Jackee Harry

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Biography

This sassy TV player has been identified with roles one might term as "floozy", or, at the very least, "of progressive morality", but who also proved her mettle in a number of dramatic or serio-comic parts. Jackee Harry has, at various times in her career, used that stage name, as well as merely "Jackee" (pronounced ja-KAY), and early in her career her birth name, Jacqueline Harry. Harry will always be recalled as Sandra Clark, the flirtatious …
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Job Title

Actor, Music, Consultants & Advisors

Born

August 14, 1956

Career Milestones

2000

Returned to the stage to act in NYC revival of "For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow Is Enuf"

1996

Made directorial debut with episode of "Sister, Sister"

1994

Starred on stage as Billie Holiday in "Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill"

Co-starred as Lisa Landry on "Sister, Sister" (ABC, then The WB)

1991

Joined TV series, "The Royal Family" after Redd Foxx's death

1989

Miniseries debut, "The Women of Brewster Place"

1988

TV-movie debut, "Crash Course"

Played Sandra Clark on NBC sitcom, "227"

1984

Film debut as dancer, "The Cotton Club"

1983

Appeared as Lily Mason on NBC daytime drama, "Another World"

1978

Broadway debut, "A Broadway Musical"

1973

Stage debut (as Jacqueline Harry), "Two Plays By Richard Wesley"

Worked as teacher at Brooklyn Technical High School

Awards

1988

Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television in 227

1988

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series in 227

1987

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series in 227