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Patti LaBelle
Actor, Producer, Additional CreditsBorn May 24, 1944 (81 years)
Patricia Louise Holte (born May 24, 1944), known professionally as Patti LaBelle, is an American R&B singer and actress. She has been referred to as the "Godmother of Soul". In a career which has spanned seven decades, LaBelle has sold more than 50 million records worldwide. She has been inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame, the Hollywood Walk of Fame, the Black Music & Entertainment Walk of Fame, and the Apollo Theater Hall of Fame. She was included in Rolling Stone on their list of 100 Greatest Singers.
She began her career in the early 1960s as lead singer and frontwoman of the vocal group Patti LaBelle and the Bluebelles. After the group's name change to Labelle in the 1970s, they released the popular number-one hit "Lady Marmalade". As a result, after the group split in 1976, she began a successful solo career, starting with her critically acclaimed debut album, which included the career-defining song, "You Are My Friend". She became a mainstream solo star in 1984 following the success of the singles "If Only You Knew", "Love, Need and Want You" (later sampled for 2002's "Dilemma"), "New Attitude" and "Stir It Up". Less than two years later in 1986, she scored a number-one album Winner in You and its number-one duet single, "On My Own", with Michael McDonald.
She won a 1992 Grammy for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance for her 1991 album Burnin', an album that featured "Somebody Loves You Baby (You Know Who It Is)", "Feels Like Another One", and "When You've Been Blessed (Feels Like Heaven)". She won a second Grammy for the live album Live! One Night Only.
She has also had success as an actress with a role in the Oscar-nominated film A Soldier's Story, and in TV shows such as A Different World and American Horror Story: Freak Show. In 1992, she starred in her own TV sitcom Out All Night.
In 2002, LaBelle hosted her own lifestyle TV show, Living It Up with Patti LaBelle on TV One. In 2015, LaBelle took part in the dance competition Dancing with the Stars at the age of 70.
She has also seen success launching her own brand of bedding, cookbooks, and food for various companies. In 2015 her Patti's Sweet Potato Pie sold millions when a YouTube video praising the product went viral. As a result, over a 72-hour period, Walmart sold one pie every second.
Around 1964, LaBelle was engaged to Otis Williams, founding member of The Temptations. The engagement lasted a year before Patti broke it off after fearing Williams would force her to move to Detroit and retire from the road.
On July 23, 1969, she married a longtime friend, Armstead Edwards, who was a schoolteacher. After she started her solo career, Edwards became her manager, a position he would remain in until 2000. That year, she and Edwards legally separated, with their divorce finalized in 2003. They have a son, Zuri Kye Edwards (born July 17, 1973), who is now her manager.
She said that because of her sisters and parents dying "before their time", she wrote in her autobiography that she feared she would not make it to 50.
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She began her career in the early 1960s as lead singer and frontwoman of the vocal group Patti LaBelle and the Bluebelles. After the group's name change to Labelle in the 1970s, they released the popular number-one hit "Lady Marmalade". As a result, after the group split in 1976, she began a successful solo career, starting with her critically acclaimed debut album, which included the career-defining song, "You Are My Friend". She became a mainstream solo star in 1984 following the success of the singles "If Only You Knew", "Love, Need and Want You" (later sampled for 2002's "Dilemma"), "New Attitude" and "Stir It Up". Less than two years later in 1986, she scored a number-one album Winner in You and its number-one duet single, "On My Own", with Michael McDonald.
She won a 1992 Grammy for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance for her 1991 album Burnin', an album that featured "Somebody Loves You Baby (You Know Who It Is)", "Feels Like Another One", and "When You've Been Blessed (Feels Like Heaven)". She won a second Grammy for the live album Live! One Night Only.
She has also had success as an actress with a role in the Oscar-nominated film A Soldier's Story, and in TV shows such as A Different World and American Horror Story: Freak Show. In 1992, she starred in her own TV sitcom Out All Night.
