Candy Brown

Candy Brown
Born	Candy Ann Brown
Occupation(s)	Actress, dancer, choreographer
Years active	1968–present

Candy Ann Brown (also known as Candy Brown Houston) is an American dancer, ^[1] choreographer and theatre, film and television actress. ^[2]

Career

Brown is known for originating the role of June in the 1975 Bob Fosse-directed Broadway musical Chicago , ^[3] and for such films, television series and stage productions as the original cast of A Chorus Line ^[4] and Pippin , ^[5] Zebrahead , ^[2] Ali , Six Feet Under , Sister, Sister , Nash Bridges and NYPD Blue .

Brown also performed on the Broadway stage in Purlie with Cleavon Little and Sherman Hemsley ^{[ citation needed ]} and in the West Coast premiere of the play For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf .^{[ citation needed ]}

Brown also appears in the Emmy Award winning television special Liza with a Z starring Liza Minnelli and directed by Bob Fosse.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1980	Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders II	Candy Beaumont	TV movie
	Heart Beat	Claudia
	Up the Academy	Nubia
1981	Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy 'Satchel' Paige	Ramona
1984	Rose Petal Place	Iris (voice)	TV movie
1985	Lost in America	David's Secretary
	Perfect	Sports Connection Member
1986	Christmas	Mrs. Oliver	TV movie
1991	The Killing Mind	Sylvia	TV movie
1992	Zebrahead	Marlene
1997	Nightwatch	Female Paramedic
2001	Baby Boy	Ms. Herron
	Ali	Odessa
2007	Paroled	Mable Henderson
2013	The One Who Loves You	Ruby
2015	Sold	Mickey	Short

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1978	The Roller Girls	J.B. Johnson	Main cast
1979	What's Happening!!	Cindy	Episode: "Making Out"
	Wonder Woman	Janet	Episode: "Spaced Out"
	Paris	Samantha Williams	Episode: "Paris"
1980	The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo	Black Stripper	Episode: "The Martians Are Coming, the Martians Are Coming"
	Lou Grant	Yvette	Episode: "Harassment"
1984	Challenge of the GoBots	A.J. Foster (voice)	Main cast
1986	Jonny Quest	Additional Voices	TV series
1987	Frank's Place	Janet	Episode: "Frank Joins the Club"
1988	She's the Sheriff	Thelma	Episode: "Hair"
	Amen	Ramona	Episode: "The Fantasy"
1989	Men	Margaret Hazard	Episode: "Baltimore"
1990	Doctor Doctor	Gail Butterfield	Episode: "Odd Man In" & "Doctors and Other Strangers"
	New Attitude	Amber	Episode: "A Star Is Born"
1991	A Different World	Professor Burton	Episode: "A Word in Edgewise"
	The Killing Mind	Sylvia	TV movie
	Quantum Leap	Dr. Verbeena Beeks	Recurring cast: season 3–4
1992	Jake and the Fatman	Claire O'Malley	Episode: "Just You, Just Me"
	Roc	Janet Shaw	Episode: "Roc's Secret Past"
1992–93	The Addams Family	Additional Voices	Recurring cast
1993	Batman: The Animated Series	Marva Cooper (voice)	Episode: "The Mechanic"
	Bob	Joanne	Episode: "The Man Who Killed Mad Dog"
	The Sinbad Show	Doris Leland	Episode: "Breaking the Pattern"
1994	Sister, Sister	Natalie	Episode: "It's a Love Thang"
1994–96	NYPD Blue	Sherilee Williams	Episode: "Up on the Roof" & "Unembraceable You"
1996	Nash Bridges	Mayor Bobbie Werksman	Episode: "High Impact"
1997	Chicago Hope	Edna Jessup	Episode: "Lamb to the Slaughter"
1998	Ellen	Sue	Episode: "Escape from L.A."
	The Pretender	Jacob's Doctor	Episode: "Indy Show"
	Smart Guy	Sheila Hicks	Episode: "That's My Momma"
1999	Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child	Old Woman (voice)	Episode: "The Happy Prince"
2001	Six Feet Under	Detective McBride	Episode: "Familia"
2001–02	Lizzie McGuire	Mrs. Stebel	Episode: "I Do, I Don't" & "In Miranda Lizzie Does Not Trust"
2002	CSI: Miami	Felicia Humphreys	Episode: "Losing Face"

References

1. Dalfonzo, Gina (February 17, 2014). "Dance to Excess". The Weekly Standard . Archived from the original on September 27, 2015. Retrieved August 21, 2014.
2. "Candy Ann Brown". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times . 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-08-26.
3. Wasson, Sam (2013). Fosse . Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. p.  662. candy brown chicago bob fosse.
4. Robertson, Campbell (September 24, 2006). "'A Singular Sensation,' a New Generation". The New York Times .
5. Wasson, Sam (2013). Fosse . Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. p.  317. candy brown pippin.

External links

• Candy Brown at IMDb
• Candy Brown at the Internet Broadway Database
• Candy Brown on Facebook