Valarie Pettiford

Actress + Dancer + Singer

Female

Born Jul 8, 1960

Age 52

Hometown Queens

Other Names Valarie Pettiford

Valarie Pettiford is an American stage and television actress, dancer, and jazz singer. She received a Tony nomination for her role in the broadway production Fosse. She is also known for her role as "Big Dee Dee" Thorne on the UPN sitcom Half & Half.… Read More

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11th Annual BET Awards

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Jun 27, 2011

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Valarie Pettiford BET Awards '11 held at the Shrine Auditorium

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Jun 26, 2011

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Valarie Pettiford BET Awards '11 held at the Shrine Auditorium

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Jun 25, 2011

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"Jumping The Broom" Los Angeles Premiere

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May 4, 2011

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Brian White

Fling 2007
Brian J. White
Fling 2007
Tony Rader

Married

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Jason Mannino: Andrew Rannells, Kimberly Locke, Alex Newell, Tyne Daly Raise $385k For Apla In The 29th Star Studded S.T.A.G.E Gala
Huffington Post - Apr 11, 2013

A constellation of Broadway, television and film stars lit up the stage of the historic Saban Theater in Beverly Hills this past Saturday for the 29th annual S.T.A.G.E. (Southland Theater Artists Goodwill Event) Gala. The event, Broadway My Way raised $385,000.00 for AIDS Project Los Angeles (APLA). Billed as the world's longest running AIDS benefit, S.T.A.G.E. is an all-star musical revue, organized in 1984, that has raised more than five million dollars for AIDS service orga...
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'Stars In Shorts' Review: Mixed Results
San Francisco Chronicle - Sep 27, 2012

'Stars in Shorts' review: mixed results The best of the longer segments is "Steve," a piece of Pinter light starring Firth as a passive-aggressive neighbor from hell who repeatedly turns up at the door of a bickering couple (Knightley and Tom Mison) to register a series of baseless complaints, which he tops off with an infuriated demand for tea and biscuits. Jay Kamen's "Not Your Time," starring Alexander, may try your patience with its heavy-handed comic take on the s...
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'The Good Wife' Adds Brian Dennehy
Huffington Post - Sep 05, 2012

"The Good Wife" guest cast keeps on growing for Season 4. Returning guest player Denis O'Hare took to Twitter to share the latest casting scoop: Brian Dennehy will appear in the upcoming season. Dennehy, whose small screen credits include "Just Shoot Me," "The Fighting Fitzgeralds" and numerous TV movies, is the latest famous face to join the CBS drama for Season 4. Other upcoming guest stars include Kristin Chenoweth, Maura Tierney, Amanda Peet and Nathan Lane. Meanwhile, O'H...
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Broadway Rocks Anaheim To Feature Shirley Jones, Patrick Cassidy, Ace Young ... Playbill.Com
Google News - Sep 13, 2011

In addition to Jones ("Carousel," "The Music Man," "Elmer Gantry"), Burnham (The Light in the Piazza, Wicked), Young (Grease, Hair) and Thompson (Cabaret, "Back to the Future"), the evening will include Valarie Pettiford (Fosse, Chicago),
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Timeline

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CHILDHOOD

1960 Birth Born on July 8, 1960.

TWENTIES

1983 22 Years Old Pettiford began her career as a dancer and choreographer in Bob Fosse productions on Broadway. Alvin Klein of the New York Times wrote of her role in the 1983 musical revue Ladies and Gentlemen, Jerome Kern! that "You will not for a moment take your eyes off Valarie Pettiford, the show's standout: a sinewy dancer who can be sultry or sweet, measure for measure, as prescribed... … Read More

1987 27 Years Old Leah Frank, also in the NYT, wrote of her appearance in West Side Story in 1987 that "The mainstay of the supporting cast is Valarie Pettiford, whose Anita is spicy, sensual and full of fire. … Read More

THIRTIES

1991 31 Years Old … They got engaged in 1991.

1994 34 Years Old In 1994, she played black lesbian Cassandra Keefer in The Naked Truth, and from 1995 to 1996 starred as Julie in a touring production of Show Boat.

1998 38 Years Old Pettiford received a Tony nomination as Best Featured Actress in a Musical and a Dora Mavor Moore Award nomination for her role in the Broadway production Fosse from 1998-9. … Read More

1999 39 Years Old She left Fosse to appear as Velma Kelly in Chicago in the West End in London from August 1999-February 2000, alongside Chita Rivera as Roxie Hart.

FORTIES

2001 41 Years Old … She starred as Mariah Carey's mother in the 2001 film Glitter, had a part in Stomp the Yard in 2007, and played Aunt Geneva in the 2011 film, Jumping the Broom. … Read More

2002 42 Years Old Her Half & Half role from 2002-6 as Big Dee Dee Thorne gained her three NAACP Image Award nominations.

2005 45 Years Old Pettiford released a jazz album, Hear My Soul, in 2005.

2007 47 Years Old In 2007 she won the Back Stage Bistro Award for her cabaret debut at the Metropolitan Room, and won an NAACP Theatre Award for her lead role in The Wild Party.

2008 48 Years Old 1 More Event

In 2008, she starred in a solo show, Valarie Pettiford - Thankful that played in New York and Los Angeles.

2009 49 Years Old In 2009, she starred in the solo show Valarie Pettiford - The Concert in Manhattan.

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