Bebe Drake

Bebe Drake is an American actress who was born in Baltimore and made her Broadway debut in Leslie Lee's 1975 play The First Breeze of Summer, also appearing in a Great Performances production. She was a regular on the short-lived sitcoms Snip and Sanford Arms, and her first screen work came in 1975 with Report to the Commissioner and Friday Foster. Her career takes in more than 70 films and television productions, among them a supporting role opposite Richard Pryor in Which Way Is Up? (1977), Xanadu (1980), Oh, God! Book II (1980), Across the Tracks (1990), Boomerang (1992), Jason's Lyric (1994), Leprechaun in the Hood (2000) and Friday After Next (2002). She played Velma Gaines on A Different World from 1989 to 1993, took later recurring parts in Martin and Another Period, and guest starred on series including Good Times, The Jeffersons and The Bernie Mac Show.