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Yvette Hawkins (September 28, 1940 – April 10, 1995) was an American actress on
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, on television, and in films.


Early life

Yvette Hawkins was born in New York City.


Career

Earlier in her career, Hawkins was a member of the New Lafayette Theatre in Harlem. She was also involved with the Play-House of the Ridiculous, with
John Vaccaro Theatre of the Ridiculous is a theatrical genre that began in New York City in the 1960s.Bottoms, Stephen J. Chapter 11: "The Play-House of the Ridiculous: Beyond Absurdity". ''Playing Underground: A Critical History of the 1960s Off-Off-Broadway M ...
and
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. Broadway credits for Hawkins included
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'' (1965), ''Lolita'' (1981), ''Checkmates'' (1988) and ''
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'' (1994). She was also busy
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and in regional theatre, with a role in ''The Last Street Play'' with
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in 1977, in a touring company of
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'' in 1978, and as
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's mother in Cheryl L. West's '' Before It Hits Home'' in 1992, among many others. Hawkins appeared in films such as ''
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'' (1995), ''
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'' (1992), ''
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'' (1991), '' Lean on Me'' (1989), and '' Nighthawks'' (1981). Her television acting credits ranged from soap operas ''
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'' and ''
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'' to dramas ''
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'' and ''
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''. She was also in the cast of ''
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'', a children's mystery series. She was credited as a writer on the
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health show ''Feelin' Good'' in the mid-1970s."Yvette Hawkins: Actress Was 54"
''
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'' (April 15, 1995): 9.


Personal life

Yvette Hawkins was married briefly, to writer
Sam Greenlee Samuel Eldred Greenlee, Jr. (July 13, 1930 – May 19, 2014)Margaret Busby"Sam Greenlee obituary" ''The Guardian'', June 2, 2014. was an American writer of fiction and poetry. He is best known for his novel '' The Spook Who Sat by the Door'', firs ...
, in 1978."People are Talking About..."
''Jet'' (December 28, 1978): 44. She died from lung cancer in 1995, aged 54 years, in New York City.


References


External links


Yvette Hawkins' listing
at IMDb.
Yvette Hawkins' listing
at IBDB. {{DEFAULTSORT:Hawkins, Yvette 1940 births 1995 deaths 20th-century American women Actresses from New York City Deaths from lung cancer in New York (state)