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Danitra Vance was an American comedian and actress best known as a cast member on the NBC sketch show Saturday Night Live (SNL) during its eleventh season and for work in feature films like Sticky Fingers (1988), Limit Up (1990) and Jumpin' at the Boneyard (1992). She performed for The Second City, was an "Off-Broadway favorite", and was the first black woman of the primary SNL cast and, along with Terry Sweeney, the first LGBT member, though she was not openly out. Her comedy and theater work featured themes of social issues, including that of being consistently stereotyped during casting. During her career, she received an Obie Award and an NAACP Image Award.
Born
Tuesday, 13 July 1954
Died
Sunday, 21 August 1994
Actress Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost & Found | Various | 2005 |
Saturday Night Live 25 | Self | 1999 |
Saturday Night Live: 40th Anniversary Special | Self - Cast Member (In Memoriam) | 1999 |
Jumpin' at the Boneyard | Jeanette | 1991 |
Little Man Tate | Clinic Doctor | 1991 |
Hangin' with the Homeboys | Pool Hall Couple | 1991 |
Limit Up | Nike | 1989 |
The War of the Roses | Manicurist Trainee | 1989 |
The Cover Girl and the Cop | 1989 | |
Sticky Fingers | Evanston | 1988 |
Actress Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost & Found | Various | 2005 |
Saturday Night Live 25 | Self | 1999 |
Saturday Night Live: 40th Anniversary Special | Self - Cast Member (In Memoriam) | 1999 |
Jumpin' at the Boneyard | Jeanette | 1991 |
Little Man Tate | Clinic Doctor | 1991 |
Hangin' with the Homeboys | Pool Hall Couple | 1991 |
Limit Up | Nike | 1989 |
The War of the Roses | Manicurist Trainee | 1989 |
The Cover Girl and the Cop | 1989 | |
Sticky Fingers | Evanston | 1988 |
Trying Times | Emma St. John | 1987 |
Miami Vice | Annette McAllister | 1984 |
Saturday Night Live | Cabrini Green Jackson / Various / Self - Various Characters / Flotilda Williams / Dominique Deveraux / Claretta Dandridge / Cicely Tyson / Leslie Uggams / Janet Rhodes / Aquanetta Feinstein / Aunt Corina / Annette Watkins / Lola Falana / Latoya Marie / Self / Harriet de Lafayette | 1975 |
Great Performances | Miss Pat / The Woman / Normal Jean Reynolds | 1971 |