Jenifer Lewis
Born in Kinloch, Missouri, USA — Jan 25 1957
Biography
Jenifer Jeanette Lewis (born January 25, 1957) is an American film and television actress and singer. She is one of Hollywood's most familiar faces, with more than 300 appearances in film and television and was dubbed a "national treasure" by TV Guide.com. She began her career appearing in Broadway musicals and worked as a back-up singer for Bette Midler before appearing in the films Beaches and Sister Act. She delivered legendary performances as Tina Turner's mother in What's Love Got to Do With It and in The Preacher's Wife as the mother of Whitney H…
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Jenifer Lewis's Credits
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Flo Everson (voice)
American Dad!
Lessie (voice)
Friends
Paula
Dancing with the Stars
Self - Musical Guest
Teen Titans Go!
Microwavabelle (voice)
Boston Legal
Judge Isabel Fisher
Strong Medicine
Lana Hawkins
black-ish
Ruby Johnson
Young Justice
Olympia Savage (voice)
Touched by an Angel
Queenie
Girlfriends
Veretta Childs
The Boondocks
Boss Willona (voice)
Living Single
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
Mystique
grown-ish
Ruby Johnson
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
Aunt Helen
Shark
Ellie Broussard
A Different World
Susan Clayton
Star Trek: Lower Decks
Bartender (voice)
Moesha
Mrs. Biggs
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars
Self - Guest Judge
New York Undercover
That's So Raven
Vivian
Rugrats
Ms. Marjorie / Narrator (voice)
The Upshaws
Dr. Pearl Edmunds
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
Female Black Widow Spider (voice)
Stars in the House
Self - Special Guest
The Jamie Foxx Show
Josie
Amphibia
Mama Hasselback (voice)
Hangin' with Mr. Cooper
Georgia Rodman
To Tell the Truth
Self - Panelist
Match Game
Self - Panelist
And Just Like That…
Lucille Highwater
Promised Land
Queenie
The Ghost and Molly McGee
Patty (voice)
Celebrity Wheel of Fortune
Self - Contestant
So Help Me Todd
Jacqueline Burton
Dream On
Carolyn
Night Court
Erika
The Parent 'Hood
In Living Color
Cars 2
Flo (voice)
Not Dead Yet
Donna
Cars
Flo (voice)
Cars 3
Flo (voice)
Monsters at Work
Grandma Tuskmon (voice)
The Fairly OddParents: A New Wish
Mother Nature (voice)
Rebel Highway
Amanda Baldwin Cooper
Big Hero 6 The Series
Professor Granville (voice)
The Princess and the Frog
Mama Odie (voice)
Cast Away
Becca Twig
Mickey Mouse Funhouse
Wheezelene (voice)
History of the World: Part II
Grandma
Shark Tale
Motown Turtle (voice)
The PJs
Bebe Ho (voice)
Day Break
Elizabeth Hopper
Roc
Charlaine
The Chris Rock Show
Self
Grown Ups
Haunted Hotel
Additional Voices (voice)
Time of Your Life
Spellbound
Nazara (voice)
Sister Act
Michelle
I Love That for You
Patricia Cochran
Blast from the Past
Dr. Aron
Cars on the Road
Flo (voice)
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
Vegas Backup Singer #1
The Addams Family
Great Auntie Sloom (Voice)
The Wedding Ringer
Doris Jenkins
Hereafter
Candace
Mystery Men
Lucille
Courthouse
Judge Rosetta Reide
Bette
Dead Presidents
Mrs. Curtis
The Temptations
Mama Rose
Beaches
Diva
Not Easily Broken
Mary 'Mama' Clark
Zambezia
Gogo (voice)
Think Like a Man
Loretta Hanover
Corrina, Corrina
Jevina
The Mighty
Mrs. Addison
Meet the Browns
Vera
The Playboy Club
Pearl
Think Like a Man Too
Loretta
Antwone Fisher
Aunt Mary Williams (uncredited)
Panther
Rita
Baggage Claim
Catherine Moore
This Is Me…Now
Gemini
Renaissance Man
Mrs. Coleman
Madea's Family Reunion
Milay Jenay Lori
The Cookout
Lady Em
Forbidden
The Preacher's Wife
Margueritte Coleman
Poetic Justice
Annie
Undercover Blues
Cab Driver
What's Love Got to Do with It
Zelma Bullock
Get Bruce!
Self
Girl 6
Boss #1 - Lil
The Meteor Man
Mrs. Williams
Rhona Who Lives by the River
Missy
Hiccups
Flo (voice)
Jackie's Back!
Jackie Washington
Dirty Laundry
Aunt Lettuce
Who's Your Caddy?
C-Note's Mom
The Brothers
Louise Smith
Frozen Assets
Jomisha
Shake, Rattle and Rock!
Amanda
The Greatest Love Story Never Told
Self
Juwanna Mann
Aunt Ruby
Geared-Up
Redrum
Therapist
Five
Maggie
The Radiator Springs 500½
Flo (voice)
Ado
Ms. Hopkins
Deconstructing Sarah
Betty
When Harry Met Sally 2 with Billy Crystal & Helen Mirren
Retirement Home Waitress (uncredited)
Earth to America
Self
Prop 8: The Musical
Riffing Prop 8'er
Partners
Detective Lancy
Little Richard
Muh Penniman
Dolly Parton's Christmas on the Square
Margeline
An Unexpected Life
Camille
Maurice Hines: Bring Them Back
Self (archive footage)
Dancing in September
Judge Warner
Nora's Hair Salon
Nora
Deadline for Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan
Denice Cooper
Jenifer Lewis and Shangela
Jenifer Lewis
Secrets of the Magic City
Aunt Valerie
Sunday in Paris
Taylor Chase
black-ish: A Celebration – An ABC News Special
Self
Rituals
Carmen
Bette Midler: Art or Bust
Self - Harlette
Jewel's Catch One
Self
All Boys Aren't Blue
LaQuifa is Halleloosin' It!
Crew
Finding Kendrick Johnson
Narrator (voice)
Tiana's Bayou Adventure | Disneyland Resort
Mama Odie (Voice)
Bette Midler: No Frills
Herself