Marietta DePrima

Last updated
Marietta DePrima
Born (1964-02-09) February 9, 1964 (age 60)
OccupationActress
Years active1984present
Spouse
(m. 1990)
Children3

Marietta DePrima Newbern (born February 9, 1964) is an American actress, best known for playing the role Sally Rogers, opposite actor Eric Allen Kramer, on the ABC/UPN sitcom, The Hughleys .

Contents

Early life

Marietta is a graduate of Carmel Catholic High School in Mundelein, Illinois and Saint Joseph Elementary School in Libertyville, Illinois. [1]

Career

DePrima has appeared in many television programs including Family Ties , Tour of Duty , Quantum Leap , Boston Legal , Dear John , Diagnosis: Murder , and Matlock . She played Ariel in a Disney live-action puppet show called Little Mermaid's Island, as conceived by Jim Henson.

Personal life

DePrima and her husband, actor George Newbern, both graduated from Northwestern University, where she was a member of Kappa Alpha Theta, [2] in 1986 with degrees in Radio/TV/Film. They were married in 1990, and have three children: Emma (b. 1995), Mae (b. 1998), and Ben (b. 2002). [3]

Related Research Articles

<i>The Hughleys</i> American sitcom

The Hughleys is an American television sitcom that aired on ABC from September 22, 1998 to April 28, 2000 and on UPN from September 11, 2000 to May 20, 2002. It starred comedian D. L. Hughley as the main character, Darryl Hughley, and Elise Neal as Yvonne, his hard-working wife, who move their family from the inner city to suburban Los Angeles.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Alpha Sigma Phi</span> North American collegiate fraternity

Alpha Sigma Phi (ΑΣΦ), commonly known as Alpha Sig, is an intercollegiate men's social fraternity with 181 active chapters and provisional chapters. Founded at Yale in 1845, it is the 10th oldest Greek letter fraternity in the United States.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">George Newbern</span> American actor

George Newbern is an American actor, best known for his roles as Charlie in the ABC show Scandal (2012–2018) and Bryan MacKenzie in Father of the Bride (1991) and its sequels Father of the Bride Part II (1995) and Father of the Bride Part 3 (ish) (2020). He guest starred as Danny in Friends and had a recurring role as Julia's son Payne in Designing Women.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jill Talley</span> American actress and comedian

Jill Talley is an American actress and comedian. She is a main cast member on the animated series SpongeBob SquarePants, in which she voices Karen Plankton. Her other voice roles include Sarah Dubois on Adult Swim's The Boondocks and Rita Loud on The Loud House. She is married to fellow voice artist Tom Kenny, a co-star from SpongeBob SquarePants.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Edgar Buchanan</span> American actor 1903–1979

William Edgar Buchanan II was an American actor with a long career in both film and television. He is most familiar today as Uncle Joe Carson from the Petticoat Junction, Green Acres, and The Beverly Hillbillies television sitcoms of the 1960s.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jennifer Morrison</span> American actress and director (born 1979)

Jennifer Marie Morrison is an American actress and director. She is most known for her roles as Dr. Allison Cameron in the medical-drama series House (2004–2012) and Emma Swan in the ABC adventure-fantasy series Once Upon a Time (2011–2018). She has also portrayed Zoey Pierson, one of Ted Mosby's love interests, on the comedy series How I Met Your Mother, Winona Kirk, mother of James T. Kirk in the 2009 science-fiction film Star Trek, and Tess Conlon in the 2011 sports drama film Warrior. She made her feature-film directorial debut with Sun Dogs (2017).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Aimee Garcia</span> American actress (born 1978)

Aimee Sandimés Garcia López de Ordóñez is an American actress and writer. She is known for her television roles as Veronica Palmero on the ABC sitcom George Lopez, Yvonne Sanchez on the CBS period drama Vegas, Jamie Batista on the Showtime drama Dexter and Ella Lopez on the Fox/Netflix drama Lucifer.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Carmel High School (Mundelein, Illinois)</span> Private school in Illinois, United States

