Suzzanne Douglas
Biography
Suzzanne Douglas was an American actress who grew up in Chicago and studied at Illinois State University before earning a master's degree in music at the Manhattan School of Music. She became best known as the matriarch Jerri Peterson on the WB sitcom The Parent 'Hood, which ran from 1995 to 1999 alongside Robert Townsend. Her performance as Amy Simms in the dance drama Tap (1989), with Gregory Hines and Sammy Davis Jr., won her an NAACP Image Award for supporting actress. Her films also included Jason's Lyric (1994), The Inkwell (1994), How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998) and a 2003 version of Sounder. On television she played Cissy Houston in the Lifetime movie Whitney (2015) and appeared in the miniseries When They See Us (2019). On stage she took the role of Jenny Diver in The Threepenny Opera and Dr. Bearing in Wit.
64years old at death
- Born Chicago
- Died Martha's Vineyard
- Star sign: AriesThe sign runs March 21 to April 19
Movie Career
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- 7
- Career span
- 31 years1989 to 2020
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On stage, Douglas took the part of Jenny Diver in The Threepenny Opera and played Dr. Bearing in Wit, becoming the first African American to take on that role.
Early training
Douglas went on to earn a Master's degree in music at the Manhattan School of Music, where she specialized in Jazz Vocals.
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