Patti LaBelle

Patricia Louise Holte (born May 24, 1944), known professionally as Patti LaBelle, is an American R&B singer and actress. She has been referred to as the "Godmother of Soul". In a career which has spanned seven decades, LaBelle has sold more than 50 million records worldwide. She has been inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame, the Hollywood Walk of Fame, the Black Music & Entertainment Walk of Fame, and the Apollo Theater Hall of Fame. She was included in Rolling Stone on their list of 100 Greatest Singers. She began her career in the early 1960s as lead singer and frontwoman of the vocal group Patti LaBelle and the Bluebelles. After the group's name change to Labelle in the 1970s, they released the popular number-one hit "Lady Marmalade". As a result, after the group split in 1976, she began a successful solo career, starting with her critically acclaimed debut album, which included the career-defining song, "You Are My Friend". She became a mainstream solo star in 1984 following the success of the singles "If Only You Knew", "Love, Need and Want You" (later sampled for 2002's "Dilemma"), "New Attitude" and "Stir It Up". Less than two years later in 1986, she scored a number-one album Winner in You and its number-one duet single, "On My Own", with Michael McDonald. She won a 1992 Grammy for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance for her 1991 album Burnin', an album that featured "Somebody Loves You Baby (You Know Who It Is)", "Feels Like Another One", and "When You've Been Blessed (Feels Like Heaven)". She won a second Grammy for the live album Live! One Night Only. She has also had success as an actress with a role in the Oscar-nominated film A Soldier's Story, and in TV shows such as A Different World and American Horror Story: Freak Show. In 1992, she starred in her own TV sitcom Out All Night. In 2002, LaBelle hosted her own lifestyle TV show, Living It Up with Patti LaBelle on TV One. In 2015, LaBelle took part in the dance competition Dancing with the Stars at the age of 70. She has also seen success launching her own brand of bedding, cookbooks, and food for various companies. In 2015 her Patti's Sweet Potato Pie sold millions when a YouTube video praising the product went viral. As a result, over a 72-hour period, Walmart sold one pie every second. Around 1964, LaBelle was engaged to Otis Williams, founding member of The Temptations. The engagement lasted a year before Patti broke it off after fearing Williams would force her to move to Detroit and retire from the road. On July 23, 1969, she married a longtime friend, Armstead Edwards, who was a schoolteacher. After she started her solo career, Edwards became her manager, a position he would remain in until 2000. That year, she and Edwards legally separated, with their divorce finalized in 2003. They have a son, Zuri Kye Edwards (born July 17, 1973), who is now her manager. She said that because of her sisters and parents dying "before their time", she wrote in her autobiography that she feared she would not make it to 50. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Known For: Acting

