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Suzzanne Douglas (April 12, 1957 – July 6, 2021) was an American actress. She was best known for her role as matriarch Geraldine "Jerri" Peterson on The WB sitcom The Parent 'Hood, starring Robert Townsend, which originally ran from 1995 to 1999. Douglas also portrayed Amy Simms in the 1989 dance/drama film Tap alongside Gregory Hines and the legendary Sammy Davis Jr., for which she won an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture. In addition to Tap, Douglas starred in several other motion pictures, among them How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998), Jason's Lyric (1994), The Inkwell (1994) as well as the 2003 Disney/ABC version of Sounder with Carl Lumbly. Douglas was also well known for her portrayal as Cissy Houston in the Lifetime TV movie Whitney which aired in 2015. In May 2019, she appeared as the mother of one of the main characters in the Netflix miniseries When They See Us directed by the acclaimed Ava DuVernay and produced by Oprah Winfrey's Harpo Films. Early life and education Douglas was born on April 12, 1957, in Chicago, Illinois, to Lois Mae Thompson and Donald Douglas, Sr. One of four children, Douglas was reared by a single mother, and grew up in the Altgeld Gardens Homes public housing complex on the city's far south side. She became interested in the arts as a child, citing 1965's The Sound of Music as her inspiration for acting. Douglas attended Thornton Township High School, graduating in 1975. After high school, she studied at Illinois State University; graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree. She later earned a Master's degree in music specializing in Jazz Vocals at the prestigious Manhattan School of Music. Career Douglas made numerous television guest star appearances on shows such as Bull, Bones and The Good Wife. She also appeared on The Parkers, The Cosby Show, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, NYPD Blue, and Touched by an Angel. On stage, Douglas performed the role of Jenny Diver in The Threepenny Opera starring Sting and Dr. Bearing in Wit, where she was the first African American to perform the role. Douglas was a two-time NAACP Image Award winner, and also won the Black Oscar, a Reel Award, and the Mary Martin Award. Douglas appeared in the Rel Dowdell film Changing the Game in 2011. Other Douglas was a honorary member of Delta Sigma Theta sorority where she served on its national executive board as the Honorary Co-chair of the Arts and Letters Commission for thirteen years. In the community, she was a lifetime member of Girl Scouts of the USA, The National Council of Negro Women, Sigma Alpha Lambda (a national leadership and honors organization), and Jack and Jill of America. Personal life and death In February 1989, Douglas wed neuro-radiologist Roy Jonathan Cobb, to whom she was still married at the time of her death. Together, the couple had one daughter. Douglas died on July 6, 2021, at age 64, at her home in Martha's Vineyard after a two-year battle with pancreatic cancer. Filmography Film Television Theatre References External links Suzzanne Douglas at IMDb Suzzanne Douglas at AllMovie. Discover the Jerri Hines popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Jerri Hines books.
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The Sun Rises
Jerri HinesTHE SUN RISESThe dramatic conclusion to the absorbing, tantalizing saga Southern Legacy!Set against the backdrop of Antebellum Charleston with the martial clash of b...
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Set Fire to the Rain
Jerri Hines“I say set fire to the rain. Ignite the flames with what is true and just. Torch the blaze with our courage and resolve so when we are done, all men will be free!”~ General Daniel ...
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The Oath
Jerri HinesSeven hundred years ago, the Knights of the Ordained banished the demon, Asmeodai. Buried deep beneath Wahi Tapu Temple, the evil becomes a distant memory. For those seven hundred ...
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Seductive Secrets
Jerri HinesSomeone wants Alyce Hythe dead... Shunned from London society for being the daughter of England's most notorious spy, Alyce Hythe desires only to clear her father's name...
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Winds of Change Complete Series
Jerri HinesFrom the author of the bestselling series Winds of Betrayal and Southern Legacy comes Winds of Change Complete Series.Book One The Governor's DaughterCathryn Blankenship has no des...
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The Blessing
Jerri HinesContinue the Chronicles of the Ordained Saga with The Blessing!The Secundus's reign comes to a fiery end. Once more, the night sky holds only one moon, but the cost of peace is hig...
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Winds of Betrayal
Jerri HinesA rousing family saga for the fight for America's independence!The winds of change brews over the colonies. Tension against the crown is mounting daily. In Williamsburg, the rebell...
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Belle of Charleston
Jerri HinesSet against the backdrop of Antebellum Charleston with the martial clash of brother against brother looming on the horizonhere is an absorbing, tantal...
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The Path
Jerri HinesThe night Nottesdone fell, Kela's parents made the ultimate sacrifice to give their children a chance to save their realms, but the last of the Flandigana line find themselves unpr...
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Seductive Lies
Jerri HinesOnly love can heal a heart betrayed...Harriet Burke has long been haunted by a family scandal. Abandoned by her mother as an infant, she has grown up in the shadows of the events t...
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The Darkness of Deception
Jerri HinesThe tides of war have shifted. When all eyes turn south, Doctor Jonathan Corbett finds himself once more thrust into the war's turmoil. On assignment from General Washington, the d...
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The Promised
Jerri HinesUpon the Secundus, seven hundred years of war finally came to an end with the Reckoning when the demon, Asmeodai, was imprisoned by the Ordained, those chosen among the three realm...
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The Heavens Shall Fall
Jerri HinesSpies and Traitors; Love and Betrayal!The world of spies and traitorslove and betrayal converge on the path to the ultimate betrayalthe treachery of the American's most infamous tu...
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Shadows of Magnolia
Jerri HinesAUTHOR'S NOTE:This is a serial! The books in this series may have cliffhangers and hooks to make you want to continue to the next book. Do not begin if you don't want to become add...
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Broken Legacy
Jerri HinesLord Gerard Lenister needed the lady...after their meeting, he wanted her. For seventeen years Lady Eloise Granville lived in France thinking herself a bastard. Not until her ...