Suzzanne Douglas, a beautiful and talented actress made her transition today,” her cousin Angie Tee posted to Facebook. “She warmed our hearts on movie screens and television sets all over the world.
This beautiful soul was my cousin.”Douglas was born in Chicago and raised in public housing by her single mother along with her three siblings, Essence reported.
She developed a passion for the arts at a young age, and earned a bachelor’s degree from Illinois State University, as well as a masters in music from the Manhattan School of Music.She appeared on Broadway — in Sondheim’s “Into the Woods,” Weill’s “Threepenny Opera” and “The Tap Dance Kid” — throughout the 1980s before segueing into films and television full time.Tee continued in her.
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