Hope Clarke
Birthday
1941/03/23 (83 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Washington, D.C
Also know as
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Biography
Hope Clarke is an American actress, dancer, vocalist, choreographer, and director. Clarke performed as principal dancer with the Katherine Dunham Company and the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, 1960s; actress on stage, film, and television, 1970s–1980s; choreographer and director, 1980s--. Clarke served on the Tony Awards Nominating Committee for the 2011–12 Broadway season. Clarke made history in 1995 when she became the first African American, as well as the first African-American woman, t...Read more
Acting
(1996) Basquiat
as Matilde
(1977) A Piece of the Action
as Sarah Thomas
(1979) Jennifer: A Woman’s Story
as Annie
(2000) Seventeen Again
as Grandma Cat Donovan
(2004) Men Without Jobs
as Ms. Jackson
(1971) Going Home
as Mother at Prison
(1988) A Father's Homecoming
as Doctor
(2023) Rustin
as Lucille Randolph
(1980) Scout's Honor
as Mrs. Prewett
(1977) The Baron
as Cokeman's Girl
(1969) Change of Mind
as Nancy
(1973) Book of Numbers
as Pigmeat Goins
(1984) Beat Street
as Dancing instructor
(2021) Ailey
as Herself
(1974) Good Times
as ---
(1976) What's Happening!!
as ---
(1975) The Jeffersons
as ---
(1981) Hill Street Blues
as ---
(1979) The Ropers
as ---
(1977) Three's Company
as Second Nurse
(1979) Hart to Hart
as ---
(1978) The White Shadow
as Aunt Edna Hayward
(1990) Law & Order
as Judge Emma Reynolds
(1990) Law & Order
as Mrs. Marbury
(1990) Law & Order
as Appellate Judge #2
(1981) Maggie
as Receptionist
(1982) The New Odd Couple
as Beth St. Clair