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Denise Nicholas

Actress / Television Actress / Film Actress | * 07/12/1944 (79) | Detroit, Michigan (United States of America (USA))
Denise Donna Nicholas (born July 12, 1944) is an American actress. Nicholas played high-school guidance counselor Liz McIntyre on the ABC comedy-drama series Room 222 and Councilwoman Harriet DeLong on the NBC/CBS drama series In the Heat of the Night. ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Crime

Known for these Movies & Shows

In order to protect the reputation of the American space program, a team of NASA administrators turn the first Mars mission into a phony Mars landing. Under threat of harm to their families the astron ...

Capricorn One

PG

1977 | 3.4/5 | 2h 3min
Drama, Action, Thriller, Science Fiction
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Clyde Williams and Billy Foster are a couple of blue-collar workers in Atlanta who have promised to raise funds for their fraternal order, the Brothers and Sisters of Shaka. However, their method for ...

Let's Do It Again

PG

1975 | 3.5/5 | 1h 50min
Comedy, Crime
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Room 222 is an American comedy-drama television series produced by 20th Century Fox Television. The series aired on ABC for 112 episodes from September 17, 1969 until January 11, 1974. The show was br ...

Room 222

Certification unknown

1969 | 2.8/5 | 30min per episode
Comedy, Drama
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In the Heat of the Night is an American television series based on the motion picture and novel of the same name starring Carroll O'Connor as the white police chief William Gillespie, and Howard Rolli ...

In the Heat of the Night

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1988 | 3.7/5 | 1h per episode
Crime, Drama
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Awards & Nominations for Denise Nicholas

NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series
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Movies with Denise Nicholas as Actress(20)

as herself2021 Black Art: In the Absence of Light
as Sylvia Becker2000 Ritual
as Leddy Hutch1997 The Rockford Files: Shoot-Out at the Golden Pagoda
as Harriet DeLong Gillespie1995 In the Heat of the Night: By Duty Bound
as herself1992 Color Adjustment
as Joan1990 Ghost Dad
as Cleo Babilonia1990 On Thin Ice: The Tai Babilonia Story
1989 Mother's Day
as Vanessa Jackson1985 Marvin & Tige
as Mother1985 And the Children Shall Lead
as Connie (as Denise Nicholas Hill)1981 Jacqueline Susann's Valley of the Dolls
as Nurse Riley1981 The Big Stuffed Dog
as Marva Trotter Louis1978 Ring of Passion
as Lila French1977 A Piece of the Action
as Betty Walker1977 Capricorn One
as Irene Mapes1975 Mr. Ricco
as Beth Foster1975 Let's Do It Again
as Elena1973 The Soul of Nigger Charley
as Michelle1972 Blacula
as Joy1971 Five Desperate Women

TV Shows/Series with Denise Nicholas as Actress(22)

as Ann Kyle2001 My Wife and Kids
1995 The Parent 'Hood
1992 Hangin' with Mr. Cooper
as Harriet DeLong1988 In the Heat of the Night
1988 Supercarrier
1987 A Different World
1986 Amen
1984 The Cosby Show
1981 Aloha Paradise
as Pat Henderson1981 The Sophisticated Gents
1980 Magnum, P.I.
1979 Benson
1978 Baby, I'm Back
as Maura Bellogue1977 The Love Boat
as Maura Belloque1977 The Love Boat
as Jenny Brooks1977 The Love Boat
1974 Rhoda
1973 Police Story
as herself1970 The Flip Wilson Show
as Kyro (segment "Logoda's Heads")1970 Night Gallery
as Liz McIntyre1969 Room 222
as Nora Tobin1965 The F.B.I.

Additional Information

Official websites:
denisenicholas.net
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Full Name: Denise Nicholas
Born: Wednesday, 07/12 1944 (July) in Detroit, Michigan (United States of America (USA)) (current age: 79 years + 289 days)
Zodiac sign: Cancer (Chinese zodiac sign: Monkey)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Educated at: University of Michigan College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, University of Southern California, USC School of Dramatic Arts
Spouses (current/former): Gilbert Moses, Jim Hill, Bill Withers
Other names for Denise Nicholas (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Donna Denise Nicholas"
Denise Nicholas frequently works together with these people:
Jessica Walter (12x, Actress)
James B. Sikking (11x, Actor)
Bill Cosby (11x, Actor)
Dabney Coleman (10x, Actor)
Dabbs Greer (10x, Actor)
Peter Mark Richman (10x, Actor)
Harold Gould (10x, Actor)
Joseph V. Perry (10x, Actor)
Scott Marlowe (10x, Actor)
Richard Anderson (8x, Actor)
William Windom (8x, Actor)
Sidney Poitier (5x, Actor)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:308929, Added: 08/13/2018, Last updated: 04/12/2024