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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). 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.

The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder
as Mary Darnell (voice)

Never and Again
as Ms. Addis

Influence
as Cathy Kirby

Another Period
as Harriet Tubman

Suddenly Single

David E. Talbert's What Goes Around Comes Around
as Ms. Rudolf

Wild Hogs
as Mother-in-Law

Who Made the Potatoe Salad?
as Mrs. Brown

Crossroads
as Ettu

Family Reunion: The Movie

Friday After Next
as Mrs. Pearly

The Bernie Mac Show
as Mama Lena

The Proud Family
as Mary Darnell (voice)
The Old Settler
as Geneva

Leprechaun in the Hood
as Post's Mother

How to Be a Player
as Mama Jackson

Space Jam
as Jordan Housekeeper

The Jamie Foxx Show
as Mrs. Hartnabrig

The Steve Harvey Show
as Betty

The Parent 'Hood

The Wayans Bros.
as Ms. James

Jason's Lyric
as Ms. Murphy

Thea

Body Bags
as Nurse

Martin
as Myra

Bebe's Kids
as Barfly (voice)

Boomerang
as Mrs. Jackson

Across the Tracks
as Mrs. Fischer (as Be Be Drake-Massey)

Heat Wave
as Winnie (as Bebe Drake-Massey)

New Attitude
as Bebe

House Party
as Mrs. Strickland

The Women of Brewster Place
as Cleo

The Women of Brewster Place
as Cleo

Moving Target
as Postal Clerk (as Bebe Drake-Massey)

thirtysomething

A Different World
as Velma Gaines

The Bronx Zoo

L.A. Law
as Maureen Wilson

Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling
as Angry Prostitute (as Bebe Drake-Massey)

Highway to Heaven

Hunter
as Emily Corbin

O'Hara's Wife
as Female Jail Guard

First Monday in October
as Nurse

Scared Straight! Another Story
as Jean Lewis

Oh, God! Book II
as Dr. Young, School Psychologist

Xanadu
as Female Guard

The Last Married Couple in America
as Policewoman

The Cracker Factory
as Gloria

Which Way Is Up?
as Thelma

The Love Boat
as Mrs. Cory

Sanford Arms
as Jeannie

Eight Is Enough

Snip
as Daffney

The First Breeze of Summer
as Gloria Townes

Friday Foster
as Neighbor

The Jeffersons

Good Times

Great Performances
as Gloria Townes