Biography
Delloreese Patricia Early (July 6, 1931 – November 19, 2017), known professionally as Della Reese, was an American jazz and gospel singer, actress, and ordained minister whose career spanned seven decades.
Awards & recognition
- NAACP Image Award — Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series · 2002
- NAACP Image Award — Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series · 2001
- NAACP Image Award — Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series · 2000
- NAACP Image Award — Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series · 1999
- NAACP Image Award — Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series · 1998
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- NAACP Image Award — Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series · 1997
- NAACP Image Award — Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series · 1996
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
Filmography40 titles
You Must Remember This
Match Game
MacGyver
The Secret Path
Picket Fences
The A-Team
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Celebrity Ghost Stories
That's So Raven
Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years
Night Court
Welcome Back, Kotter
Touched by an Angel
L.A. Law
Signed, Sealed, Delivered
Dream On
Police Story
Designing Women
Miracle in the Woods
The Dick Cavett Show
The Ed Sullivan Show
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
The Pet Set
Dinosaur
Police Woman
Beauty Shop
The Love Boat
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
Chico and the Man
Harlem Nights
Dear Secret Santa
The Distinguished Gentleman
Holiday Greetings from 'The Ed Sullivan Show'
Christmas Angel
A Thin Line Between Love and Hate
Meant to Be
Voyage of the Yes
Me Again
Expecting Mary
Testimonies of Faith