Charlayne Woodard

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AKA: Charlaine Woodard
Nationality: American
Birthdate: 12/29/1955
Birthplace: Albany, New York, United States

biography

With her wiry, some might say bony, body, and sparkling smile, Charlayne Woodard was a marked contrast to fleshy Nell Carter and Armelia McQueen when the three women starred together on Broadway in "Ain't Misbehavin'" (1977-78). At first, Carter got most of the applause--and the Tony Award to take home--but after more than a decade of celebrated theatre work, Woodard began to make a name for herself in TV and motion pictures, often in key supporting roles. Intermittently in her early career she sometimes used the birth spelling of her name, "Charlaine".

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Credits

Tarissa Dyson
2008
Tarissa Dyson
2008
(TV Show)
2006-2006
Professor Emily Chambers
2006
(TV Show)
2006-2006
Cast
2006
(TV Show)
2003-2005
Sister Peg
2005
Sister Peg
2005
Sister Peg
2004
Sister Peg
2003
(TV Show)
2004-2004
Elijah's Mother
2000
Actor
2000
Tituba
1996
Angel Kosinsky
1996
Lola
1988
Eartha
Jasmine
Cheryl Clark
Winona

milestones

Year
Milestone
1977 
Broadway debut, "Ain't Misbehavin'"
1978 
TV debut, "Cindy"
1979 
Film debut, bit, "Hair"
1982 
Appeared in TV version of "Ain't Misbehavin'"
1991 
Cast as a regular on the NBC daytime drama "Days of Our Lives"
Continued

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