tv” target=”_blank”>Suzzanne Douglas,<star’s cause of death has not been revealed, but her passing was confirmed by her family Tuesday night.
tv” target=”_blank”>”Suzzanne Douglas,< and raised in public housing by her single mother along with her three siblings, Essence reported. She developed a passion for the arts at a young age, and earned a bachelor’s degree from Illinois State University, as well as a masters in music from the Manhattan School of Music.
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She appeared on genres— in Sondheim’s “Into the Woods,” Weill’s “Threepenny Opera” and “The Tap Dance Kid” — throughout the 1980s before segueing into films and television full time.
Tee continued in her tribute, “I can remember growing up, there weren’t very many black actresses who had starring roles — but there was my cousin with the lead role in “Tap” starring alongside great dancers such as Gregory Hines and Sammy Davis Jr.,” Tee said in her emotional social media homage. “She also performed with Angela Bassett and Whoopi Goldberg in “How Stella Got Her Groove Back,’ ‘The Inkwell,’ ‘Jason’s Lyric’ and so much more — the list goes on. The world will miss your talent but your soul will live on forever. Rest in Paradise my beautiful cousin Suzzane, you will be missed RIP”
The actress was perhaps best-known as matriarch Jerri Peterson on the companies in which she starred opposite Robert Townsend, 64, from from 1995–1999.
Douglas earned an movies” target=”_blank”>NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture<, including “Bull,” “Bones,” “The Good Wife,” “Law and Order: Criminal Intent,” “NYPD Blue” and many more.
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She most recently appeared in the acclaimed 2019 Netflix miniseries “When They See Us,” which earned two Emmy awards.
Her friend Stephanie Perry Moore, a writer and TV producer, also payed homage on companies writing: “I got to stand beside greatness. Suzanne Douglas Cobb, I love you dear lady. Thanks for always checking on me and for showing me elegance and grace walking. I’ve got a heavy heart, but I’m blessed to be a part of the legacy you touched. I am better because I knew you.
“Heaven is richer.”
Douglass is survived by her husband, neuro-radiologist Roy Jonathan Cobb, and their daughter Jordan.
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