Nell Carter

Nell Carter

Nell Carter (born Nell Ruth Hardy; September 13, 1948 – January 23, 2003) was an American singer and actress. Carter began her career in 1970, singing in the theater, and later crossed over to television. She was best known for her role as Nell Harper on the sitcom Gimme a Break! which originally aired from 1981 to 1987. Carter received two Emmy and two Golden Globe award nominations for her work on the series. Prior to Gimme a Break!, Carter won a Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical in 1978 for her performance in the Broadway musical Ain't Misbehavin' as well as a Primetime Emmy Award for her reprisal of the role on television in 1982

  • Title: Nell Carter
  • Popularity: 6.703
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1948-09-13
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  • Also Known As: Nell Ruth Carter
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Nell Carter Movies

  • 1994
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    The Crazysitter

    The Crazysitter

    4.9 1994 HD

    When a petty criminal escapes from jail, she lays low by posing as a babysitter for two semmingly precious children. But when she decides to sell...

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  • 2004
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    Broadway's Lost Treasures II

    Broadway's Lost Treasures II

    8 2004 HD

    The annual Tony Award broadcast provides the only filmed record of Broadway's best for audiences to experience as if they were front-row-center on...

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  • 2001
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    Perfect Fit

    Perfect Fit

    2.3 2001 HD

    An aimless young man turns to murder in order to satisfy the desires of his new girlfriend, a narcissistic blue jean fetishist.

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  • 1999
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    We Wish You a Merry Christmas

    We Wish You a Merry Christmas

    6.3 1999 HD

    In the tiny town of Harmony, the people have been working so hard they've forgotten music even exists! Then, three determined little orphans set out...

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  • 1991
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    Voices That Care

    Voices That Care

    8 1991 HD

    Behind the scenes making of the charity single "Voices That Care".

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  • 1981
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    Modern Problems

    Modern Problems

    5.4 1981 HD

    Jealous, harried air traffic controller Max Fielder, recently dumped by his girlfriend, comes into contact with nuclear waste and is granted the...

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  • 1995
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    The Grass Harp

    The Grass Harp

    5.9 1995 HD

    Based on the novel by Truman Capote, this often-witty coming-of-age drama looks at a young man growing up with an unusual family in the Deep South in...

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  • 1997
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    Fakin' Da Funk

    Fakin' Da Funk

    5.3 1997 HD

    Chinese kid Julian, who was adopted by the black family of Joe and Annabelle Lee and Asian exchange student May-Ling, who is housed with a black...

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  • 2003
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    Swing

    Swing

    1 2003 HD

    Anthony is caught between dreams of being a musician and pleasing his father and fiance. Encouraged by his great uncle, Anthony finds inspiration...

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  • 1999
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    Sealed with a Kiss

    Sealed with a Kiss

    5.7 1999 HD

    Bennett, who's engaged to his boss's daughter, just lost a major client for his company. When a letter meant for someone else is accidentally mailed...

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  • 1996
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    The Proprietor

    The Proprietor

    1 1996 HD

    An expatriated French novelist returns to Paris when she learns that her childhood home is being placed on the auction block.

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  • 1979
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    Hair

    Hair

    7.3 1979 HD

    Upon receiving his draft notice and leaving his family ranch in Oklahoma, Claude heads to New York and befriends a tribe of long-haired hippies on...

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  • 1997
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    Mother Goose: A Rappin' and Rhymin' Special

    Mother Goose: A Rappin' and Rhymin' Special

    6.7 1997 HD

    Whoopi Goldberg is the voice of Mother Goose in this all-star, all-rhyming tale set in multi-ethnic nursery-rhyme land.

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  • 1988
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    Irving Berlin's 100th Birthday Celebration

    Irving Berlin's 100th Birthday Celebration

    1 1988 HD

    The life, career, and music of Irving Berlin are celebrated live on stage with musical performances.

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  • 1988
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    Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz

    Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz

    1 1988 HD

    Fictional character, Heidi Abromowitz, is the butt of everyone's jokes.

