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Della Reese
Actor
Died November 19, 2017 (86 years)
Delloreese Patricia Early, known professionally as Della Reese, was an American jazz and gospel singer, actress, and ordained minister whose career spanned seven decades. Her long career began as a singer, scoring a hit with her 1959 single "Don't You Know?". In the late 1960s she hosted her own talk show, Della, which ran for 197 episodes. From 1975 she also starred in films, playing opposite Redd Foxx in Harlem Nights (1989), Martin Lawrence in A Thin Line Between Love and Hate (1996) and Elliott Gould in Expecting Mary (2010). Reese achieved continued success in the religious television drama Touched by an Angel (1994–2003), in which she played the leading role of Tess.
Filmography
| 2013 | Dear Secret Santa · as Linda |
| 2013 | What Is New Thought? · as actor |
| 2013 | Miracle at Gate 213 · as Alma Peddington |
| 2013 | Signed, Sealed, Delivered (TV Series) · as Cora Brandt |
| 2012 | Me Again · as Muriel |
| 2012 | Christmas Angel · as Elsie Waybright |
| 2012 | Meant to Be · as Mave |
| 2011 | Hallelujah · as Dulcie Prejean |
| 2010 | Expecting Mary · as Doris Dorkus |
| 2010 | Detroit 1-8-7 (TV Series) · as Lorraine Henderson |
| 2007 | Miss HIV · as Narrator |
| 2007 | If I Had Known I Was a Genius · as Nana |
| 2007 | |
| 2005 | Beauty Shop · as Mrs. Towner |
| 2003 | That's So Raven (TV Series) · as Miss Rhonnie Wilcox |
| 2000 | Dinosaur · as Eema (voice) |
| 2000 | The Moving of Sophia Myles · as Sophia Myles |
| 1999 | Anya's Bell · as Anya Herpick |
| 1999 | Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years · as Martha Logan |
| 1999 | The Secret Path · as Honey |
| 1999 | Journey to a Hate Free Millennium · as Narrator |
| 1998 | Emma's Wish · as Mona Washburn |
| 1998 | Mama Flora's Family (TV Series) · as Nana Fleming |
| 1997 | A Match Made in Heaven · as Katie Beale |
| 1997 | Miracle in the Woods · as Lilly Cooper |
| 1996 | A Thin Line Between Love and Hate · as Ma Wright |
| 1996 | Promised Land (TV Series) · as Tess |
| 1995 | Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (TV Series) · as Blues Fairy (voice) |
| 1994 | Touched by an Angel (TV Series) · as Tess |
| 1992 | The Distinguished Gentleman · as Elevator Operator |
| 1992 | You Must Remember This · as Ella DuChamps |
| 1992 | Picket Fences (TV Series) · as Naomi Grand |
| 1990 | The Kid Who Loved Christmas · as Alicia Slater |
| 1989 | Harlem Nights · as Vera |
| 1989 | The Young Riders (TV Series) · as Stagecoach Sally |
| 1988 | A Pup Named Scooby-Doo (TV Series) · as Additional Voices |
| 1986 | L.A. Law (TV Series) · as Lucille Lake |
| 1986 | Designing Women (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1985 | Charlie & Co. (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1985 | 227 (1985) (TV Series) · as Grace |
| 1985 | MacGyver (TV Series) · as Mama Colton |
| 1984 | Crazy Like A Fox (TV Series) · as Nurse Flood |
| 1984 | Night Court (TV Series) · as Aunt Ruth |
| 1983 | The A-Team (TV Series) · as Mrs. Baracus |
| 1977 | The Love Boat (TV Series) · as Millie Washington |
| 1976 | Nightmare in Badham County · as Sarah |
| 1975 | Psychic Killer · as Mrs. Gibson |
| 1975 | Welcome Back, Kotter (TV Series) · as Mrs. Jean Tremaine |
| 1974 | Petrocelli (TV Series) · as Angela Damon |
| 1974 | Police Woman (TV Series) · as Tina Thompson |
| 1974 | Chico and the Man (TV Series) · as Della Rogers |
| 1973 | Voyage of the Yes · as Opal Parker |
| 1973 | Police Story (TV Series) · as Claudine |
| 1973 | The Young and the Restless (TV Series) · as Aunt Virginia |
| 1972 | The Rookies (TV Series) · as Landers |
| 1972 | Sanford and Son (TV Series) · as Della Reese |
| 1971 | Columbo (TV Series) · as Johnny Carson's Guest |
| 1970 | McCloud (TV Series) · as Sgt. Gladys Harris |
| 1968 | The Mod Squad (TV Series) · as Paula |
| 1967 | Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (TV Series) · as Guest Performer |