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Rhetta Hughes(1939-2019)

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Rhetta Hughes in Don't Play Us Cheap (1972)
Rhetta Hughes was born on 15 June 1939 in Dallas, Texas, USA. She was an actress, known for Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (1971), Tenement (1985) and Don't Play Us Cheap (1972). She died on 3 June 2019 in the USA.
BornJune 15, 1939
DiedJune 3, 2019(79)
BornJune 15, 1939
DiedJune 3, 2019(79)
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Known for

Melvin Van Peebles in Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (1971)
Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song
5.5
  • Old Girl Friend
  • 1971
Tenement (1985)
Tenement
5.6
  • Leona Robinson
  • 1985
Mabel King, Avon Long, and Esther Rolle in Don't Play Us Cheap (1972)
Don't Play Us Cheap
5.7
  • Earnestine
  • 1972
Broadway on Showtime (1979)
Broadway on Showtime
5.4
TV Series
  • Missy

Credits

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Actress

  • Tony Goldwyn, Maura Tierney, Hugh Dancy, Reid Scott, David Ajala, and Odelya Halevi in Law & Order (1990)
    Law & Order
    7.8
    TV Series
    • Grandmother
    • 1991
  • Benjamin Bratt, Joshua Cadman, Don Franklin, Ava Haddad, and Calvin Levels in Knightwatch (1988)
    Knightwatch
    5.8
    TV Series
    • Mrs. Chandler
    • 1988
  • A Killing Affair (1986)
    A Killing Affair
    5.6
    • Vinia
    • 1986
  • Tenement (1985)
    Tenement
    5.6
    • Leona Robinson
    • 1985
  • Long Day's Journey Into Night (1982)
    Long Day's Journey Into Night
    7.9
    TV Movie
    • Cathleen
    • 1982
  • Broadway on Showtime (1979)
    Broadway on Showtime
    5.4
    TV Series
    • Missy
    • 1982
  • Michael Jackson, Diana Ross, Ted Ross, and Nipsey Russell in The Wiz (1978)
    The Wiz
    5.7
    • The Wiz Singers Adult Choir (voice, uncredited)
    • 1978
  • Mabel King, Avon Long, and Esther Rolle in Don't Play Us Cheap (1972)
    Don't Play Us Cheap
    5.7
    • Earnestine
    • 1972
  • Melvin Van Peebles in Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (1971)
    Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song
    5.5
    • Old Girl Friend
    • 1971

Music Department

  • High Rise
    6.8
    • singer
    • 1973

Soundtrack

  • Broadway on Showtime (1979)
    Broadway on Showtime
    5.4
    TV Series
    • performer: "Down Home", "He Can Do It"
    • 1982
  • High Rise
    6.8
    • performer: "High Rise" (uncredited)
    • 1973
  • Mabel King, Avon Long, and Esther Rolle in Don't Play Us Cheap (1972)
    Don't Play Us Cheap
    5.7
    • performer: "Ain't Love Grand - Reprise", "Quartet - Reprise"
    • 1972

Personal details

  • Born
    • June 15, 1939
    • Dallas, Texas, USA
  • Died
    • June 3, 2019
    • USA(Undisclosed)

Did you know

  • Trivia
    Was nominated for Broadway's 1984 Tony Award as Best Actress (Musical) for "Amen Corner."

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