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Sheryl Lee Ralph on Almost Starring in ‘Ghosts’ Instead of ‘Abbott Elementary’ and the Racism She Faced in Her Theater Career
Sheryl Lee Ralph reflects on how decisions she made and roadblocks she faced in her early career led her to 'Dreamgirls' and 'Abbott Elementary.'
But she first stepped onto the famed lot nearly 50 years ago, auditioning to play a different Barbara H. in what she hoped would be her first professional acting gig: the 1977 heist comedy film “A Piece of the Action,” directed by Sidney Poitier. Days later, while still learning the lines, Ralph was making her Broadway debut at the Biltmore Theater in a role that paid homage to the country her mother was from. Brunson was co-producing a pilot with Larry Wilmore and Jermaine Fowler, which never made it to air, but she was already becoming a buzzy name in Hollywood for various viral videos.
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