Alfre Woodard is an American actress, producer and political activist
Alfre Woodard
@Boston University, Family and Childhood
Nov 8, 1952
Biography
Personal Details
- Birthday: November 8, 1952
- Nationality: American
- Famous: Boston University, Activists, Political Activists, Actresses
- City/State: Oklahoma
- Spouses: Roderick Spencer (m. 1983)
- Childrens: Duncan Spencer, Mavis Spencer
- Universities:
- Boston University
- Boston University
Alfre Woodard born at
Tulsa, Oklahoma
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Birth Place
Alfre Woodard married her longtime boyfriend, Roderick M. Spencer, on 21 October 1983. They have two children, Mavis Spencer and Duncan Spencer.
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Personal Life
Alfre Woodard was born on 8 November 1952 in Tulsa, Oklahoma to Marion H. Woodard, an entrepreneur as well as part-time interior designer and Constance Woodard, a homemaker. She has two older siblings.
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Childhood & Early Life
She graduated in 1970 from Bishop Kelley High School, a private Catholic school in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where she was a cheerleader. Later. she studied at Boston University where she earned her bachelor’s in fine arts and theatre.
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Childhood & Early Life
She first began honing her acting skills at the Mark Taper Forum and made her professional theater debut in 1974 on Washington, D.C.'s Arena Stage. In 1976, she moved to Los Angeles, California.
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Childhood & Early Life
She began her career by acting in 1977, in the off-broadway pla,y ‘For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf’. This was her breakthrough role.
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Childhood & Early Life
Alfre Woodard made her film debut in the 1978 movie, ‘Remember My Name’, directed by Alan Rudolph. She also starred in the leading role alongside Samuel L. Jackson in the TV movie ‘The Trial of the Moke’ during the same year.
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Career
In 1980, she secured a role in the Robert Altman directed ensemble comedy movie titled ‘Health’. Woodard appeared in the NBC produced television miniseries ‘The Sophisticated Gents’ in 1981.
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Career
From 1982 to 1983, she was a series regular in the comedy-drama ‘Tucker’s Witch’ alongside Tim Matheson and Catherine Hicks.
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In 1985, she co-starred along Geena Davis in the sitcom ‘Sara’ which was canceled after a brief run.
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She co-starred alongside Farrah Fawcett in the 1986 drama film ‘Extremities’ which is based on the eponymous 1982 play by William Mastrosimone.
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In 1983, she starred alongside Mary Steenburgen in Martin Ritt directed, biography drama movie ‘Cross Creek’, for which she received an Academy Award nomination for ‘Best Supporting Actress’. During the same year, she won her first Primetime Emmy Award for her role as Doris Robson in the NBC series ‘Hill Street Blues’.
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Major Works