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Denise Donna Nicholas (born July 12, 1944) is an American actress. Nicholas played high-school guidance counselor Liz McIntyre on the ABC comedy-drama series Room 222 and Councilwoman Harriet DeLong on the NBC/CBS drama series In the Heat of the Night.
Denise Nicholas was born on 12 July 1944 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. She is an actress and writer, known for Let's Do It Again (1975), In the Heat of the Night (1988) and Room 222 (1969). She was previously married to Jim Hill, Bill Withers and Gilbert Moses.
Denise Nicholas was born on 12 July 1944 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. She is an actress and writer, known for Let's Do It Again (1975), In the Heat of the Night (1988) and Room 222 (1969). She was previously married to Jim Hill, Bill Withers and Gilbert Moses.
IMDB lists 52 movies and TV show acting credits for Denise (1968-2004). She is probably best known for her role as, “Liz McIntyre,” on the show Room 222 (1969–1974), as well as her role as, “Harriet DeLong,” on In the Heat of the Night (1989–1995).
Denise Nicholas has been applauded for her portrayals of complex, resilient women on film, television and the stage, most memorably for her starring roles “Room 222” and “In the Heat of the Night”. A long-time civil rights activist, Ms. Nicholas is also an award winning author with her 2005 debut novel, "Freshwater Road."
May 19, 2007 · Actress and fiction writer Denise Nicholas was born Donna Denise Nicholas on July 12th in Detroit, Michigan to Louise and Otto Nicholas. She grew up in Milan, Michigan, just south of Ann Arbor. After she graduated from Milan High School, she attended the University of Michigan.
Jan 27, 2021 · Tragedy struck her family in 1980 when her half-sister Michele, an Ebony magazine editor, was shot to death, her body found in a rented car at New York’s LaGuardia Airport, in a still unsolved murder.
She co-starred opposite Bill Cosby in the film “Ghost Dad” and opposite Sidney Poitier and Mr. Cosby in the films, “Let’s Do It Again” and “A Piece of the Action. Along the way, she has garnered three Golden Globe nominations and won three NAACP Image Awards.
Mar 15, 2018 · Actress Denise Nicholas was 19 in 1964 when she left home here in Michigan to join the Free Southern Theater in Mississippi and Louisiana. That was Freedom Summer, when voter registration volunteers were beaten, black homes were bombed, and four civil rights workers were killed in Mississippi.
Denise Nicholas is an American actress, writer, and social activist. Check out this biography to know about her childhood, family, personal life, career, and achievements.
