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Bebe Drake
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Bebe Drake
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1944-05-31,Sacramento, California, USA
Gender
Female
Biography
Bebe Drake (born Beatrice Drake) is an American actress. Drake is one of four children born to Beatrice Lillian Hayes, a teacher, social worker and community activist, and Carl Everett Drake, a postal worker who later became the first African American practicing psychiatrist in Sacramento. She attended C. K. McClatchy High School, Sacramento City College, and California State University, Sacramento. Drake made her Broadway debut in the 1975 Leslie Lee's play The First Breeze of Summer and the following year appeared in Great Performances production. She later was regular cast member on the two short-lived sitcoms: Snip (1976) and Sanford Arms (1977). During her career, Drake appeared in more than 70 films and television series. She made her big screen debut in 1975 appearing in films Report to the Commissioner and Friday Foster, and in 1977 had supporting role opposite Richard Pryor in the comedy film Which Way Is Up?. In 1979 she co-starred in the miniseries Backstairs at the White House and the made-for-television movie The Cracker Factory. She made guest-starring appearances on television series such as Good Times, Welcome Back, Kotter, The Love Boat, The Jeffersons, Highway to Heaven, Thirtysomething, L.A. Law, The Jamie Foxx Show, The Steve Harvey Show, The Parent 'Hood and The Bernie Mac Show. Drake appeared in films such as The Last Married Couple in America (1980), Xanadu (1980), Oh, God! Book II (1980), First Monday in October (1981), Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling (1986), Alien Nation (1988), House Party (1990), Across the Tracks (1991), Boomerang (1992), Jason's Lyric (1994), Space Jam (1996), How to Be a Player (1997), Anywhere But Here (1999), Leprechaun in the Hood (2000), Friday After Next (2002), Wild Hogs (2007) and Influence (2020). Drake appeared in the 1980 made-for-television drama Scared Straight! Another Story, the 1987 thriller Billionaire Boys Club, and the 1989 miniseries The Women of Brewster Place. She was regular cast member in the 1990 short-lived sitcom New Attitude. From 1989 to 1993 she had recurring role on A Different World playing Velma Gaines and later had recurring roles on Martin and Another Period playing Harriet Tubman.

Filmography

The Women of Brewster Place

6.611

The Women of Brewster Place
1989-03-19

6.114

Body Bags
1993-08-08

6.025

Moving Target
1988-02-08

Oh, God! Book II

5.3

Oh, God! Book II
1980-10-03

Leprechaun in the Hood

4.853

Leprechaun in the Hood
2000-03-28

4.2

Influence
2020-02-20

3.5

O'Hara's Wife
1982-01-01

David E. Talbert's What Goes Around Comes Around

4.3

David E. Talbert's What Goes Around Comes Around
2012-03-06

5.934

Friday Foster
1975-12-25

Suddenly Single

7

Suddenly Single
2012-09-04

Which Way Is Up?

6

Which Way Is Up?
1977-11-04

First Monday in October

6.056

First Monday in October
1981-08-21

The Old Settler

2.667

The Old Settler
2001-04-25

5.696

Xanadu
1980-08-08

Scared Straight! Another Story

0

Scared Straight! Another Story
1980-11-06

Friday After Next

6.358

Friday After Next
2002-11-22

5.937

Bebe's Kids
1992-07-31

6.2

Heat Wave
1990-08-13

The Last Married Couple in America

4.2

The Last Married Couple in America
1980-04-03

The Cracker Factory

9.5

The Cracker Factory
1979-03-16

6.7

Jason's Lyric
1994-05-22

How to Be a Player

5.489

How to Be a Player
1997-08-06

The First Breeze of Summer

0

The First Breeze of Summer
1976-01-28

5.4

Crossroads
2006-09-30

5.7

Boomerang
1992-06-28

6.808

Space Jam
1996-11-15

5.965

Wild Hogs
2007-03-02

Never and Again

4.7

Never and Again
2021-02-11

6.404

House Party
1990-01-20

Across the Tracks

5.8

Across the Tracks
1991-02-15

Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling

6.3

Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling
1986-05-02

Who Made the Potatoe Salad?

4.9

Who Made the Potatoe Salad?
2006-11-07

4.8

Family Reunion
2003-06-17

8

Good Times
1974-02-08

7.626

Martin
1992-08-27

thirtysomething

6.207

thirtysomething
1987-09-29

7

L.A. Law
1986-09-15

The Bernie Mac Show

6.5

The Bernie Mac Show
2001-11-14

The Wayans Bros.

7.205

The Wayans Bros.
1995-01-11

The Jamie Foxx Show

6.9

The Jamie Foxx Show
1996-08-28

7.286

The Jeffersons
1975-01-18

Highway to Heaven

7.385

Highway to Heaven
1984-09-19

7.5

Sanford Arms
1977-09-16

The Parent 'Hood

7.3

The Parent 'Hood
1995-01-18

The Steve Harvey Show

6.9

The Steve Harvey Show
1996-08-25

Eight Is Enough

6.086

Eight Is Enough
1977-03-15

7.1

Hunter
1984-09-18

10

New Attitude
1990-08-08

8.3

Thea
1993-09-03

5

The Bronx Zoo
1987-03-19

6.868

Another Period
2015-06-23

A Different World

7

A Different World
1987-09-24

The Proud Family

7.735

The Proud Family
2001-09-15

6.293

The Love Boat
1977-09-24

Great Performances

5.8

Great Performances
1971-01-28

The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder

5.6

The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder
2022-02-23

The Women of Brewster Place

5

The Women of Brewster Place
1989-03-19

0

Snip
1976-09-30

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