Jackie Richardson
Biography
Jackie Richardson is a singer and actress from the United States and Canada. Born in Donora, Pennsylvania, she moved with her family to Toronto in 1954. She began performing in the 1960s Toronto girl group The Tiaras. Her screen work includes roles in The Gospel According to the Blues, Turning to Stone, Sins of the Father, and The Doodlebops, as well as a grandmother on the YTV series Catwalk. Richardson has been nominated for three Gemini Awards and won for her leading role in The Gospel According to the Blues. She received a 2003 NAACP Image Award nomination for Sins of the Father. On stage, she won a 2004 Dora Award for Cookin' at the Cookery and starred in Big Mama! The Willie Mae Thornton Story in 1999 and 2012. She sang on the 2009 album Norm Amadio and Friends and received the Martin Luther King Jr. Achievement Award in 2017 for her theater and music achievements.
79years old
Turns 80 on January 4in 55 days
- Born Donora
- Star sign: CapricornThe sign runs December 22 to January 19
Movie Career
- Films
- 7
- Career span
- 30 years1994 to 2024
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Best known for
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Worked with
Jackie Richardson shares two films with Rosie O'Donnell, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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All films by Donald Petrie
Bronwen HughesDirector, 1 film, 1996
All films by Bronwen Hughes
All films by Bill Fishman
Awards
Two awards and honors from 2004 to 2011.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Other honors | |||
| 2011 | Gemini Award | Won | |
| 2004 | Dora Mavor Moore Awards | Won | |
Online
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