Cast & creator
Theresa Merritt
Best known for Law & Order, The Love Boat, Police Story
Theresa Merritt Hines (September 24, 1922 – June 12, 1998), known professionally as Theresa Merritt, was an American actress and singer. She's known for her role in That's My Mama (1974-1975) and for her film roles in The Wiz (1978) and Billy Madison (1995).
Movies
16
film credits
Series
5
television credits
Career
21
1971–1998 · acting roles
Credit score
6.3
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (21)
Showing 21 of 21 credits
Series
★ 7.3
Law & Order
Ruth Titus
1990
Series
★ 6.3
The Love Boat
Faye Phillips
1977
Series
★ 7.0
Police Story
1973
Series
★ 6.1
Cosby
1996
Series
★ 7.3
That's My Mama
Eloise 'Mama' Curtis
1974
Movie
★ 7.5
All That Jazz
Cast of NY/LA
1979
Movie
★ 6.3
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
Jewel
1982
Movie
★ 6.2
Billy Madison
Juanita
1995
Movie
★ 6.4
The Serpent and the Rainbow
Simone
1988
Movie
★ 6.9
The Goodbye Girl
Mrs. Crosby
1977
Movie
★ 5.1
Home Fries
Mrs. Vaughan
1998
Movie
★ 6.2
The Wiz
Aunt Em
1978
Movie
★ 6.9
They Might Be Giants
Peggy
1971
Movie
★ 7.0
Silence Like Glass
Nurse Wilson
1989
Movie
★ 6.8
The Great Santini
Arrabella Smalls
1979
Movie
★ 8.0
J.T.
Mama Meley
1971
Movie
★ 7.8
Proof of the Man
Mario
1977M
Movie
★ 8.0
Miracle at Beekman's Place
Sarah Coleman
1988
Movie
★ 3.0
Voodoo Dawn
Madame Daslay
1990
Movie
★ 3.8
Astonished
Ida
1988
Movie
★ 2.8
Dangerous Proposition
Grace
1998