Della Reese
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Birth Name: Delloreese Patricia Early
Born: 6 July 1931 Died: 19 November 2017
Country of origin: United States
Height: 5' 2"
Relationship Status: Married
Partner: Franklin Lett
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Gone, but not forgotten
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People...Black Actresses
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Published 10 years, 1 month ago
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Famous Curvy Girls & Larger Ladies
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Della Reese is part of that exclusive society of actors who have created memorable, timeless television characters: in Reese's case, it is Touched By An Angel's Tess, the gruff but good-hearted supervisor angel who steers both her trainees and their human "assignments" back on the right path.
A well-known, ordained minister with an active congregation in Los Angeles, Reese's real-life perspective on the series often parallels that of the character she portrays. "The humans we touch have to churn their own butter," she states. "Tess, Monica (Roma Downey) and Andrew (John Dye) don't come to fix people i
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1. MacGyver (1985)
Rating: | 1040 Watched |
2. The A-Team (1983)
Rating: | 759 Watched |
4. The Oprah Winfrey Show (1986)
Rating: | 477 Watched |
5. A Pup Named Scooby-Doo (1988)
Rating: | 345 Watched |
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1. Dinosaur (2000)
Rating: | 987 Watched |
2. Beauty Shop (2005)
Rating: | 273 Watched |
3. Harlem Nights (1989)
Rating: | 127 Watched |
4. The Distinguished Gentleman (1992)
Rating: | 123 Watched |
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Gone, but not forgotten (1852 person items)
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Now This Is What We Call Beauty in Music - Vol. 1 (100 person items)
" DELLOREESE PATRICIA EARLYBorn: 6 July 1931Died: 19 November 2017Grammies: 0 3Top 10s: 1 (0) 0 (0) Don't You Know (1959) - 2"
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In Memoriam 2017 (128 person items)
"Sunset: November 19, 2017 (Age: 86) Cause of Death: Short Illness Claim to Fame: American Singer/Actress, best known for TV Series "Touched by an Angel""