Jackée Harry

She along with her former 227 (1985) series' lead, Marla Gibbs, attended the funeral of Natalie Cole on January 11, 2016, when the singer passed away at the end of 2015.

In 2013, she appeared on The First Family (2012) starring Christopher B. Duncan, that reunited her with former 227 (1985) co-stars Marla Gibbs and Hal Williams.

Jackée also made guest appearances on Amen, Designing Women, Dave's World, Hollywood Squares, 7th Heaven, and That's So Raven, before joining the cast of Everybody Hates Chris in 2006.

From 1994-1999, she starred as the adoptive mother of Tia and Tamara Mowr and y's characters on the ABC/WB sitcom Sister, Sister, winning the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for two consecutive years in 1999 and 2000.

In 1991, Jackée joined an all-star cast led by Della Reese when she played the role of Ruth 'CoCo' Royal in The Royal Family.

Was second choice to play Oda Mae Brown in Ghost (1990). The first choice, Whoopi Goldberg, was unsure if she could fit the movie into her schedule and Jackee was verbally offered the role. Goldberg, of course, was able to fit it into her work schedule and eventually won the Oscar for her role.

After departing 227 in 1989, she starred opposite Oprah Winfrey in the critically acclaimed adaptation of Gloria Naylor's novel The Women of Brewster Place.

In 1987, she became the very first, and as of 2013, the only African-American actress to win an Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for her role as Sandra Clark in "227".

Best known by the public for her roles as Sandra Clark on 227 (1985) and as Lisa Landry on Sister, Sister (1994).

In 1983, Jackée made her television debut opposite Morgan Freeman in the daytime soap opera Another World. A year later, she landed her iconic role of Sandra Clark on the NBC sitcom 227. As the breakout star of the series, Jackée became the first African American to win an Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series and was also nominated for a Golden Globe. Her performance on 227 inspired NBC producers to create a television pilot for her entitled Jackée.

Did not watch not a single episode of The Jeffersons (1975) that featured her future 227 (1985) lead Marla Gibbs, and she met her there, and have been friends, ever since.

Has an adopted son: Frank Williams (b. 1974) with ex-husband, Elgin Charles.

Jackée Harry was born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and reared from the age of nine in Harlem, New York, by her mother, Flossie. At the tender age of fourteen, Jackée landed the lead role of the King in her school's production of The King and I. Upon graduation from New York City's High School of Music and Art with a distinction in Opera, Jackée attended the University of Long Island, where she earned her B. A. degree in education. Jackée began her career as a history teacher at Brooklyn Technical High School but left after two years to pursue a career in acting. She studied acting at the Henry Street Settlement on the Lower East Side and made her professional acting debut in 1973 in Richard Wesley's Goin' Through Changes; not long afterward, she made her Broadway debut in A Broadway Musical as Melinda Bernard.