Ta-Tanisha

Ta-Tanisha arrived in Los Angeles from Detroit, Michigan in the 1960s. In the early 1970s Ta-Tanisha began studying theatre at the Performing Arts Society Los Angeles (PASLA) where she performed in several plays including Blues for Mister Charlie and A Raisin in the Sun. Ta-Tanisha also appeared in The Black Girl in Search of God at the Mark Taper Forum.

After a while, Ta-Tanisha began to get roles in television shows and films such as Room 222, in a recurring role as Pam Simpson, Good Times, Sanford & Son and the Mod Squad. She co-starred as a deaf mute on the hit show Mission: Impossible (1966 TV series) and was nominated for the NAACP Image Award for this performance. Ta-Tanisha was also in the Academy Award-winning movie, The Sting.

This exposure to the production process inspired Ta-Tanisha to create a Media literacy program for inner-city youth, Ta-Tanisha named this program TechniVision and it was presented at a local art center and as an after school program in conjunction with Los Angeles City Schools and Girls, Inc.

Ta-Tanisha received an award from the City of Los Angeles for “helping to heal the city” after the uprising of the early '90s in the city.

Currently Ta-Tanisha is part of the Repertory Dance Theater of Los Angeles and is part of a team that is conducting an after school performance program. Ta-Tanisha has also written a play about Biddy Mason, an enslaved African American woman who never learned to read or write; Miz Biddy. The play is currently in development.{{cite web|url=http://www.rdtolarts.org/staff.php|title=RDToLA|website=www.rdtolarts.org}}

Since July 10, 1971, she has been married to actor Lee Weaver. They reside in the Bronx and have one child, Leis La-Te, a daughter.{{Citation needed |date=October 2021}}

| Gloria Logan

| Season 5, Episode 21: Lifeline

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| 1972

| {{sortname|The|Partridge Family}}

| Mary Lou Trimper

| Season 3, Episode 10: Ain't Love Grand

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| 1972

| {{sortname|Emergency!|}}

| Rosie

| Season 2, Episode 16: Syndrome

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| 1973

| {{sortname|Adam-12|}}

| Lizzie

| Season 5, Episode 23: Keeping Tabs

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| 1974

| Cannon

| Miranda

| Season 3, Episode 23: Triangle of Terror

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| 1975

| {{sortname|Lucas|Tanner}}

| Jean

| Season 1, Episode 15: What's wrong with Bobby?

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| 1975

| {{sortname|Sanford| and Son}}

| Janet Lawrence

| Season 5, Episode 4: The Sanford Arms

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| 1976

| {{sortname|Sanford| and Son}}

| Janet Lawrence

| Season 5, Episode 14: Can You Chop This?

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| 1976

| {{sortname|Executive| Suite}}

| Melida

| Season 1, Episode 10: The Sounds of Silence

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| 1976

| {{sortname|What's| Happening!!}}

| Patrice Williams

| Season 1, Episode 10: Puppy Love

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| 1974

| {{sortname|Good| Times}}

| Marcy

| Season 1, Episode 13: My Son, the Lover

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| 1976

| {{sortname|Good| Times}}

| Mary Ann

| Season 3, Episode 21: J.J. in Trouble

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| 1979

| {{sortname|Good| Times}}

| Zodiac Girl

| Season 6, Episode 18:J.J. and T.C.

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| 1980

| {{sortname|The| Jeffersons}}

| Nurse #3

| Season 6, Episode 16: The Arrival: Part 2

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| 1985

| {{sortname|Cagney| & Lacey}}

| Unknown

| Season 5, Episode 9: Old Ghosts

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| 1986

| {{sortname|Hill| Street Blues}}

| Pregnant Lady

| Season 6, Episode 18: Iced Coffey

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| 1987

| Amen

| Mrs. Gordon

| Season 2, Episode 4: Dueling Ministers

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