Denise Nicholas
Acting • Born 1944-07-12
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Denise Nicholas (born Donna Denise Nicholas; July 12, 1944) is an American actress and social activist who was involved in the American Civil Rights Movement. She is known primarily for her role as high school guidance counselor Liz McIntyre on the ABC comedy-drama series Room 222, and for her role as Councilwoman Harriet DeLong on the NBC/CBS drama series In the Heat of the Night. Description above from the Wikipedia article Denise Nicholas, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
49 credits
Ghost Dad
Movie • 1990
Joan
Blacula
Movie • 1972
Michelle
Capricorn One
Movie • 1977
Betty Walker
Let's Do It Again
Movie • 1975
Beth Foster
A Piece of the Action
Movie • 1977
Lila French
Mr. Ricco
Movie • 1975
Irene Mapes
On Thin Ice: The Tai Babilonia Story
Movie • 1990
Cleo Babilonia
Five Desperate Women
Movie • 1971
Joy
Marvin & Tige
Movie • 1985
Vanessa Jackson
In the Heat of the Night: A Matter of Justice
Movie • 1994
Harriet DeLong Gillespie
In the Heat of the Night: Who Was Geli Bendl?
Movie • 1994
Harriet DeLong Gillespie
In the Heat of the Night: Give Me Your Life
Movie • 1994
Harriet DeLong Gillespie
Jacqueline Susann's Valley of the Dolls
Movie • 1981
Connie (as Denise Nicholas Hill)
Ritual
Movie • 2000
Sylvia Becker
The Soul of Nigger Charley
Movie • 1973
Elena
The Rockford Files: Shoot-Out at the Golden Pagoda
Movie • 1997
Leddy Hutch
The Big Stuffed Dog
Movie • 1981
Nurse Riley
Color Adjustment
Movie • 1992
Self
And the Children Shall Lead
Movie • 1985
Mother
Ring of Passion
Movie • 1978
Marva Trotter Louis
Mother's Day
Movie • 1989
Black Art: In the Absence of Light
Movie • 2021
Self
In the Heat of the Night: By Duty Bound
Movie • 1995
Harriet DeLong Gillespie
A Different World
TV • 1987
Carol Garrison
Magnum, P.I.
TV • 1980
T.C's Date
In the Heat of the Night
TV • 1988
Harriet DeLong
Rhoda
TV • 1974
The F.B.I.
TV • 1965
Nora Tobin
The Love Boat
TV • 1977
Maura Bellogue
Benson
TV • 1979
The Cosby Show
TV • 1984
Lorraine
My Wife and Kids
TV • 2001
Ann Kyle
Room 222
TV • 1969
Liz McIntyre
The Parent 'Hood
TV • 1995
Night Gallery
TV • 1970
Kyro (segment "Logoda's Heads")
Baby, I'm Back
TV • 1978
Amen
TV • 1986
Police Story
TV • 1973
The Flip Wilson Show
TV • 1970
Self
Supercarrier
TV • 1988
Aloha Paradise
TV • 1981
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV • 1962
Self
Hangin' with Mr. Cooper
TV • 1992
Mrs. Walker
The Love Boat
TV • 1977
Maura Belloque
The Love Boat
TV • 1977
Jenny Brooks
The Sophisticated Gents
TV • 1981
Pat Henderson
Love, American Style
TV • 1969
The Mike Douglas Show
TV • 1961
Self
Masquerade
TV • 1983
Sheila Walters