Bebe Drake
Born in Sacramento, California, USA — May 31 1944
Biography
Bebe Drake (born Beatrice Drake) is an American actress. Drake is one of four children born to Beatrice Lillian Hayes, a teacher, social worker and community activist, and Carl Everett Drake, a postal worker who later became the first African American practicing psychiatrist in Sacramento. She attended C. K. McClatchy High School, Sacramento City College, and California State University, Sacramento. Drake made her Broadway debut in the 1975 Leslie Lee's play The First Breeze of Summer and the following year appeared in Great Performances production. She…
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Bebe Drake's Credits
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Great Performances
Gloria Townes
The Love Boat
Mrs. Cory
L.A. Law
Maureen Wilson
Martin
Myra
Highway to Heaven
The Bernie Mac Show
Mama Lena
A Different World
Velma Gaines
Eight Is Enough
Hunter
Emily Corbin
The Jamie Foxx Show
Mrs. Hartnabrig
The Jeffersons
Good Times
The Steve Harvey Show
Betty
thirtysomething
The Wayans Bros.
Ms. James
The Proud Family
Mary Darnell (voice)
The Parent 'Hood
Another Period
Harriet Tubman
The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder
Mary Darnell (voice)
Space Jam
Jordan Housekeeper
Thea
The Bronx Zoo
Wild Hogs
Mother-in-Law
Sanford Arms
Jeannie
New Attitude
Bebe
Friday After Next
Mrs. Pearly
House Party
Mrs. Strickland
Xanadu
Female Guard
Boomerang
Mrs. Jackson
Body Bags
Nurse
The Women of Brewster Place
Cleo
Leprechaun in the Hood
Post's Mother
Bebe's Kids
Barfly (voice)
Oh, God! Book II
Dr. Young, School Psychologist
Which Way Is Up?
Thelma
Jason's Lyric
Ms. Murphy
Friday Foster
Neighbor
Heat Wave
Winnie (as Bebe Drake-Massey)
First Monday in October
Nurse
The Last Married Couple in America
Policewoman
Moving Target
Postal Clerk (as Bebe Drake-Massey)
Crossroads
Ettu
The Cracker Factory
Gloria
Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling
Angry Prostitute (as Bebe Drake-Massey)
The Women of Brewster Place
Cleo
Who Made the Potatoe Salad?
Mrs. Brown
Influence
Cathy Kirby
How to Be a Player
Mama Jackson
Across the Tracks
Mrs. Fischer (as Be Be Drake-Massey)
Snip
Daffney
The Old Settler
Geneva
Never and Again
Ms. Addis
O'Hara's Wife
Female Jail Guard
Scared Straight! Another Story
Jean Lewis
David E. Talbert's What Goes Around Comes Around
Ms. Rudolf
Suddenly Single
The First Breeze of Summer
Gloria Townes
Family Reunion