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Biography
Hope Clarke was an American actress, dancer, vocalist, choreographer, and opera director. In 1995, she became the first black director of a major U.S. opera production, when she staged Porgy and Bess at the Houston Grand Opera.
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Awards & recognition
- Lucille Lortel Award — Outstanding Choreographer · 2004
Filmography18 titles
Good Times
1974
1974
Hill Street Blues
1981
1981
Three's Company
1977as Second Nurse
1977as Second Nurse
What's Happening!!
1976as Mrs. Watson
1976as Mrs. Watson
Law & Order
1990as Mrs. Marbury
1990as Mrs. Marbury
The Jeffersons
1975
1975
The White Shadow
1978as Aunt Edna Hayward
1978as Aunt Edna Hayward
Seventeen Again
2000as Grandma Cat Donovan
2000as Grandma Cat Donovan
Beat Street
1984as Dancing instructor
1984as Dancing instructor
Hart to Hart
1979as Teacher
1979as Teacher
Basquiat
1996as Matilde
1996as Matilde
Rustin
2023as Lucille Randolph
2023as Lucille Randolph
Into the Night
1985as Airport Cop
1985as Airport Cop
Lois Gibbs and the Love Canal
1982as Chris
1982as Chris
The Ropers
1979
1979
Ailey
2021as Herself
2021as Herself
A Piece of the Action
1977as Sarah Thomas
1977as Sarah Thomas
The Baron
1977as Cokeman's Girl
1977as Cokeman's Girl