Alfre Woodard

Alfre Woodard
Birth name	Alfre Ette Woodard
Born	November 8, 1952 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
Notable Roles	Betty Applewhite in Desperate Housewives
Notable Episodes
Awards

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Roles

Guest Starring Roles

Series	Role	Episode	Airdate
The White Shadow	Sandra Wilcox	3x01 - Reunion (1)	October 16, 1980
Enos	Darlene	1x18 - Forever Blowing Bubbles	April 22, 1981
Hill Street Blues	Doris Robson	4x05 - Doris in Wonderland	November 10, 1983
Hill Street Blues	Doris Robson	4x06 - Praise Dilaudid	November 17, 1983
Hill Street Blues	Doris Robson	4x07 - Goodbye, Mr. Scripps	November 24, 1983
Faerie Tale Theatre	Princess Lovinia	4x06 - Puss in Boots	September 9, 1985
St. Elsewhere	Dr. Roxanne Turner	4x01 - Remembrance of Things Past	September 18, 1985
St. Elsewhere	Dr. Roxanne Turner	4x02 - Fathers and Sons	September 25, 1985
St. Elsewhere	Dr. Roxanne Turner	4x03 - Haunted	October 23, 1985
St. Elsewhere	Dr. Roxanne Turner	4x04 - The Naked and the Dead	October 30, 1985
St. Elsewhere	Dr. Roxanne Turner	4x05 - Slice O'Life	November 6, 1985
St. Elsewhere	Dr. Roxanne Turner	4x06 - Lost and Found in Space	November 13, 1985
St. Elsewhere	Dr. Roxanne Turner	4x07 - Close Encounters	November 20, 1985
St. Elsewhere	Dr. Roxanne Turner	4x08 - Watch the Skies	November 27, 1985
St. Elsewhere	Dr. Roxanne Turner	4x22 - Black's Magic	March 19, 1986
St. Elsewhere	Dr. Roxanne Turner	4x23 - The Equalizer	April 30, 1986
L.A. Law	Adrienne Moore	1x01 - Pilot	September 15, 1986
St. Elsewhere	Dr. Roxanne Turner	5x05 - You Beta Your Life	October 29, 1986
St. Elsewhere	Dr. Roxanne Turner	5x06 - Not My Type	November 5, 1986
St. Elsewhere	Dr. Roxanne Turner	5x12 - Cold War	January 7, 1987
St. Elsewhere	Dr. Roxanne Turner	5x17 - Schwarzwald	February 11, 1987
St. Elsewhere	Dr. Roxanne Turner	5x22 - Slip Sliding Away	May 20, 1987
St. Elsewhere	Dr. Roxanne Turner	5x23 - Last Dance at the Wrecker's Ball	May 27, 1987
St. Elsewhere	Dr. Roxanne Turner	6x21 - The Abby Singer Show	May 18, 1988
The American Experience	Narrator	6x06 - Malcolm X: Make It Plain	January 26, 1994
Frasier	Edna (voice)	2x06 - The Botched Language of Cranes	November 1, 1994
Adventures from the Book of Virtues	Harriet Tubman	2x01 - Faith	1997
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child	Winoome Bear	Goldilocks and the Three Bears	1997
Homicide: Life on the Street	Dr. Roxanne Turner	6x16 - Mercy	March 20, 1998
The American Experience	Narrator	12x01 - Eleanor Roosevelt	January 10, 2000
The Practice	Denise Freeman	7x11 - Down the Hatch (1)	January 27, 2003
The Practice	Denise Freeman	7x12 - Final Judgment (2)	February 3, 2003
Static Shock	Jean Hawkins	3x14 - Flashback	June 7, 2003
Desperate Housewives	Betty Applewhite	1x22 - Goodbye for Now	May 15, 2005
Desperate Housewives	Betty Applewhite	1x23 - One Wonderful Day	May 22, 2005
Inconceivable	Dr. Lydia Crawford	1x01 - Pilot	September 23, 2005
Inconceivable	Dr. Lydia Crawford	1x02 - Secrets & Thighs	September 23, 2005
Grey's Anatomy	Justine Campbell	8x08 - Heart-Shaped Box	November 3, 2011
Private Practice	Dee Bennett	6x05 - The Next Episode	November 13, 2012

Specials and Made-for-TV Movies

Title	Role	Airdate	Series/Banner
Star Trek: First Contact	Lily Sloane	November 22, 1996
Miss Evers' Boys	Eunice Evers	February 22, 1997	HBO Original Movie
Holiday Heart	Wanda	December 10, 2000	Showtime Original Movie
Steel Magnolias	Ouiser	October 7, 2012	Lifetime Original Movie

Talk, News and Game Show Appearances

Series	Episode	Airdate
Dennis Miller Live	Al Gore	January 19, 2001
The Talk		June 28, 2011

Awards and Accolades

Primetime Emmy Awards

(4 Wins in 16 Nominations)

• Won: Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series (1984)

Hill Street Blues

• Won: Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series (1987, 2003)

• Won: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Special (1997)

Miss Evers' Boys

Golden Globe Awards

(1 Win in 3 Nominations)

• Won: Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV (1998)

Miss Evers' Boys

Trivia

• Her mother, Constance was a homemaker and her father, Marion worked as an entrepreneur and interior designer
• Is the youngest of three children
• Graduated from Bishop Kelley High School in Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1970
• Graduated from Boston University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Acting
• Married to writer Roderick Spencer since 1983; they have two adopted children: daughter Mavis (born in 1989) and son Duncan (born in 1993)
• Is a follower of Christian Science