Glynn Turman
Glynn Russell Turman (born January 31, 1947) is an American actor. He played Toledo in the 2020 Netflix movie Ma Rainey's Black Bottom.
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Born | Glynn Russell Turman January 31, 1947 New York City, New York, U.S. |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1959–present |
Known for | Leroy "Preach" Jackson – Cooley High Colonel Bradford Taylor – A Different World Clarence Royce – The Wire |
Spouse(s) | Ula M. Walker (m. 1965; div. 1971) Jo-Ann Allen (m. 1992) |
Children | 3 |
Turman played Lew Miles on the prime-time soap opera Peyton Place, Leroy "Preach" Jackson in Cooley High, Bradford Taylor on the NBC sitcom A Different World and Mayor Clarence Royce on the HBO drama series The Wire.[1]
Turman was married Aretha Franklin from 1978 and they divorced in 1984.
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Turman on Broadway in A Raisin in the Sun. L-R: Ruby Dee, Claudia McNeil, Glynn Turman, Sidney Poitier, and John Fiedler.
References
- ↑ Holan, Curt (2012). Glynn Turman: Character actor brings star power to Atlanta. http://clatl.com/atlanta/glynn-turman/Content?oid=1268546. Retrieved 17 January 2012.