Summer played Freddie, Jaleesa's roommate and the love interest of many a co-ed at Hillman. You might not have seen Summers in anything since A Different World , but you've probably heard her. She's had an illustrious voice career, voicing characters on cartoons like Sonic the Hedgehog, Batman Beyond, Rugrats, Danny Phantom, and most recently, Voltron.
Summer has also enjoyed some sucess as a musician; she opened for the tour of her friend Lenny Kravitz, who also produced her first solo album. Myers played a grumpy Vernon Gaines, owner and manager of the restaurant The Pit. He makes fast friends with fellow military man Brad Taylor and over the six seasons, several cast members work for him at one point or another.
Taylor, a math teacher at Hillman, was often dubbed Mr. War by his students. Royce on The Wire. He is currently filming the TV series Fly , about the first black female flight crew. Add it to your IMDb page. Find out more at IMDbPro ». How Much Have You Seen? How much of Charnele Brown's work have you seen? Known For. A Different World Kim Reese. Coffee Pot Sam. Martin Florence. Show all Hide all Show by Hide Show Actress 20 credits.
Hindsight announced. Broken Heroes pre-production Ms. Coffee Pot pre-production Sam. That's not to say she didn't have time for personal matters, though, as she spent her early time at school pining after Dwayne Wayne, only to eventually end up in a relationship with Ron. Freddie ended the series completing her first year in law school. Cree Summer, who played Freddie, didn't go on to the fullest live-action career, appearing in only a handful of films and TV shows per decade.
Her voice-acting resume, however, is straight-up staggering. She was already established in the business prior to A Different World , having originated the voice of Penny on Inspector Gadget. Frankly, if you have enjoyed animation at all in the last couple of decades, you have enjoyed Summer's work — she is one of the most important and influential voice actors of the modern era.
Every show about an entertaining group of young people needs a place for all of them to hang out. For the students of Hillman, that place was The Pit, an on-campus restaurant. Heading up this operation was Vernon Gaines, an ex-military man whose grumpy demeanor and avowed dislike of children led to a lot of haranguing of the main cast. Still, he employed many of them over the years, and was shown to have his compassionate side in between taking verbal jabs at the likes of Dwayne Wayne.
Much of Myers' best work, however, was done on the stage. He was also an accomplished pianist. Sadly, Myers passed away in due to complications from pneumonia.
Introduced in season two, Lieutenant Colonel Bradford Taylor started out as a recurring character, but eventually moved up to become part of the main cast. A career military man and veteran of the Vietnam War, he had previously served in the same unit as Pit proprietor Vernon Gaines, and remained martially-minded enough that the students nicknamed him "Doctor War. Eventually, he ended up marrying, and fathering a child with, Jaleesa Vinson-Taylor. He remained very active after the show wrapped — if you've watched TV or seen a movie in the past 30 years, you've likely caught one of his performances.
Not many people at the college level could manage coaching the football, basketball, baseball, and track programs, but then, not many people are Walter Oakes. This colorful character was another recurring personality that eventually became a part of the main cast.
A graduate student, he was a mentor to some of the younger characters and a peer to the more mature Jaleesa, with whom he would embark on a long and winding romantic relationship. Walter would ultimately depart Hillman to return to his hometown of Philadelphia and manage a community center. While David Adkins, better known as Sinbad , was a relatively unknown stand-up comedian at the time he was cast on A Different World , the show would serve as his launching pad to a prolific career.
First, he crushed it in comedy, recording a series of successful specials for HBO. For two years, he served as the host of the venerable variety and talent show It's Showtime at the Apollo. From there, he was given the opportunity to head up his own sitcom as the star of The Sinbad Show , which, unfortunately, only lasted a single season.
She is a light and a woman of God. Anyone who judges her and can't see the light within her doesn't have the light within themselves. The report from Style Magazine adds that Charnele is a Christian who is objective enough to understand that acting and entertainment is a job.
Therefore, the actors must decide how far they are willing to go when carrying out a role. The most important thing, however, is the zeal and the inborn talent to bring life to a character — no matter how draining it is. Women with Will. TV Shows.
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