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- Birth nameHattie Mae Winston
- Hattie Winston was born on March 3, 1945 in Lexington, Mississippi, USA. She is an actress, known for Beverly Hills Cop III (1994), Jackie Brown (1997) and Becker (1998). She was previously married to Harold Wheeler.
- SpouseHarold Wheeler(December 16, 1978 - June 24, 2026) (his death, 1 child)
- Often plays nurses
- In 1990, with the help of Phylicia Rashad of The Cosby Show (1984) fame, and James Stovall, Winston and her husband, composer Harold Wheeler adapted Langston Hughes "Black Nativity" at the Master Theater in New York. The off-Broadway production, entitled "Nativity: A Life Story", won five New York Audelco Awards, including Best Director for Stovall and Winston, and Best Musical for the 1990-91 season.
- Among her many accomplishments, Winston served as national co-chairperson of AFTRA's Equal Employment Opportunities Committee, and was recognized by the National Black Theatre Festival in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, celebrating "Hattie Winston Day" in 1993 and again in 1997.
- Was honored by the University of Louisville (Kentucky) with a dedication of the Library's Hattie Winston Collection, which contained more than 250 scripts, books and theater memorabilia donated principally by Winston.
- She has appeared on Broadway in "The Tap Dance Kid," "Two Gentelmen of Verona," and "The Me Nobody Knows."
- Following graduation from Howard University, she joined the Group Theater Workshop in New York, one of the premier Black theater groups in the country at the time.
- I feel it is vital to understand your own culture because the history that you are defines, in a great sense, who you can be in the present time. I find that so very often, as an African-American woman, who I am is being defined by other people rather than myself.
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