Cast & creator
Denise Nicholas
Best known for The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, The Mike Douglas Show, The Love Boat
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Denise Nicholas (born Donna Denise Nicholas; July 12, 1944) is an American actress and social activist who was involved in the American Civil Rights Movement. She is known primarily for her role as high school guidance counselor Liz McIntyre on the ABC comedy-drama series Room 222, and for her role as Councilwoman Harriet DeLong on the NBC/CBS drama series In the Heat of the Night. Description above from the Wikipedia article Denise Nicholas, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Also known as: Donna Denise Nicholas, Denise Nicholas-Hill
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1961–2021 · acting roles
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Filmography (52)
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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
1961
The Love Boat
Maura Bellogue
1977The Love Boat
Maura Belloque
1977The Love Boat
Jenny Brooks
1977
Magnum, P.I.
T.C's Date
1980
Love, American Style
1969
The Cosby Show
Lorraine
1984
A Different World
Carol Garrison
1987
The F.B.I.
Nora Tobin
1965
Night Gallery
Kyro (segment "Logoda's Heads")
1970
In the Heat of the Night
Harriet DeLong
1988
Rhoda
1974
Hangin' with Mr. Cooper
Mrs. Walker
1992
Benson
1979
My Wife and Kids
Ann Kyle
2001
Police Story
1973
The Flip Wilson Show
Self
1970
Room 222
Liz McIntyre
1969
The Parent 'Hood
1995
Amen
1986
Masquerade
Sheila Walters
1983
Aloha Paradise
1981Aloha Paradise
Carrie
1981
Capricorn One
Betty Walker
1977
Secrets of Midland Heights
Julie Hammond
1980
Supercarrier
1988
Baby, I'm Back
1978
The Sophisticated Gents
Pat Henderson
1981
Diff'rent Strokes
Sondra Williams
1978
Ghost Dad
Joan
1990
Jacqueline Susann's Valley of the Dolls "1981"
Connie (as Denise Nicholas Hill)
1981
Blacula
Michelle
1972
A Piece of the Action
Lila French
1977
Let's Do It Again
Beth Foster
1975
In the Heat of the Night: Give Me Your Life
Harriet DeLong Gillespie
1994
And the Children Shall Lead
Mother
1985
Color Adjustment
Self
1992
The Soul of Nigger Charley
Elena
1973
The Rockford Files: Shoot-Out at the Golden Pagoda
Leddy Hutch
1997
Black Art: In the Absence of Light
Self
2021
In the Heat of the Night: A Matter of Justice
Harriet DeLong Gillespie
1994In the Heat of the Night: By Duty Bound
Harriet DeLong Gillespie
1995
The Big Stuffed Dog
Nurse Riley
1981
In the Heat of the Night: Who Was Geli Bendl?
Harriet DeLong Gillespie
1994
Ring of Passion
Marva Trotter Louis
1978
Mr. Ricco
Irene Mapes
1975
On Thin Ice: The Tai Babilonia Story
Cleo Babilonia
1990
Mother's Day
Elizabeth Sturgis
1989
Five Desperate Women
Joy
1971
Marvin & Tige
Vanessa Jackson
1985
Ritual
Sylvia Becker
2000