Charlayne Woodard

Charlayne Woodard

1953-12-29 Albany, New York, USA 29 Credits

Biography

Charlaine "Charlayne" Woodard (born December 29, 1953) is an American playwright and actress. She is a two-time Obie Award winner as well as a Tony Award and Drama Desk nominee. Description above from the Wikipedia article Charlayne Woodard, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age

2021

as Self

Acting

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age explores the world of Broadway from 1959 through the early 1980s as recounted by a diverse cast of Broadway stars who ...

Pose-a-Thon for Pride

Pose-a-Thon for Pride

2020

1.0
Acting

Bringing together the voices of "Pose" for stories, songs, and support of LGBTQ education, social change for sexual and gender minority people of colo...

Glass

Glass

2019

as Mrs. Price

6.7
Acting

In a series of escalating encounters, former security guard David Dunn uses his supernatural abilities to track Kevin Wendell Crumb, a disturbed man w...

Things Never Said

Things Never Said

2013

as Charlotte

6.2
Acting

An aspiring poet in a troubled marriage sparks with a new man who helps her find her artistic voice.

Lackawanna Blues

Lackawanna Blues

2005

as Bill's Woman

5.9
Acting

In a story fueled by rhythm and blues, a young boy's life is shaped by love and the stories of a cast of characters in the boarding house where he liv...

Broadway's Lost Treasures II

Broadway's Lost Treasures II

2004

as Performer (segment "Ain't Misbehavin'")

8.0
Acting

The annual Tony Award broadcast provides the only filmed record of Broadway's best for audiences to experience as if they were front-row-center on ope...

D.C. Sniper: 23 Days of Fear

D.C. Sniper: 23 Days of Fear

2003

as Mildred Muhammad

6.4
Acting

Based on the known events that shook the United States for 23 days in 2002. Within 24 hours six people were killed by a sniper in Maryland County. A m...

Sunshine State

Sunshine State

2002

as Loretta

6.4
Acting

A woman and her new husband returns to her hometown roots in coastal northern Florida, and must deal with family, business, and encroaching real estat...

Unbreakable

Unbreakable

2000

as Elijah's Mother

7.1
Acting

An ordinary man makes an extraordinary discovery when a train accident leaves his fellow passengers dead — and him unscathed. The answer to this myste...

The Million Dollar Hotel

The Million Dollar Hotel

2000

as Jean Swift

5.9
Acting

A federal agent searches for a potential killer among the bizarre residents of a dilapidated Los Angeles hotel.

Around the Fire

Around the Fire

1998

as Kate

3.5
Acting

Simon is an intelligent and privileged young man whose family expects him to become a Princeton graduate. Crying out for attention from his reserved a...

Touched By Evil

Touched By Evil

1997

as Det. Duvall

4.0
Acting

Successful business advisor Ellen Collier is attacked by a serial rapist, and becomes frightened and withdrawn after the incident. She begins to regai...

The Crucible

The Crucible

1996

as Tituba

6.6
Acting

A Salem resident attempts to frame her ex-lover's wife for being a witch in the middle of the 1692 witchcraft trials.

Run for the Dream: The Gail Devers Story

1996

as Gail Devers

Acting

The true story of Olympic gold medalist Gail Devers (Charlayne Woodard) and her fight to combat Graves disease while becoming the fastest female sprin...

Eye for an Eye

Eye for an Eye

1996

as Angel Kosinsky

6.2
Acting

It's fire and brimstone time as grieving mother Karen McCann takes justice into her own hands when a kangaroo court in Los Angeles fails to convict Ro...

Buffalo Girls

Buffalo Girls

1995

as Doosie

6.6
Acting

The bold escapades of tough-talking Calamity Jane Canary and her illustrious cohorts. It's the waning days of the Wild West and Jane, the rough 'n' ru...

Babyfever

Babyfever

1994

as Eartha

2.0
Acting

Gena is an average woman who is torn between her current boyfriend's desire to marry her and start a family, and the unexpected arrival of an old boyf...

Angie

Angie

1994

as Floor Nurse

5.8
Acting

Angie lives in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, and dreams of a better life. When she finds out she's pregnant by her boyfriend, Vinnie, she decides she'll have...

The Meteor Man

The Meteor Man

1993

as Janice Farrell

5.8
Acting

One night Jefferson Reed gets hit in the chest by a souped-up chunk of meteor. So he can fly, but he's scared of heights. He can master the informatio...

One Good Cop

One Good Cop

1991

as Cheryl Clark

5.7
Acting

When his partner is killed in the line of duty, Artie Lewis becomes the legal guardian of his three orphaned girls. But during his investigation of th...

He Said, She Said

He Said, She Said

1991

as Cindy

5.9
Acting

Womanising, right-wing Dan Hanson and quiet, liberal Lorie Bryer work for the Baltimore Sun. Rivals for the job of new writer of a vacant column, the ...

Twister

Twister

1989

as Lola

5.5
Acting

An oddball family on a Kansas farm are trapped in their farmhouse by an impending storm. The patriarch of the clan is a retired soda pop tycoon. He is...

Me and Him

Me and Him

1988

as Dancing Secretary

3.1
Acting

A man's enthusiastic penis starts talking to him, getting him into awkward situations and convincing everyone he tells that he's completely insane.

God Bless the Child

God Bless the Child

1988

as Chandra Watkins

6.3
Acting

Single mother, Theresa Johnson, becomes homeless, loses her job and tries to survive with her young daughter, Hillary, through charities and public sh...

Crackers

Crackers

1984

as Jasmine

4.7
Acting

In San Francisco, a group of down-and-out friends and a local pimp concoct a convoluted burglary plan on their pawnshop operator friend, all while nav...

Hard Feelings

Hard Feelings

1982

as Winona Lockhart

Acting

It's 1963 and teenage Barnie has problems. School bullies are after him, his family is dysfunctional and his girl Leslie screws around. On the run fro...

Ain't Misbehavin'

Ain't Misbehavin'

1982

as Performer

7.5
Acting

Ain't Misbehavin' is the televised version of the 1978 Tony Award-winning Broadway sensation celebrating the music, life and times of Thomas "Fats" W...

Hair

Hair

1979

as White Boys

7.3
Acting

Upon receiving his draft notice and leaving his family ranch in Oklahoma, Claude heads to New York and befriends a tribe of long-haired hippies on his...

Cindy

Cindy

1978

as Cindy

5.3
Acting

A revisionist twist on Cinderella with an all-black cast and set in Harlem during WWII. Cindy is a country bumpkin who moves from South Carolina to li...