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Jackée Harry

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Jackée Harry
Follows Will Horton as he writes a screenplay before his Christmas Eve deadline. Using everyone's favorite feel-good holiday movie tropes, he creates a festive story based on his family and friends in Salem -- but with several twists and turns you'll never see coming.
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Days of Our Lives: A Very Salem Christmas (2021)
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Jackée Harry was born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and reared from the age of nine in Harlem, New York, by her mother, Flossie. At the tender age of fourteen, Jackée landed the lead role of the King in her school's production of The King and I. Upon graduation from New York City's High School of Music and Art with a distinction in Opera, Jackée attended the University of Long Island, where she earned her B.A. degree in education.

Jackée began her career as a history teacher at Brooklyn Technical High School but left after two years to pursue a career in acting. She studied acting at the Henry Street Settlement on the Lower East Side and made her professional acting debut in 1973 in Richard Wesley's Goin' Through Changes; not long afterward, she made her Broadway debut in A Broadway Musical as Melinda Bernard.

In 1983, Jackée made her television debut opposite Morgan Freeman in the daytime soap opera Another World. A year later, she landed her iconic role of Sandra Clark on the NBC sitcom 227. As the breakout star of the series, Jackée became the first African American to win an Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series and was also nominated for a Golden Globe. Her performance on 227 inspired NBC producers to create a television pilot for her entitled Jackée. After departing 227 in 1989, she starred opposite Oprah Winfrey in the critically acclaimed adaptation of Gloria Naylor's novel The Women of Brewster Place.

In 1991, Jackée joined an all-star cast led by Della Reese when she played the role of Ruth 'CoCo' Royal in The Royal Family. From 1994-1999, she starred as the adoptive mother of Tia and Tamara Mowr and y's characters on the ABC/WB sitcom Sister, Sister, winning the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for two consecutive years in 1999 and 2000. Jackée also made guest appearances on Amen, Designing Women, Dave's World, Hollywood Squares, 7th Heaven, and That's So Raven, before joining the cast of Everybody Hates Chris in 2006.

Hollywood success did not lead Jackée to turn her back on theater; in 1994 she returned to the stage as Billie Holiday in Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill, and in 2003 she played the role of the Madam in The Boys From Syracuse on Broadway. More recently, Jackée performed before sold-out audiences across the nation in the J.D. Lawrence stage play The Cleanup Woman.

More recently Jackée has starred in The First Family on Centric and has had a recurring role on BET's Let's Stay Together.
BornAugust 14, 1956
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Tim Reid, Jackée Harry, Tia Mowry-Hardrict, and Rob Mayes in My Christmas Inn (2018)
Tamera Mowry-Housley, Tim Reid, Jackée Harry, and Tia Mowry-Hardrict in Sister, Sister (1994)
Tatyana Ali, Jackée Harry, and Ash Santos in Wrapped Up in Christmas (2017)
Jackée Harry in Wrapped Up in Christmas (2017)
Jackée Harry in 227 (1985)
Jackée Harry in 227 (1985)
Marla Gibbs and Jackée Harry in 227 (1985)
Cleavon Little, Marla Gibbs, Cal Gibson, Jackée Harry, Gwendolyn Shepherd, and Hal Williams in 227 (1985)
Regina King and Jackée Harry in 227 (1985)
Marla Gibbs, Regina King, Curtis Baldwin, Ray Combs, Alaina Reed-Hall, Jackée Harry, George Kirby, Helen Martin, Reynaldo Rey, Countess Vaughn, and Hal Williams in 227 (1985)
Jackée Harry in 227 (1985)
Marla Gibbs, Alaina Reed-Hall, Jackée Harry, and Helen Martin in 227 (1985)

Known for

Marla Gibbs and Jackée Harry in 227 (1985)
227
6.7
TV Series
  • Sandra Clark
  • Conchita
Tamera Mowry-Housley and Tia Mowry-Hardrict in Sister, Sister (1994)
Sister, Sister
6.3
TV Series
  • Lisa Landry
Another World (1964)
Another World
7.1
TV Series
  • Lily Mason
Marques Houston and Omarion in You Got Served (2004)
You Got Served
3.8
  • Mama
  • 2004

Credits

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Actress

  • A Snowy Day in Oakland
    • Post-production
  • The Gabbi Luck Mysteries
    • Post-production
  • Days of Our Lives (1965)
    Days of Our Lives
  • Alex Trumble and Skye Coyne in The Search for Secret Santa (2022)
    The Search for Secret Santa
  • Tuca & Bertie (2019)
    Tuca & Bertie
    • (voice)
  • Phoebe Robinson in Everything's Trash (2022)
    Everything's Trash
  • For the Love of Jason (2020)
    For the Love of Jason
  • Chelsea Gilson in Killer Design (2022)
    Killer Design
  • Days of Our Lives: A Very Salem Christmas (2021)
    Days of Our Lives: A Very Salem Christmas
  • We Stay Looking (2020)
    We Stay Looking
  • Days of Our Lives: Beyond Salem (2021)
    Days of Our Lives: Beyond Salem
  • The Wrong Cheer Captain (2021)
    The Wrong Cheer Captain
  • Billy Porter in Pose (2018)
    Pose
  • Mommy's Deadly Con Artist (2021)
    Mommy's Deadly Con Artist
  • Deceived by My Mother-In-Law (2021)
    Deceived by My Mother-In-Law
  • Jamie Foxx and Kyla-Drew in Dad Stop Embarrassing Me! (2021)
    Dad Stop Embarrassing Me!
  • Vivica A. Fox, Jackée Harry, and Morgan Dixon in A Christmas for Mary (2020)
    A Christmas for Mary

Director

  • Marla Gibbs, Christopher B. Duncan, Jackée Harry, Gladys Knight, Michael D. Roberts, Kellita Smith, John Witherspoon, Yara Shahidi, Khylin Rhambo, and Layla Crawford in The First Family (2012)
    The First Family
  • Jon Lovitz, Bill Bellamy, Alex Thomas, and Tony T. Roberts in Mr. Box Office (2012)
    Mr. Box Office
  • Tamera Mowry-Housley and Tia Mowry-Hardrict in Sister, Sister (1994)
    Sister, Sister

Producer

  • The Awakening
  • The Jackée Stride

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When It Comes Around
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When It Comes Around
Broadcasting Christmas
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Broadcasting Christmas
She's Still Not Our Sister
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She's Still Not Our Sister
Forbidden Woman
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Forbidden Woman
The Ideal Husband
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Man of Her Dreams
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Man of Her Dreams
The Paynes
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The Paynes

Personal details

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    • August 14, 1956
    • Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
    • Elgin CharlesDecember 1, 1996 - 2003 (divorced, 1 child)
  • Other works
    Plays Madam in "The Boys From Syracuse" musical by Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart, Nicky Silver and George Abbott (American Airlines Theater, New York City, New York, USA).
  • Publicity listings
    • 1 Article
    • 2 Pictorials
    • 17 Magazine Cover Photos

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  • Trivia
    Was originally going to join the cast of "Designing Women" in the last season.
  • Quotes
    [on landing her first leading theatrical role at age 14]: I took my curtain call and they screamed and cheered and I got hooked.
    • Voluptuous bombshell figure

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