Suzzanne Douglas was an American film, television and stage actress, singer, composer, dancer, and producer, best known for her role as matriarch Jerri Peterson in the television sitcom "The Parent 'Hood". She held an MFA in Music from the Manhattan School of Music, New York.

Filmography

• 2020Really Love — Anne Richmond
• When They See Us — Grace Cuffee
• 2016Happy Yummy Chicken — Sarah Del Casserole
• 2015Whitney — Cissy Houston
• 2012Changing the Game — Mrs. Davis
• The Good Wife — Judge Keely Farmer
• Bones — Elizabeth Burkhart
• 2003Sounder — The Mother
• 2003The School of Rock — Tomika's Mother
• Law & Order: Criminal Intent — Karen Watkins
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit — Principal
• The Parkers
• 1998How Stella Got Her Groove Back — Angela
• The Parent 'Hood — Jerri Peterson
• 1994I'll Do Anything — Rainbow House Star
• 1994Jason's Lyric — Gloria
• 1994Search for Grace — Margaret / Melody
• 1994The Inkwell — Brenda Tate
• Touched by an Angel — Brianna Springbelt, Dr. Rebecca Dixon
• 1993Hallelujah — Eunice
• Angel Street — Etta
• 1992Chain of Desire — Angie
• 1992Condition: Critical — Dr. Bailey Wallace
• 1991In the Shadow of Love: A Teen AIDS Story — Sammy
• 1991The Colored Museum — the Girl, the Lady in Plaid
• Against the Law
• 1990The Knife and Gun Club — Ginny Ducette
• 1989Tap — Amy Simms
• The Cosby Show — Rebecca Shorter
• American Playhouse — Eunice Perry
• 1981Purlie — Ensemble
• Great Performances — Lady in Plaid / The Girl

Appearances as themselves (1)

• 2002It's Black Entertainment — Self