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Charlaine Woodard

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Actor b. 1953 On stage 19771988

Charlaine "Charlayne" Woodard (born December 29, 1953) is an American playwright and actress. She is a two-time Obie Award winner as well as a Tony Award and Drama Desk nominee. She was a series regular on the hit FX TV series Pose. She played the title role in the Showtime movie Run For The Dream: The Gail Devers’ Story. Starring as Cindy in the ABC Movie of the Week, Woodard was the first black Cinderella portrayed on TV or film. She is in Marvel Studios' miniseries Secret Invasion as Priscilla Fury, which premiered on June 21, 2023.

On stage 3 productions, 11 years

1977 Hair Biltmore Theatre · Revival · directed by Tom O'Horgan 43 perf.
1978 Ain't Misbehavin' Longacre Theatre · Original · directed by Richard Maltby Jr. 1,604 perf.
1988 Ain't Misbehavin' Ambassador Theatre · Revival · directed by Arthur Faria 176 perf.

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Worked with more than once4 names

Nell Carter 2 productions
Ken Page 2 productions
Armelia McQueen 2 productions
Andre De Shields 2 productions

Both names in the same cast list, more than once. It is not evidence of a partnership — a long-running company puts the same forty people together every night — but it is where one would start looking.

In the literature8 passages

  • Cast: Nell Carter, Andre De Shields, Armelia McQueen, Ken Page, Charlaine Woodardebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
  • Ain’t Misbehavin’. Armelia McQueen, Ken Page, Charlaine Woodard, Andre De Shields, and Nell Carter. (Martha Swope)ebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
  • ANDRE DE SHIELDS, ARMELIA McQUEEN, NELL CARTER, CHARLAINE WOODARD, KEN PAGE in “AIN’T MISBEHAVIN’ ”theatre-pdfs/A Pictorial History of the American Theatre, 1860-1985 (Blum).txt
  • starring Nell Carter, Andre De Shields, Armelia McQueen, Ken Page, and Charlaine Woodard (replacing Irene Cara) opened May 8, 1978theatre-pdfs/More Opening Nights on Broadway - Steven Suskin.txt
  • snake hips in slow motion, inhales and exhales “The Viper’s Drag”; or the slender Charlaine Woodard declares she’s “Keepin’ out of Mischief Now”; or Miss McQueen, practically embroidered to the back of the piano, sweetly implores “Squeeze Me”—well, you'll be enthralled. And as if all the struttin’, sashayin’ and dancin’—and, sweet Lord, d…theatre-pdfs/More Opening Nights on Broadway - Steven Suskin.txt
  • and—in the joined-at-the-hip, pseudo-Supreme “White Boys” dress— Loretta Devine, Alaina Reed, and Charlaine Woodard. Also in the cast,theatre-pdfs/More Opening Nights on Broadway - Steven Suskin.txt

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