Nell Carter
Nell Carter (born Nell Ruth Hardy; September 13, 1948 – January 23, 2003) was an American singer and actress.
Carter began her career in 1970, singing in the theater, and later crossed over to television. She was best known for her role as Nell Harper on the sitcom Gimme a Break! which originally aired from 1981 to 1987. Carter received two Emmy and two Golden Globe award nominations for her work on the series. Prior to Gimme a Break!, Carter won a Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical in 1978 for her performance in the Broadway musical Ain't Misbehavin' as well as a Primetime Emmy Award for her reprisal of the role on television in 1982
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 12.813 |
| Birthday | 1948-09-13 |
| Place of Birth | |
| Also Known As | Nell Ruth Carter, |
2004
Broadway's Lost Treasures II
8/3
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...
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Broadway's Lost Treasures II
2001
Perfect Fit
3/1
An aimless young man turns to murder in order to satisfy the desires of his new girlfriend, a narcissistic blue jean fetishist.
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Perfect Fit
1981
Modern Problems
5.421/82
Jealous, harried air traffic controller Max Fielder, recently dumped by his girlfriend, comes into contact with nuclear waste and is granted the power...
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Modern Problems
1995
The Grass Harp
5.9/28
Based on the novel by Truman Capote, this often-witty coming-of-age drama looks at a young man growing up with an unusual family in the Deep South in...
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The Grass Harp
2003
Swing
0/0
Anthony is caught between dreams of being a musician and pleasing his father and fiance. Encouraged by his great uncle, Anthony finds inspiration from...
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Swing
1999
Sealed with a Kiss
5.7/3
Bennett, who's engaged to his boss's daughter, just lost a major client for his company. When a letter meant for someone else is accidentally mailed t...
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Sealed with a Kiss
1996
The Proprietor
0/0
An expatriated French novelist returns to Paris when she learns that her childhood home is being placed on the auction block.
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The Proprietor
1981
Back Roads
5.6/23
A prostitute and a drifter find themselves bound together as they make their way through the rural South, doing what they have to do to survive.
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Back Roads
1995
The Misery Brothers
2/1
Screwball sex comedy focusing on two brothers.
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The Misery Brothers
1978
Cindy
3/1
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...
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Cindy
1982
Ain't Misbehavin'
10/1
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...
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Ain't Misbehavin'
1992
Maid for Each Other
5/3
In this hilarious crime caper, a rich woman (Nell Carter) and her maid (Dinah Manoff) happened to be at the wrong place at the wrong time -- and now,...
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Maid for Each Other
1980
Baryshnikov on Broadway
0/0
Mikhail Baryshnikov and his guests perform numbers from over a dozen renowned Broadway musicals including Oklahoma!, Fiddler on the Roof, Can-Can, The...
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Baryshnikov on Broadway
1996
A Benefit Celebration: A Tribute to Angela Lansbury
0/0
Broadway salute to Tony Award-winning actress Angela Lansbury in a star-packed gala November 17,1996 at the Majestic Theatre on Broadway. The event wa...
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A Benefit Celebration: A Tribute to Angela Lansbury
1999
My Favorite Broadway: The Leading Ladies
9/1
On Sept. 28, 1998, some of the greatest divas in musical theater -- including Marin Mazzie, Judy Kuhn and Audra McDonald -- took the stage at New York...
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My Favorite Broadway: The Leading Ladies
1985
The Best of Broadway
0/0
Tom Bosley hosts a tribute to the American musical theater taped before a live audience featuring dozens of stars recreating their original performanc...
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The Best of Broadway
2000
The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story
0/0
Documents the race riot of 1921 and the destruction of the African-American community of Greenwood in Tulsa, Oklahoma. With testimony by eyewitnesses...
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The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story
2005
Back By Midnight
5.15/10
The warden of a small, rundown, minimum-security prison plots revenge against the the prison's dishonest owner by having four inmates break out and pl...
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Back By Midnight
1992
Bebe's Kids
5.79/62
When Robin meets the lovely Jamika he thinks he's in heaven. But when he meets her friend Bebe's children, whom she is looking after, he knows he's in...
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Bebe's Kids
1982
Night of 100 Stars
6/1
The most glittering, expensive, and exhausting videotaping session in television history took place Friday February 19, 1982 at New York's Radio City...
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Night of 100 Stars
1994
The Crazysitter
4.938/16
When a petty criminal escapes from jail, she lays low by posing as a babysitter for two semmingly precious children. But when she decides to sell them...
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The Crazysitter
1999
We Wish You a Merry Christmas
6.3/3
In the tiny town of Harmony, the people have been working so hard they've forgotten music even exists! Then, three determined little orphans set out t...
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We Wish You a Merry Christmas
1991
Voices That Care
8/2
Behind the scenes making of the charity single "Voices That Care".
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Voices That Care
1997
Mother Goose: A Rappin' and Rhymin' Special
7.5/2
Whoopi Goldberg is the voice of Mother Goose in this all-star, all-rhyming tale set in multi-ethnic nursery-rhyme land.
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Mother Goose: A Rappin' and Rhymin' Special
1992
Final Shot: The Hank Gathers Story
0/0
Chronicling the short but eventful life of Hank Gathers (played by Donny B. Lord as a child and Victor Love as a young adult), this fact-based drama c...
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Final Shot: The Hank Gathers Story
1984
Christmas in Washington
0/0
The 3rd Annual Christmas in Washington Special.
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Christmas in Washington
1985
Night of 100 Stars II
8/2
This special is the second "Night of 100 Stars" to benefit The Actors Fund of America. Edited from a seven-hour live entertainment marathon that was t...
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Night of 100 Stars II
1997
Fakin' Da Funk
5.278/9
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Fakin' Da Funk
1979
Hair
7.306/640
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...
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Hair
1988
Irving Berlin's 100th Birthday Celebration
0/0
The life, career, and music of Irving Berlin are celebrated live on stage with musical performances.
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Irving Berlin's 100th Birthday Celebration
1988
Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz
0/0
Fictional character, Heidi Abromowitz, is the butt of everyone's jokes.
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