Olivia Brown
Acting
Born April 10, 1960, Livonia, Michigan, USA
Olivia Margarette Brown (born April 10, 1960) is an American actress. Brown was born in Frankfurt, Germany and raised in Livonia, Michigan, United States. Her family eventually moved to California and she is also a graduate of Santa Monica High School. She played Det. Trudy Joplin on Miami Vice and Vanessa Hargraves on Designing Women. She also played a recurring character on 7th Heaven. She also played a recurring character on Moesha which she played Barbara Lee. She has also acted in several films, including Throw Momma from the Train, 48 Hrs., All Tied Up, and Streets of Fire. She guest starred in an episode of Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman as a psychic named Starr She was married to Mykelti Williamson for two years. Her brother is Steve Brown, who played for the Houston Oilers of the NFL during the late 1980s. Description above from the Wikipedia article Olivia Brown, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
- 2023Blue Lightning — Mattie
- The Bastard Son & the Devil Himself — Lucy
- 2018Noxious
- 2017Our Dream Christmas — Stephanie Carter
- 2011Jackers — Mama
- 2009Not Easily Broken — Mrs. Reid
- 1999Mr. P's Dancing Sushi Bar — Natalie
- 7th Heaven — Patricia Hamilton
- E! True Hollywood Story
- Moesha — Barbara Lee
- 1994All Tied Up — Tara
- Sister, Sister — Lucy
- Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman — Star
- Out All Night
- Beverly Hills, 90210 — Professor Langely
- 1990Memories of Murder — Brenda
- The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air — Lola
- Family Matters — Vanessa
- 1989Miami Vice: Freefall — Det. Trudy Joplin
- Dear John — Denise
- Monsters — Jewel
- 1987Throw Momma from the Train — Ms. Gladstone
- Designing Women — Vanessa Hargraves
- Miami Vice — Trudy Joplin
- 1984Miami Vice: Brother's Keeper — Det. Trudy Joplin
- 1984Streets of Fire — Addie
- 198248 Hrs. — Candy
- T. J. Hooker — Rhoda
- Hill Street Blues
- Kid Paranormal — Ms. Creel