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Denise Nicholas

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Actress

The Resume

    (July 12, 1944- )
    Raised in Detroit, MI
    Birth name is Donna Denise Nicholas
    Best known for her role as high school counselor Liz McIntyre on the TV series 'Room 222' (1969-74) and Harriet DeLong on the TV series 'In The Heat of The Night' (1989-1994)
    Acted in 'Blacula (1972),' 'The Soul of Nigger Charley (1973),' 'Let's Do It Again (1975),' 'A Piece of the Action (1977),' 'Capricorn One (1978),' 'Marvin & Tige (1983),' 'Ghost Dad (1990),' 'On Thin Ice: The Tai Babilonia Story (1990),' 'Ritual (2000)' and 'Proud (2004)'
    Won two Emmys for the PBS special 'Voices Of Our People: In Celebration Of African American Poetry'
    Wrote the novel 'Freshwater Road' about life in the south during the 1960s (2005)

Why she might be annoying:

    She dropped out of the University of Michigan to experience the civil rights movement in the '60s south.
    She is thrice divorced, including ex-husband Bill Withers.
    When married to her third husband she alternated her name as Denise Nicholas-Hill, with and without the hyphen.
    She was nominated for three straight Golden Globe Awards for her work on 'Room 222' without winning (1970-72).
    She went into in debt to complete her novel.

Why she might not be annoying:

    She eventually graduated the University of Michigan.
    She experienced racial hatred while touring with the Negro Ensemble Company and The Free Southern Theater.
    A bigoted cop in Mississippi put a gun to her head and threatened to blow it off.
    Her younger sister was murdered.
    She wrote several episodes for 'In The Heat of The Night.'
    She won five NAACP Image Awards.

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Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 17 Votes: 58.82% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 10 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 14 Votes: 64.29% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 73 Votes: 42.47% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 7 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 42 Votes: 52.38% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 19 Votes: 47.37% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 13 Votes: 46.15% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 21 Votes: 19.05% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 14 Votes: 14.29% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 53 Votes: 50.94% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 33 Votes: 48.48% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 32 Votes: 46.88% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 179 Votes: 53.63% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 170 Votes: 45.88% Annoying