Grace Garland (born in
New York City
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) is an American singer-songwriter and actress.
Career
On television, Garland rose to fame in the early 1980s playing Vera Vanderbilt on the series ''
All My Children
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''. In 1986, she appeared on ''
The Equalizer'' as Karen, who works for the Agency and helps Robert McCall gather intelligence, in the episode "
Pretenders
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." She also made a guest appearance on ''
The Cosby Show
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'' (1992) playing Maxine. She later went on to become a series regular on ''
The Apollo Comedy Hour'' (1993–1995) TV series filmed at the famous
Harlem
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Apollo Theater
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.
Garland has played a number of notable film roles, including Q's (
Omar Epps
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) mother in ''
Juice
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'' (1992), and Dr. Love in ''
30 Years to Life''.
On stage, she was an original cast member in the off-Broadway hit musical ''
The Last Session'', playing Diva, and appears on the Original Cast Recording as this role.
Garland released a solo album titled ''Lovers Never Lie (In Bed)'' (2005) and penned her first book titled ''Loneliness Makes You Stupid! – The Grown Woman's Dating Guide (Part 1)'' (2006).
Discography
Albums
#''Lovers Never Lie (In Bed)'' (2005)
#''Lady G!'' (2016)
Singles
*"Single Mingle Jingle" (2006)
*"I'll Cry Later" (2016), A Global Music Award Winner, Silver Medal – Female Jazz Vocals
References
External links
Grace Garland Official site*
Living people
Singers from New York City
Actresses from New York City
Year of birth missing (living people)
21st-century American women
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