Bebe Drake
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 31, 1944 (age 82)
- Birthplace
- Sacramento, California, USA
Biography
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.
Known For
Filmography
The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder
TV · as Mary Darnell (voice) · 1 ep
Never and Again
Movie · as Ms. Addis
Influence
Movie · as Cathy Kirby
Another Period
TV · as Harriet Tubman · 2 eps
David E. Talbert's What Goes Around Comes Around
Movie · as Ms. Rudolf
Suddenly Single
Movie
Wild Hogs
Movie · as Mother-in-Law
Crossroads
Movie · as Ettu
Who Made the Potatoe Salad?
Movie · as Mrs. Brown
The Boondocks
TV · as Jericho's Mama (voice), Lady Esmeralda Gripenasty (voice), Lamilton's Grandmother (voice) · 1 ep
Family Reunion: The Movie
Movie
Friday After Next
Movie · as Mrs. Pearly
The Old Settler
Movie · as Geneva
The Bernie Mac Show
TV · as Mama Lena · 1 ep
The Proud Family
TV · as Mary Darnell (voice) · 2 eps
Leprechaun in the Hood
Movie · as Post's Mother
How to Be a Player
Movie · as Mama Jackson
Space Jam
Movie · as Jordan Housekeeper
The Jamie Foxx Show
TV · as Mrs. Hartnabrig · 1 ep
The Steve Harvey Show
TV · as Betty · 1 ep
The Wayans Bros.
TV · as Ms. James · 1 ep
The Parent 'Hood
TV · 1 ep
Jason's Lyric
Movie · as Ms. Murphy
Body Bags
Movie · as Nurse
Thea
TV · 1 ep
Bebe's Kids
Movie · as Barfly (voice)
Boomerang
Movie · as Mrs. Jackson
Martin
TV · as Myra · 3 eps
Across the Tracks
Movie · as Mrs. Fischer (as Be Be Drake-Massey)
Heat Wave
Movie · as Winnie (as Bebe Drake-Massey)
House Party
Movie · as Mrs. Strickland
New Attitude
TV · as Bebe · 8 eps
The Women of Brewster Place
Movie · as Cleo
The Women of Brewster Place
TV · as Cleo · 2 eps
Moving Target
Movie · as Postal Clerk (as Bebe Drake-Massey)
thirtysomething
TV · 1 ep
The Bronx Zoo
TV · 1 ep
A Different World
TV · as Velma Gaines · 7 eps
Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling
Movie · as Angry Prostitute (as Bebe Drake-Massey)
L.A. Law
TV · as Maureen Wilson · 1 ep
Highway to Heaven
TV · 1 ep
Hunter
TV · as Emily Corbin · 1 ep
O'Hara's Wife
Movie · as Female Jail Guard
First Monday in October
Movie · as Nurse
Oh, God! Book II
Movie · as Dr. Young, School Psychologist
Xanadu
Movie · as Female Guard
Scared Straight! Another Story
Movie · as Jean Lewis
The Last Married Couple in America
Movie · as Policewoman
The Cracker Factory
Movie · as Gloria
Which Way Is Up?
Movie · as Thelma
Sanford Arms
TV · as Jeannie · 8 eps
Eight Is Enough
TV · 1 ep
The Love Boat
TV · as Mrs. Cory · 1 ep
The First Breeze of Summer
Movie · as Gloria Townes
Snip
TV · as Daffney · 6 eps
Friday Foster
Movie · as Neighbor
The Jeffersons
TV · 1 ep
Good Times
TV · 3 eps
Great Performances
TV · as Gloria Townes · 1 ep