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Dorothy Meyer was an African American character actress of film and television who made a name for herself portraying wisecracking maids, neighbors, friends, nurses, and church ladies throughout the 1970s and 1980s.
Born
Thursday, 06 November 1924
Died
Thursday, 24 September 1987
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Wildfire | Esther | 1988 |
| Moving | Grandma | 1988 |
| Cobra | Nurse #1 | 1986 |
| Hollywood Vice Squad | Heavyset Woman | 1986 |
| 227 | Ruby Jenkins | 1985 |
| Do You Remember Love | Social Director | 1985 |
| Murder, She Wrote | Nurse O'Hanlon | 1984 |
| Newhart | Nurse | 1982 |
| King's Crossing | Willa Bristol | 1982 |
| Whose Life Is It Anyway? | 2nd Nurse | 1981 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Wildfire | Esther | 1988 |
| Moving | Grandma | 1988 |
| Cobra | Nurse #1 | 1986 |
| Hollywood Vice Squad | Heavyset Woman | 1986 |
| 227 | Ruby Jenkins | 1985 |
| Do You Remember Love | Social Director | 1985 |
| Murder, She Wrote | Nurse O'Hanlon | 1984 |
| Newhart | Nurse | 1982 |
| King's Crossing | Willa Bristol | 1982 |
| Whose Life Is It Anyway? | 2nd Nurse | 1981 |
| Gimme a Break! | Sarah Banks | 1981 |
| Hill Street Blues | Cook / Witness | 1981 |
| Palmerstown, U.S.A. | Violetta | 1980 |
| Roller Boogie | Ada | 1979 |
| H.O.T.S. | Ezzetta | 1979 |
| Diff'rent Strokes | Mrs. Keith | 1978 |
| Lou Grant | Lady | 1977 |
| Sanford Arms | Sarah Calvin | 1977 |
| Rafferty | Mrs. Greener | 1977 |
| Panic in Echo Park | 1977 | |
| The Greatest | Odessa Clay | 1977 |
| How the West Was Won | Hattie | 1976 |
| Grady | Ernestine Johnson | 1975 |
| The Blue Knight | Shopper | 1975 |
| Starsky and Hutch | Mrs. Walters / Mrs. Marlowe | 1975 |
| The Jeffersons | Cassie Kincaid | 1975 |
| Miles to Go Before I Sleep | Hattie | 1975 |
| Airport 1975 | Passenger | 1974 |
| That's My Mama | Ruby Lester | 1974 |
| Starry at the Christmas Joy | Cousin Clara | 1973 |
| The Waltons | Mrs. Blankfort | 1972 |
| The New Temperatures Rising Show | Admissions Clerk | 1972 |
| Circle of Fear | Woman | 1972 |
| The Rookies | Nadine Brooks | 1972 |
| Sanford and Son | Aunt Flossie / Mrs. Walker | 1972 |
| Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law | Mrs. Green | 1971 |
| The Bill Cosby Show | Gloria's Mother | 1969 |
