| Hattie Winston | |
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| Born | Hattie Mae Winston March 3, 1945 Lexington, Mississippi, U.S. |
Hattie Mae Winston (born March 3, 1945) is an American television, film and Broadway actress best known for her role as Margaret on Becker and as a prominent cast member of the children's PBS series The Electric Company.
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Early career
Winston was born in Lexington, Mississippi, and raised in Greenville, Mississippi.[1] She began her career on-stage. Winston starred in the Broadway hit The Tap Dance Kid; she also appeared on Broadway in Two Gentlemen of Verona, I Love My Wife, and The Me Nobody Knows. She was a member of the Negro Ensemble Company.
The Electric Company
Winston rose to prominence during the mid-1970s as a member of the cast of the children's PBS series The Electric Company, produced by the Children's Television Workshop. Her most notable character was Valerie the Librarian, who was best friends with Easy Reader (portrayed by Morgan Freeman). She also played many villainess roles versus Spider-Man on the Spidey Super Stories sketches, such as the Fox, the Thumper, the Queen Bee, and the Queen of Diamonds.[2] Winston joined the series during the third season (1973-1974), replacing the departed Lee Chamberlin. She remained with the series until its cancellation in 1977.[3]
Later career
In 1991, Winston starred on the critically-acclaimed television show Homefront (1991-1993). In 1998, Winston landed the role of Margaret on the CBS sitcom Becker (1998-2004). In doing so, Winston became one of the few former members of The Electric Company cast to have a notable career after the show's cancellation.
Winston voiced Lucy Carmichael for The Rugrats Movie. Since then she has gone on to voice the character again for the Nickelodeon TV series, All Grown Up!, which is a spin-off from the original Rugrats series.
She has guest-starred on Scrubs and Smart Guy. In 1997, Winston portrayed Simone in the Quentin Tarantino film Jackie Brown.
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