Theresa Merritt

Job Title	Actor, Music
Born	September 24, 1922

1995	Last feature appearance in "Billy Madison"
	Portrayed legendary blues singer Ma Rainey in August Wilson's award-winning "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom"; first played role at Yale Rep and later on Broadway; received Tony Award nomination as Featured Actress in a Play
1982	Played Jewel in "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas"
1978	Cast as Auntie Em in Sidney Lumet's screen version of "The Wiz"
1976	Returned to Broadway to play the wicked witch Evelina in "The Wiz", an all-black musical version of "The Wizard of Oz"
1974	Starred as Mama in the ABC sitcom "That's My Mama"
1973	Portrayed Mammy in the stage musical "Gone With the Wind"
1972	Was in the cast of Melvin Van Peebles' "Don't Play Us Cheap"
1971	Had featured role in "They Might Be Giants"
	Worked as a singer with Harry Beleafonte and Jackie Wilson
1944	Stage debut in "Carmen Jones" (date approximate)

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