08-01 }} was an American stage, film and television actress, noted for her stage work and for her role as Helen on the short-lived television sitcom, You Take the Kids.
Early life and career
Born in Jacksonville, Florida, Danette attended both Morgan State University and Howard University. Before becoming an actress, she worked as an elementary school teacher in Baltimore and taught speech to students in Washington, D.C.
Danette began acting professionally on the stage at age 67. One of her first substantial roles was opposite James Earl Jones in The Great White Hope. In 1982, she was noted for her performance in The Brothers. In The New York Times Theatre Reviews 1999-2000, D. J. R. Brickner wrote of her performance in Uncle Jack, noting that she was a "Broadway veteran" who imbued her role of Mary with a "touching authenticity".
In addition to stage roles, Danette appeared in several films including The First Deadly Sin (1980) and Garbo Talks (1984). She has also had guest roles on A Different World, The Cosby Show, Law & Order, and Third Watch.
Filmography
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%;"
! colspan=4 style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Film |
| align="center"
! style="background: #CCCCCC;" | Year ! style="background: #CCCCCC;" | Film ! style="background: #CCCCCC;" | Role ! style="background: #CCCCCC;" | Notes |
| 1980
| Woman on Step #1 | |
| 1982
| Benny's Place | Role Unknown | |
| rowspan=2|1984
| Death Mask | Della | |
| Garbo Talks
| Augusta | |
| 1986
| Power | Poor Woman | |
| 1987
| Mrs. Washington | |
| 1988
| Maid | |
| 1997
| White Lies | Woman #2 in Window | |
| 2003
| Woman in Stairwell | |
| align="center"
! colspan=4 style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Television |
| align="center"
! style="background: #CCCCCC;" | Year ! style="background: #CCCCCC;" | Title ! style="background: #CCCCCC;" | Role ! style="background: #CCCCCC;" | Notes |
| 1988
| Mrs. Pruitt | Episode: "A Stepping Stone" |
| 1990–1991
| Helen | 6 episodes |
| 1992
| Mrs. Whittaker | Episode: "The Price is Wrong" |
| 1995
| Mae Helen | Episode: "Private Enemy No. 1" |
| 1994–2001
| Various roles | 4 episodes |
| 2003
| Lucinda | Episode: "A Ticket Grows in Brooklyn" |
References
|url=http://www.amityvillerecord.com/news/2009-12-16/People%7CSocial/Leila_Danette_turns_100.html
|title=Leila Danette turns 100
|date=16 December 2009
|newspaper=Amityville Record
|accessdate=5 March 2010
|archive-date=25 December 2014
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141225053147/http://www.amityvillerecord.com/news/2009-12-16/People%7CSocial/Leila_Danette_turns_100.html
|url-status=dead
}}
{{cite book
|last=Bruckner
|first=D. J. R.
|title=The New York Times Theatre Reviews 1999-2000
|publisher=Taylor & Francis
|year=2001
|edition=illustrated
|pages=202
|isbn=9780415936972}}
{{cite news
|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/04/06/theater/theater-black-anguish-in-brothers.html
|title=Theater review: Black Anguish in 'Brothers'
|last=Rich
|first=Frank
|authorlink=Frank Rich
|date=6 April 1982
|work=The New York Times
|accessdate=9 December 2016}}
{{cite web
|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/person/135613/Leila-Danette/filmography
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121026130157/http://movies.nytimes.com/person/135613/Leila-Danette/filmography
|url-status=dead
|archive-date=26 October 2012
|department=Movies & TV Dept.
|work=The New York Times
|date=2012
|title=Leila Danette
|accessdate=5 March 2010}}
External links
- {{IMDb name|id=0199433}}
- {{iobdb name|12278}}
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Category:American stage actresses
Category:American television actresses
Category:American women centenarians
Category:Howard University alumni
Category:Morgan State University alumni
Category:Actresses from Jacksonville, Florida
Category:American film actresses
Category:African-American centenarians
Category:20th-century African-American actresses
Category:20th-century American actresses
Category:21st-century African-American actresses
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