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Alias Name(s): Alfre Woodward, Alfre Woodard
Gender: Female
Birthplace: Tulsa, Oklahoma
Birthday: 11-8-1952
Birth Name: Alfre Woodard
Alias Name(s): Alfre Woodward, Alfre Woodard
Gender: Female
Birthplace: Tulsa, Oklahoma
Birthday: 11-8-1952
Birth Name: Alfre Woodard
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Alfre Woodard is the youngest of three children born to her parents in Oklahoma. She was named by her godmother, who claimed she saw a vision of Alfre's name in written out in gold letters. A former high school cheerleader and track star, she got the acting bug after being pursuaded to audition for a school play by a nun at her school. She went on to study acting at Boston University and...
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- 58th Annual Prime Time Emmy Awards 2006-07-11 13:32:00
- external: Woodard Treads 'Water' 2006-01-30
- external: Page Kennedy will be replaced 2005-11-09
- external: 'Desperate Housewives' actor fired 2005-11-08
- external: The View 2005-11-08
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Betty Applewhite's house was once home to The Munsters.
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She was named by her godmother.
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Alfre Woodard is the youngest of three children born to her parents in Oklahoma.
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Her height is 5'3½" (1.61 m).
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Alfre has gone three for three at the Screen Actor's Guild Awards; she has had three nominations and won all three times. She has won for her work in "The Piano Lessons" and "Miss Evers' Boys" as well as her ensemble work in the comedy "Desperate Housewives".
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Alfre Woodard: There aren't many roles for black actresses who are the lovely age of post fifty.
(edit) Alfre Woodard: Television studios bet the farm on reality shows, where they didn't need any actors and movie studios had no plans for any quality movies that required the presence of me.
(edit) Alfre Woodard: My mother said she didn't care where we went to church but to develop my own relationship with God, the rest is who you commune with.
(edit) Alfre Woodard: I went to a Catholic high school and, unlike some parochial schools, the nuns and the brothers let us talk and explore.
(edit) Alfre Woodard: I think people need to understand that with plays and with cinema, when you hear about it, call and get a ticket then or go and see it then. It's especially with the play, which I can do because it's a limited run.
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(edit) Alfre Woodard: Television studios bet the farm on reality shows, where they didn't need any actors and movie studios had no plans for any quality movies that required the presence of me.
(edit) Alfre Woodard: My mother said she didn't care where we went to church but to develop my own relationship with God, the rest is who you commune with.
(edit) Alfre Woodard: I went to a Catholic high school and, unlike some parochial schools, the nuns and the brothers let us talk and explore.
(edit) Alfre Woodard: I think people need to understand that with plays and with cinema, when you hear about it, call and get a ticket then or go and see it then. It's especially with the play, which I can do because it's a limited run.
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Desperate Housewives
Betty Applewhite |
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
Winoome Bear |
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Inconceivable
Lydia |
Sara
Rozalyn Dupree |
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Tucker's Witch
Marcia Fulbright |
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St. Elsewhere
Dr. Roxanne Turner |
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Adventures from the Book of Virtues
Faith Harriet Tubman (Voice) |
American Playhouse
The Killing Floor Mattie |
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American Playhouse
Go Tell It on the Mountain Esther |
American Playhouse
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow is Enuf |
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Biography
20 on 20 Herself |
Dennis Miller Live
Al Gore Herself |
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Desperate Housewives
One Wonderful Day Betty Applewhite |
Desperate Housewives
Goodbye For Now Betty Applewhite |
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