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Lillias White is an American singer and actress of stage, television, and film who is particularly admired for her performances in Broadway musicals. In 1989 she won an Obie Award for her performance in the Off-Broadway musical Romance in Hard Times. In 1997 she won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical and Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical for portraying Sonja in Cy Coleman's The Life. She was nominated for a Tony Award again in 2010 for her work as Funmilayo in Fela Kuti's Fela!.
Birth Name
Lillias Diane White
Born
Saturday, 21 July 1951
Actress Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Mickey Mouse Funhouse | Calliope | 2021 |
The Drummer | Roberta | 2020 |
The Chaperone | 'I'm Just Wild About Harry'Singer | 2019 |
Russian Doll | Dr. Zaveri | 2019 |
New Amsterdam | Marvela Anders | 2018 |
Search Party | Wilma | 2016 |
Harry | Self | 2016 |
The Get Down | Fat Annie | 2016 |
Broadway.com #LiveatFive | Self | 2015 |
Nasty Baby | Cecilia | 2015 |
Actress Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Mickey Mouse Funhouse | Calliope | 2021 |
The Drummer | Roberta | 2020 |
The Chaperone | 'I'm Just Wild About Harry'Singer | 2019 |
Russian Doll | Dr. Zaveri | 2019 |
New Amsterdam | Marvela Anders | 2018 |
Search Party | Wilma | 2016 |
Harry | Self | 2016 |
The Get Down | Fat Annie | 2016 |
Broadway.com #LiveatFive | Self | 2015 |
Nasty Baby | Cecilia | 2015 |
Gotham | Choir Member | 2014 |
Smash | Self | 2012 |
Person of Interest | Hon. R. Reginald | 2011 |
Heart of Broadway: The Ensemble Behind Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS | Herself / Self | 2011 |
All Night with Joey Reynolds | Self | 2011 |
The 64th Annual Tony Awards | Self - Nominee & Performer | 2010 |
Then She Found Me | Sheila | 2007 |
Ready for School | Self | 2007 |
Game 6 | Toyota Moseby | 2006 |
The Jury | Teresa Scott | 2004 |
Pieces of April | Evette | 2003 |
Interview with the Assassin | Nurse | 2002 |
How the Grinch Stole Christmas | Shopper | 2000 |
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Xavier | 1999 |
Hercules: Zero to Hero | Calliope | 1999 |
Gloria | Transit Cop #1 | 1999 |
Hercules | Calliope | 1998 |
Anastasia | Ensemble and Character Vocals | 1997 |
Sesame Street: Elmo Says BOO! | Self | 1997 |
Hercules | Calliope / Calliope the Muse of Epics (voice) | 1997 |
The 51st Annual Tony Awards | Self - Winner & Performer | 1997 |
The Rosie O'Donnell Show | Self | 1996 |
Bleeding Hearts | Neighbor Woman / Woman Neighbor | 1995 |
The 49th Annual Tony Awards | Self - Performer | 1995 |
North | Operator | 1994 |
NYPD Blue | Lila Edmonds | 1993 |
The 45th Annual Tony Awards | Self - Performer | 1991 |
Law & Order | Susan Monroe / Streetwalker / Ms. Purvis | 1990 |
Sesame Street Home Video Visits the Hospital | Anything Muppet Doctor | 1990 |
Me and Him | Dancing Secretary | 1988 |
Great Performances | Bloody Mary | 1971 |
Sesame Street | Lillian / Singer 'What's Inside?' / Singer 'Sixteen Blues' / Singer 'Reach Your Hand Up High' / Singer 'Not Alive' / Singer 'My New Computer' / Singer 'Mother Brown's Farm' / Singer 'Face Facts' / Singer 'Face Facts' and 'Every Bit a' Litter Hurts' / Singer 'Every Bit a' Litter Hurts' / 'My New Computer' singer | 1969 |