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Phyllis Yvonne Stickney | |
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| Born | Phyllis Yvonne Stickney |
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| Years active | 1985–present |
Phyllis Yvonne Stickney is an American actress and comedian. Stickney is known for her main role on the sitcom New Attitude (1990). She also has appeared in films including New Jack City (1991), Jungle Fever (1991), Malcolm X (1992), What's Love Got to Do with It (1993) and How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998). [1]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Frederick Douglass: An American Life | Anna Douglass | Short |
| 1991 | New Jack City | Prosecuting Attorney Hawkins | |
| Jungle Fever | Nilda | ||
| Talkin' Dirty After Dark | Aretha | ||
| 1992 | Malcolm X | Honey | |
| 1993 | What's Love Got to Do with It | Alline Bullock | |
| 1994 | The Inkwell | Dr. Wade | |
| 1995 | My Teacher's Wife | Harvard Officer | |
| Die Hard with a Vengeance | Wanda Shepard | ||
| 1996 | Tendrils | - | Short |
| 1998 | How Stella Got Her Groove Back | Mrs. Shakespeare | |
| 2002 | Big Ain't Bad | Lauren Jordan | |
| 2009 | See Dick Run | Dr. LaCroix | |
| 2010 | Trapped: Haitian Nights | Ms. Edna | |
| 2013 | Haitian Nights | Ms. Edna | |
| 2014 | Gun Hill | Marva Stevens | TV movie |
| Pound of Flesh | Mrs. Emeka | ||
| 2016 | The Tale of Four | - | Short |
| 2017 | Dana's Story | Grandma Ladoux | Short |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | The Cosby Show | Phyllis | Episode: "Hillman" |
| 1989 | The Women of Brewster Place | Cora Lee | Episode: "Part I & II" |
| 1990 | New Attitude | Yvonne St. James | Main Cast |
| 1991 | Great Performances | Topsy Washington | Episode: "The Colored Museum" |
| 1993 | Law & Order | Miss Lee | Episode: "Mother Love" |
| 1994 | New York Undercover | Baptise | Episode: "After Shakespeare" |
| 1996 | New York Undercover | Esther Rashad | Episode: "The Reckoning" |
| ABC Afterschool Specials | Aunt Zed | Episode: "Daddy's Girl" | |
| 1999–2000 | Linc's | Y'vetta | Recurring Cast: Season 2 |
| 2008 | Sex Chronicles | Tracy | Episode: "Room 69" |
| 2009 | Glenn Martin, DDS | - (voice) | Episode: "From Here to Fraternity" |
| 2021 | Shameless | Bev | Episode: "DNR" |
| 2022 | The Ms. Pat Show | Aunt Gwen | Episode: "Ding-Dong, The Bitch is Dead" |
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Big Ain't Bad is a romantic comedy film, directed by Ray Culpepper and written by Brian Poe. It stars Sean Blakemore, Jade Jenise Dixon, Reginald Ballard, Tico Wells, and Troy Medley. The film won the Audience Choice Award at the 2003 Hollywood Black Film Festival in Los Angeles, California. It was the Kick Off Film to the Fox Theater's 75th Anniversary Summer Film Series in Atlanta in 2004. It played in limited release in movie theaters, and was released to DVD in 2005.
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Daisy Carter is a fictional character from the American CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless. Created and introduced by former head writer Maria Arena Bell, the character was portrayed by Yvonne Zima. She debuted during the episode airing on October 30, 2009 under an alias, later revealed to be the daughter of Sheila Carter and Tom Fisher. Bell created Daisy and stated Sheila was back in a new form. Daisy later raped Daniel Romalotti, drugging him to believe he was sleeping with his then wife Amber Moore. She became pregnant with his child, and gave birth to a girl, Lucy, in 2011. However, she later abandoned her in a church and the child was placed in an illegal adoption ring. After Daisy was sent to prison for her actions, Daniel's mother Phyllis Summers gained custody of Lucy after Daniel gave up his parental rights. In 2012, Daisy was released from prison by Avery Bailey Clark and reclaimed her daughter, later earning full custody. Daniel then married Daisy to be close to his child, and after Daisy went missing, Daniel has been raising Lucy. Despite a brief stint in a psychiatric hospital, Daisy's whereabouts are still unknown.
Gun Hill is a 2014 American television film directed by Reggie Rock Bythewood and starring Larenz Tate. Produced in 2011, the film was delayed for almost three years until BET announced June 6, 2014, that Gun Hill will premiere on its network on July 2, 2014. The film was produced as a pilot for a possible new drama series on BET.
The Tale of Four, is a 2017 United States short film directed by Gabourey Sidibe as her directorial debut and co-produced by Kia Perry, Lisa Cortes and Shannon Gibson. The shot revolves among four different women with four different paths where ironically all their lives interconnected. It is based on the song "Four Women" sung by singer and political activist Nina Simone.
Phyllis Barber is a writer of fiction and non-fiction, often set in the Western United States. She was raised in Boulder City, Nevada and Las Vegas as a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She studied piano at Brigham Young University and moved to Palo Alto, California where her husband studied law at Stanford. There Barber finished her degree in piano at San Jose State College in 1967, and taught and performed piano in California. She studied creative writing at the University of Utah and received an MFA in writing from Vermont College in 1984. She started her writing career by publishing short stories in journals and magazines in the 1980s.