In 2002, LaBelle hosted her own lifestyle TV show, Living It Up with Patti LaBelle on TV One. In 2015, LaBelle took part in the dance competition Dancing with the Stars at the age of 70.
She has also seen success launching her own brand of bedding, cookbooks, and food for various companies. In 2015 her Patti's Sweet Potato Pie sold millions when a YouTube video praising the product went viral. As a result, over a 72-hour period, Walmart sold one pie every second.
Around 1964, LaBelle was engaged to Otis Williams, founding member of The Temptations. The engagement lasted a year before Patti broke it off after fearing Williams would force her to move to Detroit and retire from the road.
On July 23, 1969, she married a longtime friend, Armstead Edwards, who was a schoolteacher. After she started her solo career, Edwards became her manager, a position he would remain in until 2000. That year, she and Edwards legally separated, with their divorce finalized in 2003. They have a son, Zuri Kye Edwards (born July 17, 1973), who is now her manager.
She said that because of her sisters and parents dying "before their time", she wrote in her autobiography that she feared she would not make it to 50.
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Filmography
| 2024 | |
| 2024 | The World According to Allee Willis · as Self |
| 2024 | Luther: Never Too Much · as Self |
| 2024 | Stevie Van Zandt: Disciple · as Self - Singer |
| 2023 | Maxine's Baby: The Tyler Perry Story · as Self |
| 2023 | Let the Canary Sing · as Self |
| 2023 | National Memorial Day Concert · as Self |
| 2022 | The 45th Annual Kennedy Center Honors · as Self - Attendee |
| 2022 | Sherri (2022) (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2022 | Beauty · as Self |
| 2022 | |
| 2021 | The National Christmas Tree Lighting · as Self |
| 2021 | That's My Jam (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2021 | MTV 80s - Top 40 Sad Songs from the 80s! · as Patti Labelle |
| 2021 | DJ Cassidy's Pass the Mic: BET Mother's Day Edition · as Self - Performer |
| 2021 | A Grammy Salute to The Sounds of Change · as Self |
| 2021 | Soul of a Nation (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2020 | MTV 80s - Top 50 Lessons in 80s Love! · as Patti Labelle |
| 2020 | One Night Only: The Best of Broadway · as Self - Performer |
| 2020 | The Drew Barrymore Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2020 | Bottomless Brunch at Colman's (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2020 | VERZUZ (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2019 | Live in Front of a Studio Audience: 'All in the Family' and 'Good Times' · as Self - Performer |
| 2019 | |
| 2019 | 2019 Soul Train Awards · as Self |
| 2019 | The Kelly Clarkson Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2019 | Tamron Hall (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2019 | A Black Lady Sketch Show (TV Series) · as Patti Labelle |
| 2019 | The Apollo · as Self |
| 2019 | |
| 2018 | The Kominsky Method (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2018 | Red Table Talk (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2018 | Mr. Soul! · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2017 | 91st Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade · as Self |
| 2017 | Steve (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2017 | Soundtracks: Songs That Defined History (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2016 | Martha & Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2016 | |
| 2016 | |
| 2016 | Harry (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2016 | To Tell The Truth (2016) (TV Series) · as Self - Panelist |
| 2016 | BET Honors · as Self - Honoree |
| 2015 | Patti LaBelle's Place (TV Series) · as Self - Hostess |
| 2015 | BET Awards 2015 · as Self - Performer |
| 2015 | BET Honors · as Self |
| 2015 | Empire (2015) (TV Series) · as Patti Labelle |
| 2014 | The Meredith Vieira Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2014 | The 68th Annual Tony Awards · as Self - Performer |
| 2014 | |
| 2013 | Six by Sondheim · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2013 | Black Girls Rock! 2013 · as Self |
| 2013 | The Big Interview (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2013 | The Queen Latifah Show (2013) (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2013 | Beat Bobby Flay (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2013 | The Real Daytime (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2012 | Steve Harvey (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2012 | The BET Honors · as Self |
| 2012 | CBS Mornings (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2012 | Oprah's Next Chapter (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2011 | 2011 Soul Train Awards · as Self |
