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  1. Apr 25, 2024 · Betty Thomas (Officer Bates) The quintessential reliable TV lady cop, Betty Thomas / Everett Collection / ImageCollect. Ofc. Lucy Bates is initially depicted as overly emotional and self-conscious of her 6’1″ stature but soon becomes a tough, capable recruit, the prototype for a female officer.

  2. Bessie: Directed by Dee Rees. With Queen Latifah, Kamryn Johnson, Rikki McKinney, Alan T. Coleman. The story of legendary blues performer Bessie Smith, who rose to fame during the 1920s and '30s.

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    • Biography, Drama, Music
    • Dee Rees
    • 2015-05-16
  3. Bessie is a 2015 HBO TV film about the American blues singer Bessie Smith, and focuses on her transformation as a struggling young singer into "The Empress of the Blues". The film is directed by Dee Rees, [1] with a screenplay by Rees, Christopher Cleveland and Bettina Gilois. Queen Latifah stars as Smith, and supporting roles are played by ...

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  4. Jan 18, 2024 · Kiel Martin as Detective J.D. LaRue in the Hill Street Blues cast. Kiel Martin was born in 1944 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Similar to his character J.D. LaRue, Martin was a recovering alcoholic. Before Hill Street Blues, Martin had bit parts in several shows including Dragnet and the movie The Panic in Needle Park.

  5. Cast. Queen Latifah Mo'Nique Mike Epps Tika Sumpter Michael Kenneth Williams Charles S. Dutton Bryan Greenberg Oliver Platt Khandi Alexander Tory Kittles Joe Knezevich Jeremie Harris Jennifer Sears Crystal Lee Brown Terence Rosemore L. Warren Young Tia Hendricks Whitney Goin Neko Parham Kaden Washington Lewis Alkoya Brunson Todd Allen Durkin ...

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    • Dee Rees
  6. Apr 3, 2015 · Queen Latifah is bringing back the blues. The Oscar nominee, 45, will pay tribute to Bessie Smith – the so-called Empress of the Blues – in the new HBO film Bessie . The movie will not only ...

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  8. May 15, 2015 · May 15, 2015 at 2:50 p.m. EDT. HBO’s “Bessie,” a biopic premiering Saturday that stars Queen Latifah as the blues singer Bessie Smith, is a thoughtful and at times stirring example of how a ...

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