Bebe Drake
33 movies · 26 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 31, 1944 (age 82)
- Place of birth
- Sacramento, California, USA
- Also known as
- Bebe Drake Hooks · Bebe Drake-Massey · Bebe Drake-Hooks · Be Be Drake-Massey
Biography
Bebe Drake (born Beatrice Drake) is an American actress. Drake is one of four children born to Beatrice Lillian Hayes, a teacher, social worker and community activist, and Carl Everett Drake, a postal worker who later became the first African American practicing psychiatrist in Sacramento. She attended C. K. McClatchy High School, Sacramento City College, and California State University, Sacramento.
Drake made her Broadway debut in the 1975 Leslie Lee's play The First Breeze of Summer and the following year appeared in Great Performances production. She later was regular cast member on the two short-lived sitcoms: Snip (1976) and Sanford Arms (1977).
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During her career, Drake appeared in more than 70 films and television series. She made her big screen debut in 1975 appearing in films Report to the Commissioner and Friday Foster, and in 1977 had supporting role opposite Richard Pryor in the comedy film Which Way Is Up?. In 1979 she co-starred in the miniseries Backstairs at the White House and the made-for-television movie The Cracker Factory. She made guest-starring appearances on television series such as Good Times, Welcome Back, Kotter, The Love Boat, The Jeffersons, Highway to Heaven, Thirtysomething, L.A. Law, The Jamie Foxx Show, The Steve Harvey Show, The Parent 'Hood and The Bernie Mac Show.
Drake appeared in films such as The Last Married Couple in America (1980), Xanadu (1980), Oh, God! Book II (1980), First Monday in October (1981), Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling (1986), Alien Nation (1988), House Party (1990), Across the Tracks (1991), Boomerang (1992), Jason's Lyric (1994), Space Jam (1996), How to Be a Player (1997), Anywhere But Here (1999), Leprechaun in the Hood (2000), Friday After Next (2002), Wild Hogs (2007) and Influence (2020).
Drake appeared in the 1980 made-for-television drama Scared Straight! Another Story, the 1987 thriller Billionaire Boys Club, and the 1989 miniseries The Women of Brewster Place. She was regular cast member in the 1990 short-lived sitcom New Attitude. From 1989 to 1993 she had recurring role on A Different World playing Velma Gaines and later had recurring roles on Martin and Another Period playing Harriet Tubman.
Known for
Bebe Drake: movies and TV shows
Acting (59)
- 2022
- 2021 Never and Again
as Ms. Addis
- 2020 Influence
as Cathy Kirby
- 2015
- 2012
- 2012 David E. Talbert's What Goes Around Comes Around
as Ms. Rudolf
- 2007 Wild Hogs
as Mother-in-Law
- 2006 Who Made the Potatoe Salad?
as Mrs. Brown
- 2006 Crossroads
as Ettu
- 2005 The Boondocks · TV
as Jericho's Mama (voice) / Lady Esmeralda Gripenasty (voice) / Lamilton's Grandmother (voice) / (voice) · 4 episodes
- 2003
- 2002 Friday After Next
as Mrs. Pearly
- 2001
- 2001
- 2001 The Old Settler
as Geneva
- 2000 Leprechaun in the Hood
as Post's Mother
- 1997 How to Be a Player
as Mama Jackson
- 1996 Space Jam
as Jordan Housekeeper
- 1996
- 1996
- 1995
- 1995
- 1994 Jason's Lyric
as Ms. Murphy
- 1993
- 1993 Body Bags
as Nurse
- 1992
- 1992 Bebe's Kids
as Barfly (voice)
- 1992 Boomerang
as Mrs. Jackson
- 1991 Across the Tracks
as Mrs. Fischer (as Be Be Drake-Massey)
- 1990 Heat Wave
as Winnie (as Bebe Drake-Massey)
- 1990
- 1990 House Party
as Mrs. Strickland
- 1989 The Women of Brewster Place
as Cleo
- 1989
- 1988 Moving Target
as Postal Clerk (as Bebe Drake-Massey)
- 1987
- 1987
- 1987
- 1986
- 1986 Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling
as Angry Prostitute (as Bebe Drake-Massey)
- 1984
- 1984
- 1982 O'Hara's Wife
as Female Jail Guard
- 1981 First Monday in October
as Nurse
- 1980 Scared Straight! Another Story
as Jean Lewis
- 1980 Oh, God! Book II
as Dr. Young, School Psychologist
- 1980 Xanadu
as Female Guard
- 1980 The Last Married Couple in America
as Policewoman
- 1979 The Cracker Factory
as Gloria
- 1977 Which Way Is Up?
as Thelma
- 1977
- 1977
- 1977
- 1976
- 1976 The First Breeze of Summer
as Gloria Townes
- 1975 Friday Foster
as Neighbor
- 1975
- 1974
- 1971