Shirley Washington
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Shirley Washington was a television and film actress who appeared in television shows from 1970. She appeared in two episodes of Mission Impossible playing a Stewardess in the 1970 TV episode Flight and as a Travel Agent in the 1972 Tv episode The Puppet and as Maggie in a Wonder Woman
TV episode, Chinese Puzzle. In the mid 1970s she starred in some Blaxploitation
films as Mrs Jefferson in Bamboo Gods and Iron Men
1974, T.N.T. Jackson
in 1975 as Theda in Darktown Strutters 1975 and in Disco 9000 in 1976.
Wonder Woman
Wonder Woman is a DC Comics superheroine created by William Moulton Marston. She first appeared in All Star Comics #8 . The Wonder Woman title has been published by DC Comics almost continuously except for a brief hiatus in 1986....
TV episode, Chinese Puzzle. In the mid 1970s she starred in some Blaxploitation
Blaxploitation
Blaxploitation or blacksploitation is a film genre which emerged in the United States circa 1970. It is considered an ethnic sub-genre of the general category of exploitation films. Blaxploitation films were originally made specifically for an urban black audience, although the genre's audience...
films as Mrs Jefferson in Bamboo Gods and Iron Men
Bamboo Gods and Iron Men
Bamboo Gods and Iron Men is a martial arts comedy set in the Philippines that by default comes under the Blaxploitation category. Produced by American International Pictures...
1974, T.N.T. Jackson
T.N.T. Jackson
T.N.T. Jackson is a 1974 American film directed by Cirio H. Santiago.The film is also known as Dynamite Jackson , Dynamite Wong and TNT Jackson .- Cast :...
in 1975 as Theda in Darktown Strutters 1975 and in Disco 9000 in 1976.
Television
- The Redd Foxx ShowThe Redd Foxx ShowThe Redd Foxx Show is a short-lived sitcom that premiered January 18, 1986 on ABC. The show ended after four months on air.-Overview:It followed the life of Al Hughes , a New York City newsstand owner who adopted a "street-wise" teenager named Toni...
- The Old and the Restless (1986) TV episode - Gina - Melvin and HowardMelvin and HowardMelvin and Howard is a 1980 American comedy-drama film directed by Jonathan Demme. The screenplay by Bo Goldman was inspired by real-life Utah service station owner Melvin Dummar, who was listed as the beneficiary of USD$156 million in a will allegedly handwritten by Howard Hughes that was...
(1980) - Patient Debbie - Police WomanPolice Woman (TV series)Police Woman is an American television police drama starring Angie Dickinson that ran on NBC for four seasons, from September 13, 1974, to March 29, 1978.-Synopsis:...
- The Inside Connection (1977) TV episode - Bessie - Sanford And SonSanford and SonSanford and Son is an American sitcom, based on the BBC's Steptoe and Son, that ran on the NBC television network from January 14, 1972, to March 25, 1977....
- Aunt Esther Meets Her Son (1976) TV episode - Salesgirl - Wonder WomanWonder WomanWonder Woman is a DC Comics superheroine created by William Moulton Marston. She first appeared in All Star Comics #8 . The Wonder Woman title has been published by DC Comics almost continuously except for a brief hiatus in 1986....
- Women of Transplant Island (1973) TV episode - Maggie - Mission Impossible - The Puppet (1972) TV episode - Girl Travel Agent
- Mission Impossible - Flight (1970) TV episode - Stewardess
Film
- Get Down And Boogie - 1977)
- Disco 9000 (1976) - Receptionist
- Darktown Strutters (1975) - Theda
- T.N.T. JacksonT.N.T. JacksonT.N.T. Jackson is a 1974 American film directed by Cirio H. Santiago.The film is also known as Dynamite Jackson , Dynamite Wong and TNT Jackson .- Cast :...
(1975) - Bamboo Gods and Iron MenBamboo Gods and Iron MenBamboo Gods and Iron Men is a martial arts comedy set in the Philippines that by default comes under the Blaxploitation category. Produced by American International Pictures...
(1974) - Mrs. Jefferson
Reading
- (Article) Black Stars"(USA) June 1975, pg. 32–35, by: Walter Jenkins, "Shirley Washington Tells How She Cracked Hollywood"