McQueen, Armelia 1952–

PERSONAL

Born January 6, 1952, in North Carolina.

Career:

Actress.

Awards, Honors:

Theatre World Award, 1978, for Ain't Misbehavin'.

CREDITS

Stage Appearances:

Ain't Misbehavin' (musical revue), Longacre Theatre, New York City, 1978-79, Plymouth Theatre, New York City, 1979-81, and Belasco Theatre, New York City, 1981-82, revived with original cast, Ambassador Theatre, New York City, 1988-89.

5-6-7-8 … Dance!, Theatre at Radio City Music Hall, New York City, 1983.

Mrs. Annie Yeamons, Harrigan 'n Hart (musical), Longacre Theatre, 1985.

The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit, Pasadena Playhouse, Pasadena, CA, 1990.

Dorian Gray (musical; staged reading), Theatre at the Arcade, Culver City, CA, 1999.

Appeared in other productions, including benefits.

Major Tours:

Bloody Mary, South Pacific (musical), U.S. cities, 1997-98.

Film Appearances:

Ann, Sparkle, Warner Bros., 1976.

Nell (the night club singer), Quartet, New World Pictures, 1981.

Dee, Action Jackson, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1988.

Sadie, No Holds Barred, New Line Cinema, 1989.

Oda Mae's sister, Ghost (also known as Duch, Duh, Fantasma, Ghost—Do outro lado da vida, Ghost, la sombra del amor, Ghost, mas alla del amor, Ghost—Nachricht vom Sam, Ghost—naekymaetoen rakkaus, Ghost—New York no maboroshi, Mon fantome d'amour, and Uwierz w ducha), Paramount, 1990.

Billie, Waiting Game, Nichol Moon Films, 1996.

Ruthie, Bulworth (also known as Tribulations, Bulworth—Candidato em perigo, Bulworth—Il senatore, El senador Bulworth, Koko kansan Bulworth, and Politicamente incorreto), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1998.

Mrs. Clay, Life (also known as Ate que a fuga os separe, Condenados a fugarse, E a vida, La vie, Lebenslaenglich, Perpete, and Venner for livet), Universal, 1999.

Mama Nia, The Blessing Way, Freehart Productions, 2000.

Nurse Wanda, English as a Second Language, 2005, Inferno Distribution, 2007.

Bertha Maxwell, Cordially Invited, Equalaris Productions, 2008.

Louise, The Hustle, 2008.

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age (documentary; also known as B.G.A. 2 and Broadway: The Golden Age Two), Second Act Productions, 2008.

Television Appearances; Series:

Red queen, Adventures in Wonderland, Disney Channel, c. 1991-95 (other sources cite 1992-95 or 1993-95).

Television Appearances; Movies:

Social worker, Face of a Stranger, CBS, 1991.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Ain't Misbehavin' (musical), NBC, 1982.

(Uncredited; in archive footage) Nell from Quartet, The Wandering Company, [Great Britain], 1984.

Mrs. Thompson, Merry Christmas, George Bailey, PBS, 1997.

"Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of the Tony Awards," Great Performances, PBS, 2005.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Fanny, "Dueling Voodoo," Frank's Place, CBS, 1988.

Gloria, "The Good Human Bar," L.A. Law, NBC, 1990.

Miss Hodgett, "Carmilla," Nightmare Classics, Showtime, 1990.

Judge, "Will Goes a Courtin'," The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, NBC, 1993.

Mamma Jama, "In Search of … Martin," Martin, Fox, 1994.

Ms. Glidden, "Black History Month," The Sinbad Show (also known as Sinbad and Ein Vater fuer zwei), Fox, 1994.

Auntie Liz, "Not Quite Mr. Right," Living Single (also known as My Girls), Fox, 1996.

"Send Me an Angel," VR.5 (also known as Avenging Angel, Virtual Reality, VR, and VR5), Sci-Fi Channel, 1997.

Carol Edwards, "A Prayer for the Lying," L.A. Doctors (also known as L.A. Docs, Kliniken, Kohtaloni Los Angeles, and Medicos de Los Angeles), CBS, 1998.

Shirley, "Love, Honor & Obey," The Good News (also known as Good News), UPN, 1998.

Maxine, "Go with the Flo," All about the Andersons, The WB, 2003.

Nurse, "Smoke on the Water," The Mullets, UPN, 2003.

Curvacia, "Close Encounters of the Nerd Kind," That's So Raven (also known as Absolutely Psychic, That's So Raven!, Es tan Raven, Phenomene Raven, and Raven blickt durch), Disney Channel, 2004.

April-Dawn McKee, "Unknown Soldier," JAG, CBS, 2005.

Appeared as Annie in "Face Your Demon, Semen," an unaired episode of Inconceivable, NBC; and appeared as Lou-Anne in "Donuts" and "Runaways," both unaired episodes of Mr. Belvedere (also known as Mister Belvedere), ABC.

Television Appearances; Pilots:

University registrar, "Moving out, Moving in, Moving on," Related, The WB, 2005.

Appeared as the university registrar in the unaired pilot for Related, The WB.

RECORDINGS

Albums; with Others:

Ain't Misbehavin' (original Broadway cast recording), RCA Victor Broadway, 1978.

Jerome Kern Revisited, Volume 4 (also known as Ben Bagley's "Jerome Kern Revisited, Volume 4"), Painted Smiles, 1983.

Mostly Mercer, Painted Smiles, 1986.

The 14th Annual S.T.A.G.E. Benefit, Varese Sarabande, 1998.