Starletta DuPois
Acting • Born 1941-07-18
Biography
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.
Filmography
57 credits
Pee-wee's Big Adventure
Movie • 1985
Sgt. Hunter
Strapped
Movie • 1993
Diquan's Mother
Ricochet
Movie • 1991
Mrs. Styles
Hollywood Shuffle
Movie • 1987
Bobby's Mother
Frogs!
Movie • 1991
Principal Caverly
The Waterdance
Movie • 1992
Florence
3 Strikes
Movie • 2000
Moms Douglas
The Maker
Movie • 1997
Technician
Full Circle
Movie • 1996
Miriam Blake
Convicts
Movie • 1991
Martha Johnson
A Beautiful Soul
Movie • 2012
Deaconess
The Road to Galveston
Movie • 1996
Sally
Soul Mates
Movie • 2023
Allison's Grandmother Marie
Dark Exodus
Movie • 1985
Alone
Movie • 1997
Lois
Games Mother Never Taught You
Movie • 1982
Ann
The Kid with the 200 I.Q.
Movie • 1983
Minna Newell
Death Wish
Movie • 1974
Lady at Police Station (uncredited)
Friday After Next
Movie • 2002
Sister Sarah
The Guest
Movie • 1977
Woman
Let's Get Bizzee
Movie • 1993
Mrs Baker
A Passion for Justice: The Hazel Brannon Smith Story
Movie • 1994
Ruth
South Central
Movie • 1992
Nurse Shelly
First Sunday
Movie • 2008
Duck
Movie • 2005
Social Worker
The Notebook
Movie • 2004
Nurse Esther
The Thing Called Love
Movie • 1993
Selma
Runaway Father
Movie • 1991
Ruth
True to the Game
Movie • 2017
Gah-Git
The Least Among You
Movie • 2009
Bessie Benton
Big Momma's House
Movie • 2000
Miss Patterson
A Raisin in the Sun
Movie • 1989
Ruth Younger
Wolf
Movie • 1994
Victim's Mother
Waiting to Exhale
Movie • 1995
Savannah's Mother
The Gambler
Movie • 1974
Monique
Odd Jobs
Movie • 1986
Dwight's Mom
Death of a Telemarketer
Movie • 2021
Mrs. Gordon
Magic Max
Movie • 2021
Mrs. Chambers
The Torture of Mothers: The Case of the Harlem Six
Movie • 1980
No More Goodbyes
Movie
Nana
True to the Game 3
Movie • 2021
Gah-Git
Heart for the Holidays
Movie • 2023
Orpheus Star
Movie • 2020
Pastor Ezrela Mae Privett
A Haitian Wedding
Movie • 2023
One Battle After Another
Movie • 2025
Grandma Minnie
Chiller
Movie • 1985
Nurse
Medium
TV • 2005
Woman
The Carmichael Show
TV • 2015
Evelyn
The Steve Harvey Show
TV • 1996
Ms. Pittman
Knots Landing
TV • 1979
Nurse Benson
Crossing Jordan
TV • 2001
Juror
The Equalizer
TV • 1985
Detective
Falcon Crest
TV • 1981
Prison Guard
St. Elsewhere
TV • 1982
Dora Chambers
Chicago Hope
TV • 1994
Arlene Reese
Lost
TV • 2004
Mrs. Dawson
Bass X Machina
TV • 2026
Etta (voice)