| 2011 | Black Girls Rock! 2011 · as Self |
| 2011 | The Chew (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2011 | PoliticsNation with Al Sharpton (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2011 | Dish Nation (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2011 | BET Awards 2011 · as Self |
| 2011 | The Voice (TV Series) · as Self - Advisor |
| 2011 | Oprah Presents Master Class (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2010 | The Talk (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2010 | BET Awards 2010 · as Self |
| 2010 | The Marriage Ref (TV Series) · as Self - Panelist |
| 2010 | The BET Honors · as Self |
| 2009 | The Dr. Oz Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2009 | Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2009 | The Real Housewives of New Jersey (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2009 | RuPaul's Drag Race (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2008 | D.L. Hughley Breaks the News (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2008 | The Doctors (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2008 | The Bonnie Hunt Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2008 | Celebrity Family Feud (TV Series) · as Self - Contestant |
| 2008 | The Wendy Williams Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2008 | 25 Most Sensational Hollywood Meltdowns · as Self |
| 2007 | Clash of the Choirs (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2007 | The 2007 World Music Awards · as Self |
| 2007 | BET Awards 2007 · as Self |
| 2007 | 22nd Annual Stellar Gospel Music Awards · as Self |
| 2007 | The Morning Show with Mike & Juliet (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2006 | Paula's Party (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2006 | Rachael Ray (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2006 | Celebrity Duets (TV Series) · as Self - Musical Guest |
| 2006 | America's Got Talent (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2006 | Legends Ball · as Self |
| 2006 | Top Chef (TV Series) · as Self - Guest Judge |
| 2005 | The Tyra Banks Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2005 | The Martha Stewart Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2005 | Dancing with the Stars (TV Series) · as Self - Contestant |
| 2005 | Be Cool · as Self |
| 2005 | Unique Whips (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2005 | The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2004 | Iron Chef America (TV Series) · as Self - Ica Judge |
| 2004 | Live Aid · as Self |
| 2004 | World Music Awards 2004 · as Self - Performer |
| 2004 | The Insider (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2004 | What's the Name of That Song · as Self |
| 2004 | The 46th Annual Grammy Awards · as Self - Presenter |
| 2004 | Celia Cruz | ¡Azúcar! · as Self |
| 2004 | On Air With Ryan Seacrest (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2004 | Tavis Smiley (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2004 | 19th Annual Stellar Gospel Music Awards · as Self |
| 2003 | Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2003 | Britney Spears: In the Zone · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2003 | The 2003 Essence Music Festival · as Self |
| 2003 | The Ellen DeGeneres Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2002 | The Wayne Brady Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2002 | 8th Annual Soul Train Lady of Soul Awards · as Self - Presenter |
| 2002 | American Idol (TV Series) · as Self - Performer |
| 2002 | |
| 2002 | The 44th Annual Grammy Awards · as Self |
| 2002 | |
| 2001 | 7th Annual BET Walk of Fame · as Self - Honoree & Performer |
| 2001 | Good Day Live (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2001 | 7th Annual Soul Train Lady of Soul Awards · as Self - Performer |
| 2001 | BET Awards (TV Series) · as Self - Performer |
| 2001 | 1st Annual BET Awards · as Self |
| 2001 | Independence Day 2001 · as Self |
| 2000 | 2000 Essence Awards · as Self |
| 1999 | Goodnight Moon & Other Sleepytime Tales · as Self |
| 1999 | 1999 Essence Awards · as Self |
| 1999 | The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1998 | |
| 1998 | The 12th Annual Soul Train Music Awards · as Self - Co-Host |
| 1998 | The 40th Annual Grammy Awards · as Self |
| 1998 | Essence Awards · as Self |
| 1997 | The Roseanne Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1997 | The View (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1997 | |
| 1997 | 28th NAACP Image Awards · as Self - Hostess |
| 1996 | |
| 1996 | The Rosie O'Donnell Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1996 | E! True Hollywood Story (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1996 | The 10th Annual Soul Train Music Awards · as Self - Performer |
