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Yvonne Hudson (born July 9, 1955) is an American television actress and comedian who is best known for being the first African-American female cast member on Saturday Night Live.[1][2] She joined the cast as a featured player in the show's 1980–1981 season (the first black female repertory player was Danitra Vance). She is also the third African-American to become an SNL cast member following Garrett Morris and Eddie Murphy. Hudson first appeared on the show in 1978 as an uncredited extra in many episodes.
Yvonne Hudson | |
|---|---|
| Born | July 9, 1955 |
| Occupation | Television actress |
| Years active | 1978–1984 |
Hudson rarely had a role of significance and was fired along with most of the cast at the end of the troubled season. However, she continued to appear occasionally in uncredited small roles until her final appearance on the show in 1984. Apart from her stint on SNL, Hudson has not appeared in any other television or film role.[3]
References
edit- ^ "Yvonne Hudson". Archived from the original on March 29, 2008. Retrieved June 12, 2008.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) Saturday Night Live bios, NBC.com. Archived at the Internet Archive, 2008-03-29. Retrieved April 5, 2010. - ^
Gus Wezerek (2019-12-14). "The 'S.N.L.' Stars Who Lasted, and the Ones Who Flamed Out". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2019-12-14. Retrieved 2019-12-16.
Some of the names here will be familiar only to die-hard fans; others, like Murphy, defined what was funny for generations of viewers.
- ^ "Saturday Night's Children: O'Hara, Hudson, Prager, and Wolf". vulture.com. 2014-09-11. Retrieved 2024-06-12.
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