Starletta DuPois

Starletta DuPois (born July 18, 1941) is an American actress. She has appeared in a more than 90 movies and television show during her career. DuPois was born and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She graduated from University of Maryland Eastern Shore in 1968, and received M.F.A. in Theatre Arts from UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television. She made her Broadway debut appearing in 1974 short-lived play What the Wine-Sellers Buy. Later that year she had minor roles in films Death Wish and The Gambler. In 1976 she starred in the Off-Broadway production of So Nice, They Named it Twice.

Cast

Pee-wee's Big Adventure

Diquan's Mother

Hollywood Shuffle

Principal Caverly

A Beautiful Soul

The Road to Galveston

Allison's Grandmother Marie

Games Mother Never Taught You

The Kid with the 200 I.Q.

Lady at Police Station (uncredited)

Friday After Next

Let's Get Bizzee

A Passion for Justice: The Hazel Brannon Smith Story

The Thing Called Love

True to the Game

The Least Among You

Big Momma's House

A Raisin in the Sun

Victim's Mother

Waiting to Exhale

Savannah's Mother

Death of a Telemarketer

The Torture of Mothers: The Case of the Harlem Six

No More Goodbyes

True to the Game 3

Heart for the Holidays

Pastor Ezrela Mae Privett

A Haitian Wedding

One Battle After Another