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  • 1981
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    Back Roads

    Back Roads

    5.6 1981 HD

    A prostitute and a drifter find themselves bound together as they make their way through the rural South, doing what they have to do to survive.

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  • 1992
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    Final Shot: The Hank Gathers Story

    Final Shot: The Hank Gathers Story

    1 1992 HD

    Chronicling the short but eventful life of Hank Gathers (played by Donny B. Lord as a child and Victor Love as a young adult), this fact-based drama...

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  • 1984
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    Christmas in Washington

    Christmas in Washington

    9 1984 HD

    The 3rd Annual Christmas in Washington Special.

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  • 1985
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    Night of 100 Stars II

    Night of 100 Stars II

    8 1985 HD

    This special is the second "Night of 100 Stars" to benefit The Actors Fund of America. Edited from a seven-hour live entertainment marathon that was...

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  • 1995
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    The Misery Brothers

    The Misery Brothers

    2 1995 HD

    Screwball sex comedy focusing on two brothers.

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  • 1982
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    Ain't Misbehavin'

    Ain't Misbehavin'

    7.5 1982 HD

    Ain't Misbehavin' is the televised version of the 1978 Tony Award-winning Broadway sensation celebrating the music, life and times of Thomas "Fats"...

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  • 1978
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    Cindy

    Cindy

    4.5 1978 HD

    A revisionist twist on Cinderella with an all-black cast and set in Harlem during WWII. Cindy is a country bumpkin who moves from South Carolina to...

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  • 1992
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    Maid for Each Other

    Maid for Each Other

    5 1992 HD

    In this hilarious crime caper, a rich woman (Nell Carter) and her maid (Dinah Manoff) happened to be at the wrong place at the wrong time -- and now,...

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  • 1980
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    Baryshnikov on Broadway

    Baryshnikov on Broadway

    7 1980 HD

    Mikhail Baryshnikov and his guests perform numbers from over a dozen renowned Broadway musicals including Oklahoma!, Fiddler on the Roof, Can-Can,...

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  • 1996
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    A Benefit Celebration: A Tribute to Angela Lansbury

    A Benefit Celebration: A Tribute to Angela Lansbury

    1 1996 HD

    Broadway salute to Tony Award-winning actress Angela Lansbury in a star-packed gala November 17,1996 at the Majestic Theatre on Broadway. The event...

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  • 1999
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    My Favorite Broadway: The Leading Ladies

    My Favorite Broadway: The Leading Ladies

    9 1999 HD

    On Sept. 28, 1998, some of the greatest divas in musical theater -- including Marin Mazzie, Judy Kuhn and Audra McDonald -- took the stage at New...

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  • 1985
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    The Best of Broadway

    The Best of Broadway

    1 1985 HD

    Tom Bosley hosts a tribute to the American musical theater taped before a live audience featuring dozens of stars recreating their original...

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  • 2000
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    The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story

    The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story

    1 2000 HD

    Documents the race riot of 1921 and the destruction of the African-American community of Greenwood in Tulsa, Oklahoma. With testimony by eyewitnesses...

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  • 2005
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    Back By Midnight

    Back By Midnight

    5.2 2005 HD

    The warden of a small, rundown, minimum-security prison plots revenge against the the prison's dishonest owner by having four inmates break out and...

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  • 1992
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    Bebe's Kids

    Bebe's Kids

    5.7 1992 HD

    When Robin meets the lovely Jamika he thinks he's in heaven. But when he meets her friend Bebe's children, whom she is looking after, he knows he's...

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  • 1982
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    Night of 100 Stars

    Night of 100 Stars

    6.5 1982 HD

    The most glittering, expensive, and exhausting videotaping session in television history took place Friday February 19, 1982 at New York's Radio City...

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  • 1994
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    Spider-Man

    Spider-Man

    8.3 1994 HD

    Bitten by a neogenetic spider, Peter Parker develops spider-like superpowers. He uses these to fight crime while trying to balance it with the...

