Actor
Della Reese
Born July 6, 1931 in Detroit, Michigan, USADied November 19, 201730 films
Delloreese Patricia Early (July 6, 1931 – November 19, 2017), known professionally as Della Reese, was an American jazz and gospel singer, actress, and ordained minister whose career spanned seven decades.
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First watchDinosaur20006.6as Eema (voice)An orphaned dinosaur raised by lemurs joins an arduous trek to a sancturary after a meteorite shower destroys his family home.View filmEssential films
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30 films as actor- 2013Miracle at Gate 213Alma Peddington
- 2013Dear Secret SantaLinda
- 2012Meant to BeMave
- 2012Christmas AngelElsie Waybright
- 2011Me AgainMuriel
- 2010Expecting MaryDoris Dorkus
- 2007If I Had Known I Was a GeniusNana
- 2005Beauty ShopMrs. Towner
- 2000The Moving of Sophia MylesSophia Myles
- 2000DinosaurEema (voice)
- 1999Anya's BellAnya Herpick
- 1999Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 YearsMartha Logan
- 1999The Secret PathHoney
- 1998Emma's WishMona Washburn
- 1998Touched by an Angel: A Christmas MiracleTess
- 1997Miracle in the WoodsLilly Cooper
- 1997A Match Made in HeavenKatie Beale
- 1996A Thin Line Between Love and HateMa Wright
- 1992The Distinguished GentlemanElevator Operator (uncredited)
- 1992You Must Remember ThisElla DuChamps (voice)
- 1990The Kid Who Loved ChristmasAlicia Slater
- 1989Harlem NightsVera
- 1986The Gift of Amazing GraceAunt Faith
- 1976Nightmare in Badham CountySarah
- 1975Psychic KillerMrs. Gibson
- 1975Cop on the BeatClaudine
- 1974Twice in a LifetimeFlo
- 1973Daddy's GirlDiane
- 1973Voyage of the YesOpal Parker
- 1969...& Beautiful