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Danitra Vance
Actor
Born July 13, 1954Died August 21, 1994 (40 years)
Danitra Vance was an American comedian and actress best known as a cast member on the NBC sketch show Saturday Night Live (SNL) during its eleventh season and for work in feature films like Sticky Fingers (1988), Limit Up (1990) and Jumpin' at the Boneyard (1992). She performed for The Second City, was an "Off-Broadway favorite", and was the first black woman of the primary SNL cast and, along with Terry Sweeney, the first LGBT member, though she was not openly out. Her comedy and theater work featured themes of social issues, including that of being consistently stereotyped during casting. During her career, she received an Obie Award and an NAACP Image Award.
Filmography
2005 | Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost & Found · as Various |
2004 | Retrosexual: The '80s (TV Series) · as Cast |
1991 | Little Man Tate · as Clinic Doctor |
1991 | Jumpin' at the Boneyard · as Jeanette |
1991 | Hangin' with the Homeboys · as Pool Hall Couple |
1991 | Saturday Night Live Goes Commercial · as Yuppie |
1989 | The War of the Roses · as Manicurist Trainee |
1989 | Limit Up · as Nike |
1989 | The Cover Girl and the Cop · as Cast |
1988 | Sticky Fingers · as Evanston |
1987 | Trying Times (TV Series) · as Emma St. John |
1984 | Miami Vice (TV Series) · as Annette Mcallister |
1971 | Great Performances (TV Series) · as Miss Pat / The Woman / Normal Jean Reynolds |