Hattie Winston

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Hattie Mae Winston (born March 3, 1945) is an American television, film and Broadway actress best known for her role as Margaret on Becker and as a prominent cast member of the PBS children's series The Electric Company. Winston was born in Lexington, Mississippi, and raised in Greenville, Mississippi.She began her career onstage. Winston starred in the Broadway hit The Tap Dance Kid; she also appeared on Broadway in Two Gentlemen of Verona, I Love My Wife, and The Me Nobody Knows. She was a member of the Negro Ensemble Company. Winston rose to prominence during the mid-1970s as a member of the cast of the PBS children's series The Electric Company, produced by the Children's Television Workshop. Her most notable character was Valerie the Librarian, who was best friends with Easy Reader (portrayed by Morgan Freeman). She also played many villainess roles versus Spider-Man on the Spidey Super Stories sketches, such as the Fox, the Thumper, the Queen Bee, and the Queen of Diamonds. Winston joined the series during the third season (1973–1974), replacing Lee Chamberlin. She remained with the series until its cancellation in 1977. Between 1981 and 1982 she starred in CBS TV series Nurse. In 1990 she starred in Home Video Sesame Street Visits The Hospital as Nurse Flowers. In 1991, Winston starred on the critically acclaimed television show Homefront (1991–1993). In 1998, Winston landed the role of Margaret on the CBS sitcom Becker (1998–2004). Winston voiced Lucy Carmichael for The Rugrats Movie. Since then she has gone on to voice the character again for the Nickelodeon TV series, All Grown Up!, which is a spin-off from the original Rugrats series. She has guest-starred on Scrubs and Smart Guy. In 1997, Winston portrayed Simone in the Quentin Tarantino film Jackie Brown. In 1998, Winston had a small role with Clint Eastwood in True Crime. She is married to the musical director of Dancing with the Stars, Tony nominee Harold Wheeler.

Known For: Acting

Born: Lexington - Mississippi - USA, 1945-03-03

Died: null

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1974	Out to Lunch	Self / Various Characters	60
2	1979	Hollow Image	Ivy	35
3	1980	Nurse	Toni Gillette	0
4	1983	Without a Trace	Reporter	54
5	1986	Good to Go		50
6	1988	Clara's Heart	Blanche Loudon	55
7	1989	Runaway	Aunt Anna Mae	0
8	1990	Common Ground	Daisy Voight	100
9	1990	A Show of Force	Foster	48
10	1992	Satchmo: The Life of Louis Armstrong	Narrator (voice)	70
11	1994	Beverly Hills Cop III	Mrs. Todd	59
12	1996	Sunset Park	Judge Meyer	61
13	1996	The Cherokee Kid	Mrs. Elizabeth Peel	52
14	1997	Jackie Brown	Simone	74
15	1998	Meet the Deedles	Jo-Claire	44
16	1998	The Rugrats Movie	Lucy Carmichael (voice)	62
17	1999	After All	Mother of Defendant	0
18	1999	True Crime	Mrs. Russel	65
19	1999	UnBowed	Mother	60
20	2001	A Rugrats Kwanzaa	Lucy Carmichael / Lucy's Mom (voice)	68
21	2003	The Battle of Shaker Heights	Principal Holmstead	56
22	2003	Deathdealer: A Documentary	Gladys	58
23	2020	Little Brother	Mrs. Webb	30

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1961	The Mike Douglas Show	Self	54
2	1971	The Electric Company		71
3	1974	Spidey Super Stories	Queen Bee	0
4	1974	Spidey Super Stories	Valerie	0
5	1974	Spidey Super Stories	Miss Muffett	0
6	1974	Spidey Super Stories	The Thumper	0
7	1978	The Dain Curse	Minnie Hershey	62
8	1981	Nurse	Toni Gillette	50
9	1983	Reading Rainbow	Herself - Narrator (voice)	84
10	1991	Step by Step		77
11	1991	Homefront		54
12	1994	Duckman		72
13	1994	ER	Singing Woman	78
14	1995	The Parent 'Hood		73
15	1996	Malcolm & Eddie		74
16	1996	Cosby		59
17	1997	Arsenio		0
18	1997	Smart Guy		78
19	1998	Becker	Margaret Wyborn	72
20	1999	It's Christopher Lowell		0
21	2000	Girlfriends		72
22	2001	The Proud Family	Gertie Dinkins (voice)	78
23	2001	Scrubs	Margaret Turk	80
24	2003	All Grown Up!	Lucy Carmichael (voice)	76
25	2003	Cold Case	Regina Reynolds (2009)	78
26	2009	Castle	Sally Niedermeyer	80

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