Yvette Cason is an American television, theatre, and film actress, and a former Miss Black America from

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Career

Cason was an understudy for the character of Effie White in the original 1981 Broadway musical ''

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'', 1985 international tour, and 1987 Broadway revival. In 2006, she played May, the mother of Deena Jones, portrayed by

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in the feature film version of ''Dreamgirls''. She also appeared in an episode of the sitcom ''

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'' as Mrs. Blanchard in the episode "Road Rayge". Her early musical training (while growing up in Washington, DC) was at The Sewell Music Conservatory. Cason played Dahlia, the

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, in the original 1996 run of '' Sisterella''. It was said that the character was played "with exquisite relish" by Cason.

Filmography

Film

Television

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Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Actresses from Washington, D.C. Miss Black America delegates African-American beauty pageant winners 21st-century African-American actresses 21st-century American actresses {{US-film-actor-stub