Guy is best known for her role as Whitney Gilbert on the NBC series "A Different World" which aired from 1987 to 1993. She won six NAACP Image Awards for her portrayal as the elitist poor little rich girl with a southern accent. She originally trained as a classical dancer and was a member of... Read More

Cree Summer Francks was born July 7, 1969 in California to actor Don Francks. Her father didn't want to raise Cree in Hollywood so he moved them to a Plains Cree reserve in Canada, where they lived in a house made of mud. She later lived in a bus, a horse stable as well as a commune. Cree has had... Read More

Dawnn Lewis was born August 13, 1960. She is remembered mostly from her role as Jalessa Vinson on "Different World, A" (1987). Dawnn helped compose the theme song that was used for the series. She left the show in 1992 to join the cast of "Hangin' with Mr. Cooper" (1992) as Robin Dumars. In... Read More

Hardison became interested in acting when he was in his early teens, and he began studying theater at New York's Eubie Blake Theater, where one of his instructors was Earle Hyman, who later portrayed Grandpa Huxtable on The Cosby Show. Hardison's work with Hyman helped win the young actor a guest... Read More