Cast & creator
Della Reese
Best known for The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, The Mike Douglas Show
Delloreese Patricia Early (July 6, 1931 – November 19, 2017), known professionally as Della Reese, was an American jazz and gospel singer, actress, and ordained minister whose career spanned seven decades.
Also known as: Delloreese Patricia Early, Della Reese Lett
35
film credits
44
television credits
79
1944–2014 · acting roles
6.5
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (79)
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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self - Guest Hostess
1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
1961The Mike Douglas Show
Self - Co-Hostess
1961
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
1962
MacGyver
Mama Colton
1985
The Love Boat
Millie Washington
1977
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
1944
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
1968
Touched by an Angel
Tess
1994
L.A. Law
Lucille Lake
1986
The A-Team
Mrs. Baracus
1983
Night Court
Aunt Ruth
1984
Match Game
Self
1973
Intimate Portrait
Self
1993
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Self
1957
That's So Raven
Rhonnie Wilcox
2003
Police Woman
Tina Thompson
1974The Reichen Show
Self
2005
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
1948
Medical Center
Capt. Sykes
1969
McCloud
Sgt. Gladys Harris
1970
Celebrity Ghost Stories
Self
2009
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Self
1968
Picket Fences
Naomi Grand
1992
Police Story
Claudine
1973
The Mod Squad
Paula
1968
Dream On
Receptionist
1990
Crazy like a Fox
Mrs. Flood
1984Crazy like a Fox
Nurse Flood
1984
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
Blues Fairy (voice)
1995Vicki!
Self
1992
Designing Women
Mrs. Toussant
1986
Hollywood Squares
Self
1966
Petrocelli
Angela Damon
1974
Promised Land
Tess
1996
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors
Grace Dayton
1969
Chico and the Man
Della Rogers
1974
Dinosaur
Eema (voice)
2000
The Pet Set
Self
1971Naomi's New Morning
Self
2005
Welcome Back, Kotter
Mrs. Jean Tremaine
1975
Signed, Sealed, Delivered
Cora Brandt
2014
Harlem Nights
Vera
1989
Beauty Shop
Mrs. Towner
2005
Charlie & Co.
1985
The Royal Family
Victoria Royal
1991
The Distinguished Gentleman
Elevator Operator (uncredited)
1992
The Secret Path
Honey
1999
A Thin Line Between Love and Hate
Ma Wright
1996
Nightmare in Badham County
Sarah
1976
If I Had Known I Was a Genius
Nana
2007
Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years
Martha Logan
1999
Cop on the Beat
Claudine
1975
Dear Secret Santa
Linda
2013
A Match Made in Heaven
Katie Beale
1997
The Kid Who Loved Christmas
Alicia Slater
1990
Miracle in the Woods
Lilly Cooper
1997
Voyage of the Yes
Opal Parker
1973
You Must Remember This
Ella DuChamps (voice)
1992
The Moving of Sophia Myles
Sophia Myles
2000
Christmas Angel
Elsie Waybright
2012
Expecting Mary
Doris Dorkus
2010
Miracle at Gate 213
Alma Peddington
2013
Twice in a Lifetime
Flo
1974
Me Again
Muriel
2011
The Gift of Amazing Grace
Aunt Faith
1986
Touched by an Angel: A Christmas Miracle
Tess
1998
...& Beautiful
1969
Psychic Killer
Mrs. Gibson
1975
The Giants of Black Music
Self
2003Holiday Greetings from 'The Ed Sullivan Show'
Self
1992Let's Rock!
Herself
1958Donald McKayle: Heartbeats of a DanceMaker
Narrator (voice)
2004Daddy's Girl
Diane
1973
Anya's Bell
Anya Herpick
1999
Meant to Be
Mave
2012
Emma's Wish
Mona Washburn
1998