Yancy performing during The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962)
Born
(1939-04-28) April 28, 1939 (age 85)
New York City, New York, U.S.
Occupation
Actress
Years active
1963–present
Emily Yancy (April 28, 1939)[1][2] is an American actress and singer. She began her acting career appearing on Broadway as Irene Molloy in the 1967 all-black version of Hello, Dolly! opposite Cab Calloway.[3][1] She later performed on musicals Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope, Your Own Thing, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue and Man of La Mancha.[1][4]
Yancy was born and raised in New York City and began working as a model before acting and singing. In 1965, she recorded her debut studio album titled Yancy.[5] Yancy made her screen debut playing minor role in the 1968 comedy film What's So Bad About Feeling Good?. She later appeared in the comedy-drama Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon (1970), and in the blaxploitation films Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970) and Blacula (1972).[2] On television, Yancy guest-starred in a more than 30 shows, including Love, American Style, Sanford and Son, Starsky & Hutch, Diff'rent Strokes, Picket Fences, The Practice, Frasier, How to Get Away with Murder and Criminal Minds.
In 2018, Yancy played Gayla, the housekeeper of Patricia Clarkson's character, in the HBO miniseries, Sharp Objects. In 2023, she appeared in the biographical drama film, Origin playing the role of Isabel Wilkerson's mother.[6][7]
EmilyYancy (April 28, 1939) is an American actress and singer. She began her acting career appearing on Broadway as Irene Molloy in the 1967 all-black...
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Richard Kiley as Cervantes/Quixote, Tony Martinez as Sancho Panza and EmilyYancy as Aldonza/Dulcinea, running for 124 performances 1992 – with Raul Julia...
Pinsent as Lieutenant Jack Peters Thalmus Rasulala as Dr. Gordon Thomas EmilyYancy as Nancy, The Nightclub Photographer Lance Taylor Sr. as Swenson, The...
Pace as Iris Brown Redd Foxx as Uncle Budd / Booker Washington Sims EmilyYancy as Mabel John Anderson as Bryce Lou Jacobi as Goodman Eugene Roche as...
allowed Yancy to enroll in a seminar on Gender and the Diaspora taught by cultural anthropologist Donna Daniels at Columbia University. Yancy also wrote...
story, Derringer has no first name; "Yancy" was added for the television series. The eponymous character, Yancy Derringer, is an adventurer and gambler...
Barbara Windsor 19 February 1966 - Manfred Mann, Eva Bartok, Mike Douglas, EmilyYancy 26 February 1966 - Scott Walker, Judy Geeson, Don Moss, Evelyn Taylor...
programs such as Cheyenne, Bat Masterson, Bonanza,Tales of Wells Fargo, Yancy Derringer, 77 Sunset Strip, Maverick (in the 1957 episode titled "The Quick...
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of the Team SBG bus melee. The bout eventually took place at this event. Yancy Medeiros was expected to face Mike Perry at the event. However, he pulled...
will be dismissed from the Navy's submarine command program. Rear Admiral Yancy Graham, who dislikes Dodge, opposes his promotion, but Vice Admiral Dean...
and I (Rodgers and Hammerstein) Ricardo Montalbán, Sally Ann Howes, EmilyYancy, Helen Bliss/Jean Sanders, David Cryer Porgy and Bess Clamma Dale, Leona...
portrayed Yancy in two reunion movies, “A Day for Thanks on Walton’s Mountain” (1982) and “A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion” (1993); in the latter, Yancy works...
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