Nell Carter
Birthday: 1948-09-13
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Biography: Nell Carter (born Nell Ruth Hardy; September 13, 1948 – January 23, 2003) was an American singer and actress. Carter began her career in 1970, singing in the theater, and later crossed over to television. She was best known for her role as Nell Harper on the sitcom Gimme a Break! which originally aired from 1981 to 1987. Carter received two Emmy and two Golden Globe award nominations for her work on the series. Prior to Gimme a Break!, Carter won a Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical in 1978 for her performance in the Broadway musical Ain't Misbehavin' as well as a Primetime Emmy Award for her reprisal of the role on television in 1982
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The Crazysitter
When a petty criminal escapes from jail, she lays low by posing as a babysitter for two seemingly pr...
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Broadway's Lost Treasures II
The annual Tony Award broadcast provides the only filmed record of Broadway's best for audiences to ...
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Perfect Fit
An aimless young man turns to murder in order to satisfy the desires of his new girlfriend, a narcis...
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We Wish You a Merry Christmas
In the tiny town of Harmony, the people have been working so hard they've forgotten music even exist...
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Modern Problems
Jealous, harried air traffic controller Max Fielder, recently dumped by his girlfriend, comes into c...
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The Grass Harp
Based on the novel by Truman Capote, this often-witty coming-of-age drama looks at a young man growi...
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Fakin' Da Funk
Chinese kid Julian, who was adopted by the black family of Joe and Annabelle Lee -- and Asian exchan...
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Swing
Anthony is caught between dreams of being a musician and pleasing his father and fiance. Encouraged ...
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Sealed with a Kiss
Bennett, who's engaged to his boss's daughter, just lost a major client for his company. When a lett...
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The Proprietor
An expatriated French novelist returns to Paris when she learns that her childhood home is being pla...
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Hair
Upon receiving his draft notice and leaving his family ranch in Oklahoma, Claude heads to New York a...
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Mother Goose: A Rappin' and Rhymin' Special
Whoopi Goldberg is the voice of Mother Goose in this all-star, all-rhyming tale set in multi-ethnic ...
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Irving Berlin's 100th Birthday Celebration
The life, career, and music of Irving Berlin are celebrated live on stage with musical performances....
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Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz
Fictional character, Heidi Abromowitz, is the butt of everyone's jokes....
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Back Roads
A prostitute and a drifter find themselves bound together as they make their way through the rural S...
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Final Shot: The Hank Gathers Story
Chronicling the short but eventful life of Hank Gathers (played by Donny B. Lord as a child and Vict...
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Night of 100 Stars II
This special is the second "Night of 100 Stars" to benefit The Actors Fund of America. Edited from a...
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The Misery Brothers
When two misfits set out on a journey to correct their cursed family's misfortunes, they encounter w...
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Ain't Misbehavin'
Ain't Misbehavin' is the televised version of the 1978 Tony Award-winning Broadway sensation celebra...
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Cindy
A revisionist twist on Cinderella with an all-black cast and set in Harlem during WWII. Cindy is a c...
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Maid for Each Other
In this hilarious crime caper, a rich woman and her maid happened to be at the wrong place at the wr...
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Baryshnikov on Broadway
Mikhail Baryshnikov and his guests perform numbers from over a dozen renowned Broadway musicals incl...
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A Benefit Celebration: A Tribute to Angela Lansbury
Broadway salute to Tony Award-winning actress Angela Lansbury in a star-packed gala November 17,1996...
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My Favorite Broadway: The Leading Ladies
On Sept. 28, 1998, some of the greatest divas in musical theater -- including Marin Mazzie, Judy Kuh...
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The Best of Broadway
Tom Bosley hosts a tribute to the American musical theater taped before a live audience featuring do...
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The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story
Documents the race riot of 1921 and the destruction of the African-American community of Greenwood i...
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Back By Midnight
The warden of a small, rundown, minimum-security prison plots revenge against the the prison's disho...
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Bebe's Kids
When Robin meets the lovely Jamika he thinks he's in heaven. But when he meets her friend Bebe's chi...
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Night of 100 Stars
The most glittering, expensive, and exhausting videotaping session in television history took place ...
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The Jaleel White Special
A special starring teenage actor Jaleel White, who fantasizes about writing, directing and acting in...
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The Little Pageant That Could
A documentary that chronicles the journey of L.A.’s “Best in Drag Show” to support the Alliance for ...
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The NBC All Star Hour: Let's All Be There
The NBC All Star Hour (1985) was a one-hour primetime television special that brought together stars...
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