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Donzaleigh Abernathy Biography ((?)-)

First name is pronounced "don-za-la"; daughter of Ralph David Abernathy (Southern Christian Leadership Conference head and a civil rights leader); marriedGeorge C. Bosley, 1989. Addresses: Agent: Merritt Blake, The Blake Agency, 1333 Ocean Avenue, Santa Monica, CA 90401.; Manager: JoAn Kincaid, Gilbertson-Kincaid Management, 73 Market St., Venice, CA 90291.

Gender

Female

Occupation

Actress

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Film Appearances
• ER nurse, Ghost Dad, Universal, 1990
• Computer hacker, Night of the Running Man, 1994
• (As Donzaleigh Avis Abernathy) Walter's mom, Camp Nowhere, Buena Vista, 1994
• Effie Petit, Lone Justice 2, Triboro Entertainment, 1995
• Martha, Gods and Generals, Warner Bros., 2002
• Also appeared in 20 Dates, Other People's Money, and Homestead.
• Film Work
• Production assistant, Ghost Dad, Universal, 1990
• Television Appearances
• Movies
• Sue, Murder in Mississippi, NBC, 1990
• Cora Mae Turner, Grass Roots, 1992
• MHA, Out of Darkness, 1994
• Awake to Murder (also known as Awake to Danger), NBC, 1995
• (As Donzaleigh Avis Abernathy) Alcina Lewis, Cagney & Lacey: Together Again, CBS, 1995
• Abducted: A Father's Love (also known as Fugitive from Justice), NBC, 1996
• Nurse Betty, Miss Evers' Boys, HBO, 1997
• Henrietta King, Don King: Only in America, HBO, 1997
• Azaleigh, The Tempest, NBC, 1998
• The Sky's On Fire (also known as Countdown: The Sky's On Fire), 1998
• Nurse, Stranger in My House (also known as Total Stranger),Lifetime, 1999
• Series
• Mrs. Sara Jean Jackson, Any Day Now, Lifetime, 1998-?
• Miniseries
• King, NBC, 1978
• Lorrie, Family Album (also known as Danielle Steel's `Family Album'), NBC, 1994
• Pilots
• Irene Timmons, Dangerous Minds, ABC, 1996
• Episodic
• Naomi, "Silence of the Lambskins," L.A. Law, 1992
• Mariah Henry, "Strike Two," Sirens, ABC, 1993
• Clarissa Watson, "Endangered Species," Bodies of Evidence, CBS, 1993
• "Return to Plum Creek," Ned Blessing: The Story of My Life and Times, CBS, 1993
• Mrs. Danton, "Guns `n Rosaries," NYPD Blue, 1994
• Irene Timmons, "Need Deep," Dangerous Minds, ABC, 1996
• Nora Dawson, "Wild Fire," The Burning Zone, UPN, 1997
• Porschia Tate, "Absent without Leave," Chicago Hope, CBS, 1998
• "Hazards," The Pretender, 1998
• Also appeared in episodes of EZ Streets and Amazing Grace.
• Stage Appearances
• Appeared in For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide; Whenthe Rainbow is Enuf; and Caesar and Cleopatra.
• WRITINGS
• Books
• Partners to History: Martin Luther King, Jr., Ralph Abernathy and theCivil Rights Movement, Johnson Publishing Company, 1998