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Arnetia Walker
Columbus, Georgia, USA
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Arnetia Walker (born 1956) is an American actress whose most famous roles are as Nurse Annie Roland in the NBC sitcom Nurses and Ms. Ross in…
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Arnetia Walker (born 1956) is an American actress whose most famous roles are as Nurse Annie Roland in the NBC sitcom Nurses and Ms. Ross in the WB dramedy Popular. Born in Columbus, Georgia, Walker was attending New York’s prestigious High School of the Performing Arts when she was cast in her Broadway debut, "The Sign in Sidney Brustien’s Window" by Lorraine Hansberry. She went on to stand by for Stephanie Mills as Dorothy in the original Broadway run of The Wiz. In 1987 she starred in the Broadway revival of Dreamgirls in the role of Lorrell Robinson, and eventually achieved the distinction of being the only woman to have played all three of that show’s principal characters. In March 2008 Arnetia can be seen in the role of Grandma Clara in the feature film comedy College Road Trip, starring Martin Lawrence and Raven-Symoné. Walker’s films include For Love of the Game, Love Crimes, Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills, and The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas. She also appeared in the HBO movie Cast a Deadly Spell. She has worked extensively in television, including as a series regular in the ABC sitcom The Big House, Camp P, the NBC sitcom, Nurses, and as a guest star in Everybody Loves Raymond, City of Angels, Touched by an Angel, The Steve Harvey Show, Just Shoot Me, and NYPD Blue. She is married to television news anchor/reporter Elliott Francis, and they have one child, Trevor. Description above from the Wikipedia article Arnetia Walker, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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2023
Bookie
TV show Grandma Marion
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2008
College Road Trip
Movie Grandma Porter
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2004
The Big House
TV show
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2001
Some of My Best Friends
TV show
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1999
Popular
TV show Ms. Ross
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1999
Judging Amy
TV show Laura Evans
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1999
For Love of the Game
Movie Airport Bartender
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1997
Just Shoot Me!
TV show Tisha
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1996
The Cherokee Kid
Movie Jenny
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1996
Everybody Loves Raymond
TV show Friendly Mom
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1996
Malcolm & Eddie
TV show
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1996
The Steve Harvey Show
TV show Judge Maxine Sharp
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1995
Bless This House
TV show
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1994
The 5 Mrs. Buchanans
TV show
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1994
Touched by an Angel
TV show Sweeney
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1993
Triumph Over Disaster: The Hurricane Andrew Story
Movie Paulette Rickles
More credits
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1992
Mad About You
TV show Jamie's Co-Worker
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1992
Love & War
TV show
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1992
Love Crimes
Movie Maria Johnson
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1991
Nurses
TV show Nurse Annie Roland
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1991
Cast a Deadly Spell
Movie Hypolite Kropotkin
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1991
The Whereabouts of Jenny
Movie Louise
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1990
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
TV show Samantha
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1990
New Attitude
TV show Abigail
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1990
Singer and Sons
TV show
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1990
Max Monroe: Loose Cannon
TV show Loretta Ivers
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1989
The Wizard of Speed and Time
Movie Tina Dreem / Running Girl
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1989
Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills
Movie To-Bel
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1989
Quantum Leap
TV show Traci
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1985
Handsome Harry's
Movie Claudia
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1982
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
Movie Dogette