| 1995 | Sinatra: 80 Years My Way · as Self - Performer |
| 1995 | Soul Train's 25th Anniversary · as Self |
| 1995 | The 9th Annual Soul Train Music Awards · as Self - Hostess |
| 1995 | The History of Rock 'n' Roll (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1995 | Super Bowl XXIX · as Self |
| 1995 | Queen: Champions of the World · as Self |
| 1994 | |
| 1994 | The Puzzle Place (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1994 | Extra (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1994 | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 1994 | The 8th Annual Soul Train Music Awards · as Self - Co-Host |
| 1993 | The Nanny (TV Series) · as Patti Labelle |
| 1993 | 1993 Essence Awards · as Self - Co-Host |
| 1993 | The 7th Annual Soul Train Music Awards · as Self - Co-Host |
| 1993 | For Our Children: The Concert · as Self |
| 1993 | The 20th Annual American Music Awards · as Self - Presenter |
| 1993 | 25th NAACP Image Awards · as Self - Performer |
| 1992 | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1992 | Comic Relief V · as Self |
| 1992 | The 6th Annual Soul Train Music Awards · as Self - Co-Host |
| 1992 | The 34th Annual Grammy Awards · as Self |
| 1991 | A Party for Richard Pryor · as Self |
| 1991 | Ray Charles: 50 Years in Music · as Self |
| 1991 | A Comedy Salute to Michael Jordan · as Self |
| 1991 | Maury (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1991 | The 5th Annual Soul Train Music Awards · as Self - Hostess |
| 1990 | Motown 30: What's Goin' on! · as Self |
| 1990 | Night of 100 Stars III · as Self |
| 1990 | Intimate Portrait (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1990 | The 4th Annual Soul Train Music Awards · as Self - Co-Host |
| 1989 | The Simpsons (TV Series) · as Patti Labelle |
| 1989 | The Joan Rivers Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1989 | National Memorial Day Concert (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1989 | The 3rd Annual Soul Train Music Awards · as Self - Co-Host |
| 1989 | The 16th Annual American Music Awards · as Self |
| 1988 | LIVE with Kelly and Mark (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1988 | The 2nd Annual Soul Train Music Awards · as Self - Performer |
| 1988 | Sesame Street, Special · as Self |
| 1988 | 20th NAACP Image Awards · as Self |
| 1987 | |
| 1987 | Dolly (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1987 | Showtime at the Apollo (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1987 | Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood · as Self |
| 1987 | Biography (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1986 | The Oprah Winfrey Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1986 | Liberty Weekend · as Self |
| 1986 | |
| 1985 | Live Aid · as Self |
| 1985 | Motown Returns to the Apollo · as Self |
| 1985 | Night of 100 Stars II · as Self |
| 1983 | Sally Jessy Raphael (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1982 | Late Night With David Letterman (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1981 | Entertainment Tonight (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1981 | Wetten, dass..? (TV Series) · as Self - Musician |
| 1980 | Solid Gold (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1979 | CBS Sunday Morning With Jane Pauley (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1979 | Richard Pryor: Live in Concert · as Self |
| 1977 | Rolling Stone Magazine: The 10th Anniversary · as Self - Performer |
| 1976 | Cos (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1975 | Cher (TV Series) · as Self - Special Guest |
| 1975 | Good Morning America (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1973 | Don Kirshner's Rock Concert (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1972 | The Midnight Special (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1971 | Soul Train (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1971 | Great Performances (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1969 | Sesame Street (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1968 | |
| 1968 | The Dick Cavett Show (TV Series) · as Self - Singer |
| 1966 | The Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1965 | Where The Action Is (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1964 | Top of the Pops (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1963 | Ready Steady Go! (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1959 | Grammy Awards (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1954 | The Early Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1952 | American Bandstand (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1952 | Today (TV Series) · as Self |