Denise Nicholas

Denise Nicholas

Nascimento : 1944-07-12, Detroit, Michigan, USA

História

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Denise Nicholas (born Donna Denise Nicholas; July 12, 1944) is an American actress and social activist who was involved in the American Civil Rights Movement. She is known primarily for her role as high school guidance counselor Liz McIntyre on the ABC comedy-drama series Room 222, and for her role as Councilwoman Harriet DeLong on the NBC/CBS drama series In the Heat of the Night. Description above from the Wikipedia article Denise Nicholas, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Perfil

Denise Nicholas

Filmes

Arte Negra - Na Ausência da Luz
Self
Black Art: In the Absence of Light é um documentário americano de 2021, dirigido e produzido por Sam Pollard. O filme segue vários artistas afro-americanos e suas contribuições para o mundo da arte.
Ritual
Sylvia Becker
A young man drops out of college to fix his family when he senses something is terribly wrong at home.
The Rockford Files: Shoot-Out at the Golden Pagoda
Leddy Hutch
After a quiet fishing trip, Rockford is tricked into taking over a fellow PI's case involving alleged Police misconduct, which lands him in the hospital, hounded by a beautiful reporter, and out of favor with the entire Police Deapartment. Meanwhile Angel tries to cash in on the publicity by selling a movie about Rockford's life.
In the Heat of the Night: By Duty Bound
Harriet DeLong Gillespie
Gillepsie's term as County Sheriff is coming to an end, and his enemies have found a local businessman, Kerry Madigan, who has high political aspiration, to run against him. They even attempt to enlist Forbes' support and the support of the local press in painting an unfavorable picture of Gillepsie. Meanwhile, the police suspect Frank Cole, one of Madigan's employees, of murdering a pregnant woman. When they request a warrant to test Cole's blood for a DNA match of the dead woman's baby, the judge, who respects Madigan and his employees, is unwilling to approve it.
Color Adjustment
Self
From Amos 'n' Andy to Nat King Cole, from Roots to The Cosby Show, black people have played many roles on primetime television. Brilliantly weaving clips from classic TV shows with commentary from TV producers, black actors and scholars, Marlon Riggs blends humor, insight, and thoughtful analysis to explore the evolution of black/white relations as reflected by America's favorite addiction.
On Thin Ice: The Tai Babilonia Story
Cleo Babilonia
The true story of Olympic champion figure skater Tai Babilonia, her rise to fame and her fall from grace.
Papai Fantasma
Joan
Elliot (Bill Cosby) é um viúvo pai de três filhos. Ele sofre um acidente e entra em coma, porém seu espírito deixa seu corpo e começa a vagar como um fantasma. Elliot pode acompanhar seus filhos para saber se estão sendo bem cuidados e se materializar somente no escuro.
Mother's Day
A young black man is arrested for a crime. Now the police and the D.A. are convinced that he is guilty, but his mother doesn't believe this and sets out to prove his innocence.
Marvin & Tige
Vanessa Jackson
Marvin, a heavy-drinking widower meets Tige, an 11-year-old orphan. With nowhere else to go, Tige moves in with Marvin and they develop a close friendship. Marvin wants to adopt Tige but knows that he is too poor to give him a good home. Then he discovers who Tige's father is a rich suburbanite who doesn't even know Tige exists. Should Marvin, and can he, give up the boy he loves, and who loves him, in favor of a stranger with the right genes and bank balance?
Mississipi em Choque
Mother
Mississippi in the early '60s is the setting for this story of a 12-year-old African-American girl who, along with her white friends, tries to ease increasing racial tensions.
Jacqueline Susann's Valley of the Dolls
Connie (as Denise Nicholas Hill)
Updated version of the Jacqueline Susann best selling 1960's novel shows the lives of three very different women who come to New York City to achieve fame and fortune in show business and get all messed up in the process.
The Big Stuffed Dog
Nurse Riley
A large stuffed Snoopy toy goes astray at an airport baggage area, and gets involved with various travelers.
Ring of Passion
The championship battles between Joe Louis and Max Schmeling in 1936 and 1938 were legendary, as they pummeled each other in their efforts to attain the heavyweight title.
Capricórnio Um
Betty Walker
Nos anos 1970, em plena Guerra Fria, o Governo Americano e a Nasa unem-se numa farsa: uma missão tripulada até o planeta Marte é encenada num estúdio para enganar a opinião pública, forçando o mundo a acreditar nos progressos científicos e tecnológicos dos Estados Unidos. Três astronautas são obrigados a participar da farsa e das filmagens. O problema é que a cápsula não-tripulada enviada ao espaço explode na reentrada, e agora o governo não pode deixar os astronautas vivos para revelar a mentira. Segue-se uma diabólica perseguição.
A Piece of the Action
Lila French
How does retired cop Joshua Burke (James Earl Jones) get two career criminals, Manny Durrell (Sidney Poitier) and Dave Anderson (Bill Cosby), to follow the straight and narrow? Con them into helping juvenile delinquents turn over a new leaf. But how? Burke has never been able to nail the duo, but he uses what he knows of their seedy past to blackmail them into volunteering.
Let's Do It Again
Beth Foster
Clyde Williams and Billy Foster are a couple of blue-collar workers in Atlanta who have promised to raise funds for their fraternal order, the Brothers and Sisters of Shaka. However, their method for raising the money involves travelling to New Orleans and rigging a boxing match.
Mr. Ricco
Irene Mapes
Accused murderer Frankie Steele walks free, thanks to the efforts of San Francisco defense lawyer Joe Ricco. Then a pair of cop killings strikes the city. All signs point to the newly released Steele as the perpetrator. Has Ricco sprung a killer? Dean Martin keeps his affable ease but abandons his hipster Matt Helm-series swagger to portray Ricco in his final leading-role film, a whodunit mystery set in the city that also was the gritty center of action for the era’s Bullitt and Dirty Harry. Convinced that Steele isn’t behind the murders, Ricco launches an inquiry and runs up against a police lieutenant assigned to birddog him, evidence planted by a racist cop and several assassination attempts on Ricco himself. As the mystery deepens, so does the danger. And behind it all is someone the attorney never suspected. The pre-Laverne & Shirley Cindy Williams plays Ricco’s office assistant.
The Soul of Nigger Charley
Elena
After the end of the Civil War, Charley fights against a group of Southern soldiers seeking to reignite the Confederacy.
Blácula, O Vampiro Negro
Michelle
An 18th century African prince is turned into a vampire while visiting Transylvania. Two centuries later, he rises from his coffin attacking various residents of Los Angeles and meets Tina, a woman who he believes is the reincarnation of his deceased wife.
Five Desperate Women
Joy
Five young women find themselves at the mercy of a mysterious killer while vacationing on an isolated island.