Anna Maria Horsford
Acting • Born 1947-03-06
Biography
Anna Maria Horsford is an American actress, known for her performances in television comedies. Horsford is best known for her roles as Thelma Frye on the NBC sitcom Amen (1986–91), and as Dee Baxter on the WB sitcom The Wayans Bros. (1995–99). She had dramatic roles on the FX crime drama The Shield playing A.D.A. Beth Encardi, and CBS daytime soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful as Vivienne Avant, for which she was nominated for the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Special Guest Performer in a Drama Series in 2016 and Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series in 2017. Horsford appeared in a number of movies, most notable as Craig Jones' mother Betty in 1995 comedy film Friday and its sequel Friday After Next (2002). Her other film credits include Times Square (1980), The Fan (1981), Presumed Innocent (1990), Set It Off (1996), Along Came a Spider (2001), Our Family Wedding (2010), and A Madea Christmas (2013).
Filmography
106 credits
Starstruck
Movie • 1981
Jessica
Bill
Movie • 1981
Marge Keating
Friday
Movie • 1995
Mrs. Jones
Presumed Innocent
Movie • 1990
Eugenia
Class
Movie • 1983
Maggie
One Fine Day
Movie • 1996
Evelyn
I Tried
Movie • 2007
Milly
How High
Movie • 2001
Mamma King
Nutty Professor II: The Klumps
Movie • 2000
Denise's Mother
Muggable Mary: Street Cop
Movie • 1982
Kathy Thomas
The Bitch Who Stole Christmas
Movie • 2021
Mayor Coont
Jacked Up
Movie • 2001
Thelma Barnes
Broken Bridges
Movie • 2006
Loretta
Set It Off
Movie • 1996
Ms. Wells
Guarding Eddy
Movie • 2004
Carol
Stone Pillow
Movie • 1985
Collins
Love Child
Movie • 1982
Mara
Directors on Directing
Movie • 2009
Self
C'mon Man
Movie • 2012
Mrs. Woods
An Almost Perfect Affair
Movie • 1979
Amy Zon
Justice
Movie • 2004
Chief Public Defender Poole
A Madea Christmas
Movie • 2013
Eileen
A Case of Deadly Force
Movie • 1986
Virginia Cates
Summer Switch
Movie • 1984
Stepahnie Marshak
Vacation Friends
Movie • 2021
Nancy
C.A.T. Squad
Movie • 1986
Mrs. Raines
Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom
Movie • 1985
Hannah
Me Time
Movie • 2022
Connie
Widow's Kiss
Movie • 1996
Lavanda Harrison
Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored
Movie • 1996
Miss Annie
Taken Away
Movie • 1989
Mrs. Pierson
Murder Without Motive: The Edmund Perry Story
Movie • 1992
Veronica Perry
Mr. Jones
Movie • 1993
Judge Harris
Friday After Next
Movie • 2002
Mrs. Jones
St. Elmo's Fire
Movie • 1985
Naomi
The Fan
Movie • 1981
Emily Stolz
Dear God
Movie • 1996
Lucille Barnett
Will I See You Again?
Movie • 2024
Times Square
Movie • 1980
Rosie Washington
Baby Brokers
Movie • 1994
Randi
A Doctor's Story
Movie • 1984
Leigh Williams
Who Gets the Friends?
Movie • 1988
Our Family Wedding
Movie • 2010
Diane Boyd
Chasing the Blues
Movie • 2018
Mrs. Walker
Single AF
Movie • 2018
Jane
Minority Report
Movie • 2002
Casey
A Killer Among Us
Movie • 1990
Barbara Evans
Street Smart
Movie • 1987
Harriet
Masquerade
Movie • 2000
Mrs. Scott
Crackers
Movie • 1984
Slam Dunk
My Big Phat Hip Hop Family
Movie • 2005
Mamma Pearl
Ganked
Movie • 2005
Mrs. Barry
Heartburn
Movie • 1986
Della
Wigger
Movie • 2010
Benny's Place
Movie • 1982
Charmaine
Gridiron Gang
Movie • 2006
Sharon Weathers
Kiss the Girls
Movie • 1997
Vicki Cross (uncredited)
Along Came a Spider
Movie • 2001
Vickie
Hollow Image
Movie • 1979
Monica
Lockdown
Movie • 2000
Saunders
A Kindred Soul
Movie • 2017
Claudia
Gladys Brown
Movie • 2017
Gladys Brown
At Face Value
Movie
Mosetta
Jalen Vs. Everybody
Movie • 2017
Mamma
Deaf Heaven
Movie • 1993
Libby
SUNNYSIDE UP
Movie • 2019
Aunt Deedee
Unexpected Christmas
Movie • 2025
Momma Scott
The Wayans Bros. Reunion
Movie • 2026
Self
Last Friday
Movie • 2026
Mrs. Jones
Grey's Anatomy
TV • 2005
Elizabeth Fallon
The Wayans Bros.
TV • 1995
Deirdre 'Dee' Baxter
Amen
TV • 1986
Thelma Frye
POSE
TV • 2018
Charlene
Street Gear
TV • 1994
Hacks
TV • 2021
Francine
Rhythm & Blues
TV • 1992
Tall Hopes
TV • 1993
Lainie Harris
The Wild Thornberrys
TV • 1998
Gola's Mother (voice)
Reed Between the Lines
TV • 2011
Ms. Helen Wilson
The Guardians of Justice
TV • 2022
Serena Lyle
New Girl
TV • 2011
Charmaine
Mom
TV • 2013
Ms. Ferguson
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
TV • 1990
Karen Caruthers
B Positive
TV • 2020
Mrs. Ludlum
Moesha
TV • 1996
Diane Henderson
The Shield
TV • 2002
A.D.A. Beth Encardi
The League
TV • 2009
Trina Richardson
The Conners
TV • 2018
Nicole
The District
TV • 2000
Vicky Yates
The Bernie Mac Show
TV • 2001
Aunt Sis
I Feel Bad
TV • 2018
Norman's Mom
L.A. Law
TV • 1986
Olga Winbush
Entourage
TV • 2004
Saigon's Mother
The Last O.G.
TV • 2018
Roberta Barker
Studio City
TV • 2019
Jolene Hernandez
7th Heaven
TV • 1996
Joyce
American Dad!
TV • 2005
Female Juror (voice)
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
TV • 2005
Janet Barrett
History of the World: Part II
TV • 2023
Mother Mary
Key & Peele
TV • 2012
Maid
Bel-Air
TV • 2022
'Nita Banks
L.A. Doctors
TV • 1998
Angela Daly
The Soul Man
TV • 2012
Ceci
Las Vegas
TV • 2003
Aunt Vonice
No Good Deed
TV • 2024
Denise Sampson
Scrubs
TV • 2026
Mrs. Melanie Brooks