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Starletta DuPois

Acting

Born July 18, 1941 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Also known as Starletta De Paur · Starletta Du Pois

Biography

Starletta DuPois (born July 18, 1941) is an American actress. She has appeared in a more than 90 movies and television show during her career. DuPois was born and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She graduated from University of Maryland Eastern Shore in 1968, and received M.F.A. in Theatre Arts from UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television. She made her Broadway debut appearing in 1974 short-lived play What the Wine-Sellers Buy. Later that year she had minor roles in films Death Wish and The Gambler. In 1976 she starred in the Off-Broadway production of So Nice, They Named it Twice.

Awards & recognition

  • Tony AwardBest Featured Actress in a Play · 1978 · nominated

Filmography36 titles

Lost

2004as Mrs. Dawson

The Notebook

2004as Nurse Esther

Little House on the Prairie

1974as Freda

Medium

2005as Woman

One Battle After Another

2025as Grandma Minnie

True to the Game 3

2021as Gah-Git

The Carmichael Show

2015as Evelyn

Duck

2005as Social Worker

Crossing Jordan

2001as Juror

The Steve Harvey Show

1996as Ms. Pittman

Knots Landing

1979as Nurse Benson

Death Wish

1974as Lady at Police Station (uncredited)

South Central

1992as Nurse Shelly

Alone

1997as Lois

The Gambler

1974as Monique

Doogie Howser, M.D.

1989as Dr. Fryman

Hollywood Shuffle

1987as Bobby's Mother

Pee-wee's Big Adventure

1985as Sgt. Hunter

Friday After Next

2002as Sister Sarah

Waiting to Exhale

1995as Savannah's Mother

A Beautiful Soul

2012as Deaconess

The Thing Called Love

1993as Selma

Wolf

1994as Victim's Mother

Ricochet

1991as Mrs. Styles

The Waterdance

1992as Florence

True to the Game

2017as Gah-Git

Big Momma's House

2000as Miss Patterson

Convicts

1991as Martha Johnson

St. Elsewhere

1982as Dora Chambers

Falcon Crest

1981as Prison Guard

First Sunday

2008

Death of a Telemarketer

2021as Mrs. Gordon

The Maker

1997as Technician

Odd Jobs

1986as Dwight's Mom

Chiller

1985as Nurse

Frogs!

1991as Principal Caverly