Born: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, 1944-05-24

Died: null

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1977	Rolling Stone Magazine: The 10th Anniversary	Self - Performer	0
2	1984	A Soldier's Story	Big Mary	68
3	1985	Night of 100 Stars II	Self	80
4	1985	Live Aid	Self	79
5	1986	Sisters In The Name of Love	Self	0
6	1986	Patti Labelle \| Look To The Rainbow Tour	Self	0
7	1986	Unnatural Causes	Jeanette Thompson	68
8	1989	Sing	Mrs. DeVere	48
9	1990	The Real Story of Itsy Bitsy Spider	Miss Widow (voice)	0
10	1990	Night of 100 Stars III	Self	40
11	1990	Parker Kane	Cartier	42
12	1990	Fire and Rain	Lucille Jacobson	58
13	1993	For Our Children	Self	70
14	1995	The History of Rock 'n' Roll	Self	100
15	1995	Sinatra: 80 Years My Way	Self - Performer	0
16	1997	Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life	Self	73
17	1998	Patti Labelle \| Live One Night Only	Self	80
18	2001	Santa, Baby!	Melody Songbird (voice)	38
19	2002	Sylvester: Mighty Real	Self	0
20	2003	Britney Spears: In the Zone	Self (archive footage)	78
21	2004	Celia Cruz \| ¡Azúcar!	Self	53
22	2004	VH1 Divas 2004	Self	0
23	2005	Preaching to the Choir	Sister Jasmine	0
24	2006	Idlewild	The Real Angel Davenport	57
25	2006	Why I Wore Lipstick to My Mastectomy	Moneisha	54
26	2010	Sesame Street: 40 Years of Sunny Days	Self (uncredited) (archive footage)	0
27	2011	Mama, I Want to Sing!	Sister Carrie	66
28	2022	Soul of a Nation Presents: Sound of Freedom – A Juneteenth Celebration	Self	0
29		Patti Labelle \| Live In New York	Self	0
30	2016	A Tale of James Brown	Self	0
31	2022	A New Orleans Noel	Loretta Brown	71
32	2023	The Philly Sound... Heard 'Round the World	Self	0
33	2024	The World According to Allee Willis	Self	0
34		Denyce Graves \| Breaking the Rules	Self	0
35	1982	Working	Cleaning Woman	43
36	1985	All-Star Rock 'N' Wrestling Saturday Spectacular	Self	0
37	1985	Musical Comedy Tonight III		0
38	1987	Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood	Self	57
39	1988	Sesame Street \| Put Down the Duckie: An All-Star Musical Special	Self	60
40	1989	The Who \| Live, Featuring the Rock Opera Tommy	The Acid Queen	80
41	1990	Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music	Self	100
42	1994	Fertile La Toyah Video Magazine #2: The Kinky Issue!		0
43	1994	Sesame Street \| All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!	Self (archive footage)	70
44	1995	Some Enchanted Evening: Celebrating Oscar Hammerstein II	Self	0
45	1999	Goodnight Moon & Other Sleepytime Tales	Self	73
46	2001	Michael McDonald: A Gathering of Friends	Self	0
47	2002	The Making and Meaning of 'We Are Family'	Self	100
48	2004	Sesame Street: What's the Name of That Song?	Self	80
49	2004	Live Aid	Self	92
50	2005	Life O' The Party: On the Road with Prince and the New Power Generation	Self	0
51	2005	Live Aid: 20 Years Ago Today	Self	0
52	2005	The Who \| Tommy and Quadrophenia Live	The Acid Queen	70
53	2006	The Who: Tommy Live With Special Guests	Self	0
54	2007	Cover	Mrs. Persons	52
55	2008	Semi-Pro	Jackie's Mom	56
56	2013	Six by Sondheim	Self (archive footage)	71
57	2016	National Museum of African American History and Culture Grand Opening Ceremony	Self	55
58	2016	VH1 Divas Holiday: Unsilent Night	Self	0
59	2018	Mr. SOUL!	Self (archive footage)	70
60	2018	Christmas Everlasting	Mrs. Swinson	59
61	2019	The Apollo	Self	65
62	2019	Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration	Self	92
63	2019	Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times"	Self - Performer	61
64	2019	A Family Christmas Gift	Dora	64
65	2023	National Memorial Day Concert	Self	20
66	2023	Let the Canary Sing	Self	64
67	2024	The Simpsons: O C'mon All Ye Faithful	Patti LaBelle (voice)	69

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1952	Today	Self	58
2	1959	The Grammys	Self	87
3	1961	The Mike Douglas Show	Self	54
4	1962	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson	Self	75
5	1971	Great Performances	Self	53
6	1972	The Midnight Special	Self	78
7	1973	Rock Concert	Self	80
8	1980	Solid Gold	Self	60
9	1987	A Different World	Adele Wayne	71
10	1989	The Arsenio Hall Show		52
11	1992	Out All Night	Chelsea Paige	85
12	1993	The Nanny	Patti LaBelle	81
13	1993	Intimate Portrait	Self	45
14	1996	The Rosie O'Donnell Show	Self - Guest	35
15	1997	The View	Self - Guest	45
16	1998	VH1 Divas		75
17	1998	VH1 Divas	Self -Performer	75
18	1998	Hollywood Squares		72
19	1999	The Early Show	Self	57
20	2001	BET Awards	Self - Performer	77
21	2001	Good Day Live	Self	30
22	2003	All of Us		73
23	2005	The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson	Self	68
24	2005	Dancing with the Stars	Self - Contestant	60
25	2005	Hi-Jinks		100
26	2006	Celebrity Cooking Showdown	Self	0
27	2007	Clash of the Choirs	Self	0
28	2009	Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen	Self - Guest	51
29	2010	The Marriage Ref	Self - Panelist	38
30	2011	American Horror Story	Dora Ross	81
31	2013	Beat Bobby Flay	Self	65
32	2016	To Tell the Truth	Self - Panelist	62
33	2016	Greenleaf	Maxine Patterson	71
34	2016	Martha & Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party	Self	85
35	2016	Star	Christine Brown	79
36	2018	The Neighborhood	Marilyn	76
37	2018	The Kominsky Method	Self	75
38	2019	The Masked Singer	Flower (archive footage)	77
39	2019	The Masked Singer	Flower	77
40	2019	A Black Lady Sketch Show	Patti LaBelle	72
41	2019	Tamron Hall	Self - Guest	51
42	2019	The Kelly Clarkson Show	Self	65
43	2020	VERZUZ	Self	100
44	2020	Bottomless Brunch at Colman's	Self	0
45	2021	The Wonder Years	Mother Williams	71
46	2021	That's My Jam	Self	61
47	2022	The Jennifer Hudson Show		62
48	2022	Sherri	Self - Guest	42

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