Carmel Catholic High School is a co-educational, college preparatory, Catholic high school run jointly by the priests and brothers of the Order of Carmelites and the Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Located in Mundelein, Illinois, Carmel serves all of Lake County, as well as some of the surrounding counties, and southern Wisconsin. An institution of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago, Carmel Catholic is one of three Carmelite-run high schools in the Chicago area, the others being Joliet Catholic High School and Mount Carmel High School.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Craig Bierko</span> American actor and singer (born 1964)

Craig Philip Bierko is an American actor and singer.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Suzzanne Douglas</span> American actress (1957–2021)

Suzzanne Douglas was an American actress. She was best known for her role as matriarch Geraldine "Jerri" Peterson on The WB sitcom The Parent 'Hood, starring Robert Townsend, which originally ran from 1995 to 1999. Douglas also portrayed Amy Simms in the 1989 dance/drama film Tap alongside Gregory Hines and the legendary Sammy Davis Jr., for which she won an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sheryl Lee Ralph</span> American actress and singer (b. 1956)

Sheryl Lee Ralph OJ is an American actress and singer. Known for her performances on stage and screen, she earned acclaim for her role as Deena Jones in the Broadway musical Dreamgirls (1981), for which she was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical. Since 2021 she has starred as Barbara Howard on the ABC mockumentary sitcom Abbott Elementary, for which she won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series, becoming the first Black woman in 35 years to win the award.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Frankie Faison</span> American actor (born 1949)

Frankie Russel Faison is an American actor known for his role as Deputy Commissioner, and, later, Commissioner, Ervin Burrell in the HBO series The Wire, as Barney Matthews in the Hannibal Lecter franchise, and as Sugar Bates in the Cinemax series Banshee.

Myra Lillian Davis Hemmings was an American actress and teacher, and a founder of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Osceola Archer</span> American actress and fashion designer

Osceola Marie Adams, known professionally by the stage name Osceola Archer, was one of the first Black actresses to appear on Broadway in Between Two Worlds in 1934. Speaking of Adams' decade-long role as director of some three dozen productions at the Putnam County Playhouse, actor Carl Harms noted she was likely also the first African-American director of summer stock.

Madison Lee De La Garza is an American actress and filmmaker. De La Garza is known for playing Juanita Solis on Desperate Housewives. She is the younger half-sister of singer Demi Lovato.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Carmen de Lavallade</span> American dancer and actress (born 1931)

Carmen de Lavallade is an American actress, choreographer and dancer. For many years, she was associated with and married to Tony Award-winning actor, dancer, and director Geoffrey Holder. In 2017, she received the Kennedy Center Honors award for lifetime achievement and contributions to American culture.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Manuela Martelli</span> Chilean film and television actress

Manuela Abril Martelli Salamovich is a Chilean film and television actress and director best known for her roles in the films B-Happy and Machuca. She starred with the famous Dutch actor Rutger Hauer in the Chilean-Italian film Il Futuro, based on Roberto Bolaño's novel A Little Lumpen Novelita. Her feature debut 1976 was shown at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival at the Director's Fortnight section.

Marguerite Young Alexander an American eductor and was one of the founders of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">LaRoyce Hawkins</span> American actor (born 1988)

LaRoyce C. Hawkins is an American actor, stand-up comedian, spoken word artist, and musician. Hawkins stars on NBC's police drama Chicago P.D., where he portrays Officer Kevin Atwater. The show is in its twelfth season. Hawkins also has a regular role on the crossover show Chicago Fire.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Carlos Valdes (actor)</span> Colombian-American actor, singer (born 1989)

Carlos David Valdes is a Colombian-American actor and singer. He is best known for his role as Cisco Ramon / Vibe on The CW television series The Flash and other Arrowverse-related projects.

References

  1. Biodata, IMDB.com. Accessed July 12, 2023.
  2. "Notable Thetas". kappaalphatheta.org. Retrieved July 12, 2023.
  3. Lipton, Michael A. (January 8, 1996). "Adventure in Babysitting". PEOPLE.com. Retrieved November 21, 2019.