Personal Info
Hope Clarke
Acting
Biography
Hope Clarke is an American actress, dancer, vocalist, choreographer, and director. Clarke performed as principal dancer with the Katherine Dunham Company and the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, 1960s; actress on stage, film, and television, 1970s–1980s; choreographer and director, 1980s--. Clarke served on the Tony Awards Nominating Committee for the 2011–12 Broadway season. Clarke made history in 1995 when she became the first African American, as well as the first African-American woman, to direct and choreograph a major staging of the opera-musical Porgy and Bess. Clarke's production of…
Known For
Filmography
Movies
Rustin
as Lucille Randolph
Ailey
as Herself
Men Without Jobs
as Ms. Jackson
Seventeen Again
as Grandma Cat Donovan
Basquiat
as Matilde
A Father's Homecoming
as Doctor
Into the Night
as Airport Cop
Beat Street
as Dancing instructor
Lois Gibbs and the Love Canal
as Chris
Scout's Honor
as Mrs. Prewett
TV Shows
Law & Order
as Appellate Judge #2 · 1 ep.
The New Odd Couple
as Beth St. Clair · 1 ep.
Hill Street Blues
1 ep.
Maggie
as Receptionist · 1 ep.
Hart to Hart
as Teacher · 1 ep.
The Ropers
1 ep.
The White Shadow
as Aunt Edna Hayward · 1 ep.
Three's Company
as Second Nurse · 1 ep.
What's Happening!!
as Mrs. Watson · 1 ep.
The Jeffersons
1 ep.