Kasi Lemmons

AKA:
Karen Lemmons
Nationality:
American
Birthdate:
02/24/1959
Birthplace:
Boston, Massachusetts
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biography
An attractive African-American player of stage, screen and TV who often projects an appealing vulnerability and intelligence, Kasi Lemmons began her professional career playing a hostage in the TV-movie "11th Victim" (1979), directed by Jonathan Kaplan. She then took several years off to study with The Lee Strasberg Institute, the Alvin Ailey American Dance Centre, NYU, UCLA and famed mime Marcel Marceau. She returned to acting with a supporting role in Lanford Wilson's "Balm in Gilead" (1984) Off-Broadway, and a guest spot on the detective series "Spenser: For Hire" (1985). After attending Continued
Credits
Director
2007
Screenplay
2007
Director
1997
screenplay
1997
Nina Blackburn
1994
Ardelia Mapp
1991
Carmine Mitchell
Bernadette Walsh
milestones
Year
Milestone
 
Raised in St Louis, Missouri
1979 
TV acting debut, "11th Victim", a TV-movie directed by Jonathan Kaplan
1979 
Took several years off from acting to study
 
Appeared Off-Broadway in Lanford Wilson's "Balm in Gilead"
1985 
Returned to TV with a guest spot on "Spenser: For Hire"
Continued