Biography
Della Reese was an American singer, actress, television personality, author and ordained minister. As a singer, she recorded blues, gospel, jazz and pop. Several of her singles made the US Hot 100, including the number two charting song, "Don't You Know?" (1959). As a television personality and actress, she was the first black woman to host her own talk show and starred on the highly-rated CBS television series Touched by an Angel.
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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
Filmography41 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
Touched by an Angel
Welcome Back, Kotter
McCloud
L.A. Law
Signed, Sealed, Delivered
Dream On
Police Story
Miracle in the Woods
Designing Women
The Dick Cavett Show
The Ed Sullivan Show
The Pet Set
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Dinosaur
Police Woman
Beauty Shop
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
The Love Boat
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