Jackie Richardson
Jackie Richardson | |
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![]() Jackie Richardson, February 2012 | |
Background information | |
Born | 1947 (age 73–74) Donora, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Origin | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
Genres | Vocal jazz |
Occupation(s) | Singer, actress |
Years active | 1963–present |
Associated acts | The Tiaras |
Jackie Richardson (born 1947 in Donora, Pennsylvania) is a Canadian singer and actress.[1][2]
Richardson is known for her screen roles in The Gospel According to the Blues, The Doodlebops, and Sins of the Father.[3] She is also known for her appearance on the YTV show Catwalk where she played the grandmother to Atlas (Christopher Lee Clements).
Music career[]
In 1954, Richardson moved with her family to Toronto.[4]
Richardson was a member of 1960s Toronto-based girl group The Tiaras along with Brenda Russell and Colina Phillips. She is of African-American descent, and was born near Pittsburgh.[5]
Richardson is a three-time nominee for the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television Gemini Award, and won the Gemini Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series for The Gospel According to the Blues.[1][6] In 2003 she was nominated for the NAACP Image Award for Best Actress in a Television Movie for Sins of the Father. Richardson is also a noted stage performer, winning a Dora Award in 2004 for the musical Cookin' at the Cookery.[7] Other high-profile projects include Milk and Honey, More Tales of the City, Further Tales of the City, Hey Lady! and 3 Men and a Baby.[8]
The musical Big Mama! The Willie Mae Thornton Story was conceived of and written by for Richardson, who starred in the production first in 1999 and then again in 2012.
In 2017, Richardson won the Martin Luther King Jr. Achievement Award for her theater and music achievements.
Her daughter Kim Richardson is also a singer.[9]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Stanley, Laura. "Jackie Richardson". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2017-03-11.
- ^ Patti (2010-05-05). "Jackie Richardson". TD Toronto Jazz Festival. Retrieved 2017-03-11.
- ^ Stanley, Laura. "Jackie Ricardson". Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
- ^ Stanley, Laura. "Jackie Richardson". Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2016-07-25.
- ^ "Jackie Richardson". Canadian Jazz Archive. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
- ^ "Gemini Awards Official Site". Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television. Retrieved 9 November 2011.
- ^ "Veteran performer Jackie Richardson awestruck with 'Saint Carmen of The Main'". Archived from the original on 2012-03-28. Retrieved 2011-09-29.
- ^ Lucas, Ralph (2017-02-02). "Jackie Richardson - Biography - Northernstars.ca". Northernstars.ca. Retrieved 2017-03-11.
- ^ "My Montreal: Soul Singer Kim Richardson". Montreal Gazette, February 26, 2014.
External links[]
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- "Vision Gala marks 'double celebration' for Black Theatre Workshop". Montreal Gazette. 30 January 2016.
- "Food, wine and all that jazz". Montreal Gazette. 8 August 2014.
- "Ask Her Talks giving African women a voice". Montreal Gazette. 26 May 2015.
- Bailey, Pamella. "Reflections: An interview with Jackie Richardson, Canada's first lady of gospel, blues and jazz" – via afrotoronto.com.
- American emigrants to Canada
- Canadian film actresses
- Canadian television actresses
- Canadian musical theatre actresses
- Canadian gospel singers
- Canadian blues singers
- Canadian female jazz singers
- Canadian people of African-American descent
- Actresses from Toronto
- Black Canadian actresses
- Black Canadian singers
- Living people
- Musicians from Toronto
- People from Donora, Pennsylvania
- Canadian Screen Award winners
- Dora Mavor Moore Award winners
- Canadian children's television personalities
- Canadian children's musicians
- 1947 births
- 20th-century Canadian singers
- 20th-century Canadian women singers
- 21st-century Canadian singers
- 21st-century Canadian women singers