Yvette Cason is an American television, theatre, and film actress, and a former Miss Black America from Washington, D.C.
Career Cason was an understudy for the character of Effie White in the original 1981 Broadway musical Dreamgirls, 1985 international tour, and 1987 Broadway revival. In 2006, she played May, the mother of Deena Jones, portrayed by Beyoncé Knowles in the feature film version of Dreamgirls. She also appeared in an episode of the sitcom The King of Queens as Mrs. Blanchard in the episode "Road Rayge". Her early musical training (while growing up in Washington, DC) was at The Sewell Music Conservatory.
Cason played Dahlia, the wicked stepmother, in the original 1996 run of Sisterella. It was said that the character was played "with exquisite relish" by Cason.
Filmography
Film +YearTitleRoleNotes2006DreamgirlsMay2012Middle of NowhereMrs. HastingsUncredited2018A Wrinkle in TimeMrs. Teacher
Television YearTitleRoleNotes1989Almost There!LaKeishaa #1Episode: "Friends"1993Knots LandingBailiffEpisode: "The Invisible Man"1998The King of QueensMrs. BlanchardEpisode: "Road Rayge"2000Great PerformancesMiss MaryEpisode: "Play On!"2001The DistrictPrincipal Joanne DrakeEpisode: "Melt Down"2003Boston PublicAnita GrahamEpisode: "Chapter Seventy-One"2003American DreamsElmaEpisode: "Life's Illusions"2004The ParkersMavis2 episodes2004Judging AmyNo-Time-for-This MomEpisode: "Accountability"2005AliasConnieEpisode: "Mirage"2005EROncology Nurse2 episodes2007Hannah MontanaTeacherEpisode: "Me and Rico Down by the School Yard"2008Notes from the UnderbellyUltrasound techEpisode: "If the Shoe Fits"2009The Bold and the BeautifulEvelyn HaynesEpisode #1.54742016The Rick and Stanley ShowRhondaEpisode: "Benefactors"2018ShamelessMrs. JacksonEpisode: "Do Right, Vote White!"2019For the PeopleAnna JenkinsEpisode: "Moral Suasion"2020NCISMaureenEpisode: "In the Wind"2020The Gaze: No HomoSherry Grosse7 episodes2021Why Women KillYvonneEpisode: "The Unguarded Moment"2021TwentiesEstelleEpisode: "Special Delivery"2021Curb Your EnthusiasmCouncilwoman Yovanovitch2 episodes2022Bust DownEuniceEpisode: "Won't He Do It"2022Bosch: LegacyJudge Alberta Ryan2 episodes2022Raven's HomeGraceEpisode: "The Great Chill Grill Giveaway"2022Bunk'dRoseEpisode: "Where the Buffalo Betties Roam"2023Pretty Freekin ScaryMaw-MawEpisode: "Life's Rich Gumbo"
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