Candy Brown

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Candy Brown
Born
Candy Ann Brown
Occupation(s)Actress, dancer, choreographer
Years active1968–present

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

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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

YearTitleRoleNotes
1980Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders II Candy BeaumontTV 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
1986ChristmasMrs. OliverTV movie
1991 The Killing Mind SylviaTV movie
1992 Zebrahead Marlene
1997 Nightwatch Female Paramedic
2001 Baby Boy Ms. Herron
Ali Odessa
2007ParoledMable Henderson
2013The One Who Loves YouRuby
2015SoldMickeyShort

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1978 The Roller Girls J.B. JohnsonMain cast
1979 What's Happening!! CindyEpisode: "Making Out"
Wonder Woman JanetEpisode: "Spaced Out"
Paris Samantha WilliamsEpisode: "Paris"
1980 The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo Black StripperEpisode: "The Martians Are Coming, the Martians Are Coming"
Lou Grant YvetteEpisode: "Harassment"
1984 Challenge of the GoBots A.J. Foster (voice)Main cast
1986 Jonny Quest Additional VoicesTV series
1987 Frank's Place JanetEpisode: "Frank Joins the Club"
1988 She's the Sheriff ThelmaEpisode: "Hair"
Amen RamonaEpisode: "The Fantasy"
1989 Men Margaret HazardEpisode: "Baltimore"
1990 Doctor Doctor Gail ButterfieldEpisode: "Odd Man In" & "Doctors and Other Strangers"
New Attitude AmberEpisode: "A Star Is Born"
1991 A Different World Professor BurtonEpisode: "A Word in Edgewise"
The Killing Mind SylviaTV movie
Quantum Leap Dr. Verbeena BeeksRecurring cast: season 3-4
1992 Jake and the Fatman Claire O'MalleyEpisode: "Just You, Just Me"
Roc Janet ShawEpisode: "Roc's Secret Past"
1992-93 The Addams Family Additional VoicesRecurring cast
1993 Batman: The Animated Series Marva Cooper (voice)Episode: "The Mechanic"
Bob JoanneEpisode: "The Man Who Killed Mad Dog"
The Sinbad Show Doris LelandEpisode: "Breaking the Pattern"
1994 Sister, Sister NatalieEpisode: "It's a Love Thang"
1994-96 NYPD Blue Sherilee WilliamsEpisode: "Up on the Roof" & "Unembraceable You"
1996 Nash Bridges Mayor Bobbie WerksmanEpisode: "High Impact"
1997 Chicago Hope Edna JessupEpisode: "Lamb to the Slaughter"
1998 Ellen SueEpisode: "Escape from L.A."
The Pretender Jacob's DoctorEpisode: "Indy Show"
Smart Guy Sheila HicksEpisode: "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 McBrideEpisode: "Familia"
2001-02 Lizzie McGuire Mrs. StebelEpisode: "I Do, I Don't" & "In Miranda Lizzie Does Not Trust"
2002 CSI: Miami Felicia HumphreysEpisode: "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. 1 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.