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