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  • 2001
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    Reba

    Reba

    6.7 2001 HD

    After her dentist husband of 20 years leaves her for his dental hygienist, Reba Hart's seemingly perfect world is turned upside down.​

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  • 1997
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    Ally McBeal

    Ally McBeal

    6.569 1997 HD

    Ally McBeal is a young lawyer working at the Boston law firm Cage and Fish. Ally's lives and loves are eccentric, humorous, dramatic with an...

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  • 1985
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    227

    227

    6.7 1985 HD

    A housewife sits on the stoop of her apartment building in a black neighborhood of Washington, D.C., and discusses all manner of things with her...

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  • 1981
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    Gimme a Break!

    Gimme a Break!

    6.6 1981 HD

    Gimme a Break! is an American sitcom which aired on NBC for six seasons, October 29, 1981, until May 12, 1987. The series stars Nell Carter as the...

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  • 1987
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    Jake and the Fatman

    Jake and the Fatman

    5.9 1987 HD

    Jake and the Fatman is a television crime drama starring William Conrad as prosecutor J. L. "Fatman" McCabe and Joe Penny as investigator Jake...

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  • 1992
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    Hangin' with Mr. Cooper

    Hangin' with Mr. Cooper

    6.4 1992 HD

    Hangin' with Mr. Cooper is an American television sitcom that originally aired on ABC from 1992 to 1997, starring Mark Curry and Holly Robinson. The...

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  • 1995
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    Brotherly Love

    Brotherly Love

    6.8 1995 HD

    Brotherly Love is an American sitcom that ran from September 16, 1995 to April 1, 1996, on NBC, and then moved to The WB, where it aired from...

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  • 1998
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    Seven Days

    Seven Days

    6.827 1998 HD

    "Ever wish you could live your last week all over again? Well, my name's Frank B. Parker, and I do it all the time. I work for a secret government...

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  • 1986
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    Amen

    Amen

    6.462 1986 HD

    Amen is an American television sitcom produced by Carson Productions that ran from September 27, 1986 to May 11, 1991 on NBC. Set in Sherman...

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  • 1979
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    The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo

    The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo

    5 1979 HD

    The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo is an American action/adventure situation

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  • 1980
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    The Big Show

    The Big Show

    1 1980 HD

    The Big Show is an American comedy-variety-musical television series produced and broadcast by NBC for several months in 1980. The series aimed to...

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  • 1953
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    The Oscars

    The Oscars

    7 1953 HD

    An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The various category winners are awarded a copy of a...

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  • 1982
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    Christmas in Washington

    Christmas in Washington

    7.667 1982 HD

    Christmas in Washington is an annual Christmas television special that currently airs on the U.S. TNT network.

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  • 1982
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    The Billy Crystal Comedy Hour

    The Billy Crystal Comedy Hour

    1 1982 HD

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  • 1990
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    You Take the Kids

    You Take the Kids

    6 1990 HD

    You Take the Kids is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from December 1990 to January 1991. The series stars Nell Carter, who also performed the...

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  • 1989
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    Morton's by the Bay

    Morton's by the Bay

    1 1989 HD

    Nell Carter portrays the assistant to the owner of a large banquet hall which features curious customers and an odd-ball staff.

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  • 1994
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    Touched by an Angel

    Touched by an Angel

    7.2 1994 HD

    Monica, an angel, is tasked with bringing guidance and messages from God to various people who are at a crossroads in their lives.

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  • 1962
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    The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

    The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

    7.4 1962 HD

    The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is a talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under The Tonight Show franchise from 1962 to 1992. It originally...

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  • 1975
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    People's Choice Awards

    People's Choice Awards

    8.8 1975 HD

    An American awards show recognizing people in entertainment, voted online by the general public and fans.

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  • 1995
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    Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

    Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

    6 1995 HD

    Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child is an American anthology animated television series.

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  • 1996
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    The Rosie O'Donnell Show

    The Rosie O'Donnell Show

    3.5 1996 HD

    The Rosie O'Donnell Show was an American daytime television talk show hosted and produced by actress and comedian Rosie O'Donnell. It aired for six...

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  • 1971
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    Great Performances

    Great Performances

    5.2 1971 HD

    The best in the performing arts from across America and around the world including a diverse programming portfolio of classical music, opera, popular...

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