Telma Hopkins Net Worth, spouse, young children, awards, movies

Key facts:

Telma Hopkins began her professional career as a backup singer for artists like The Four Tops and Marvin Gaye in Detroit, Michigan.

She gained popularity as a part of the vocal group 'Dawn' with Tony Orlando, recording 16 Top 40 hits in the late 70s and featured on their variety show from 1974-1976.

Telma Hopkins started her on-camera acting career in 1979 with a significant role in the miniseries 'Roots' and went on to appear in numerous recurring and co-starring roles in sitcoms like 'A New Kind of Family', 'Gimme A Break', 'Family Matters', 'The Hughleys', 'Any Day Now', and 'Half & Half'.

She co-stars in the show 'Are We There Yet', which is currently airing.

Telma Hopkins recently acted in the television film 'J.D. Lawrence's The Clean Up.'

Basic Information About Telma Hopkins

Category	Celebrities › Actors
Professions	Singer, Actor, Musician
Net worth	$3,000,000
Date of birth	1948-10-28 (75 years old)
Place of birth	Louisville
Nationality	United States of America
Gender	Female
Social Media	↗︎ Wikipedia ↗︎ IMDb

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What Movie Awards did Telma Hopkins win?

Oscar	Golden Globe	Golder Raspberry	BAFTA	Other
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Telma Hopkins awards

Award Name	State	Movie / Series Name	Year
BET Comedy Award - Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series	Winner	Half & Half	2005
BET Comedy Award - Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series	Nominee	Half & Half	2004
Image Award - Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series	Nominee	Half & Half	2007

Telma Hopkins roles

Movie / Series	Role
The Love Guru	Lillian Roanoke
Trancers	Engineer Raines
Family Matters	Rachel Crawford 94 episodes, 1989-1997
K.C. Undercover	Miss Holley 1 episode, 2015
Better Things	Dee 1 episode, 2020
Dead to Me	Yolanda 4 episodes, 2019-2020
ER	Carlene 1 episode, 1998
Batman Beyond	Max's Mom 1 episode, 1999
Family Reunion	Maybelle 8 episodes, 2019-2021
Psych	Phylis Gaffney 1 episode, 2008
The Loud House	Maybelle 2 episodes, 2019
Spider-Man	Mrs. Farrell 1 episode, 1996
Amen	Charlotte Holloway 1 episode, 1988
For Your Love	Miss Hope 1 episode, 2001
The Love Boat	Cleo / ... 4 episodes, 1979-1985
Lab Rats	Grandma Rose / ... 3 episodes, 2012-2014
The Nanny	Lila Baker 1 episode, 1997
Half & Half	Phyllis Thorne 91 episodes, 2002-2006
The Casagrandes	Maybelle / ... 12 episodes, 2019-2021
Are We There Yet?	Marilyn Persons 29 episodes, 2010-2012
Gimme a Break!	Addy Wilson 68 episodes, 1983-1987
It's Garry Shandling's Show.	Self 1 episode, 1989
The Carol Burnett Show	Self (uncredited) unknown episodes
Fantasy Island	Doris Wilson 1 episode, 1984
Static Shock	Mrs. Barnett 1 episode, 2000
2 Broke Girls	Pilar 1 episode, 2016
Any Day Now	Judge Wilma Evers 4 episodes, 2000-2001
Getting On	Beverly Raymes 1 episode, 2013
Dear White People	Aunt Gloria 1 episode, 2018
Fridays	Self 1 episode, 1981
The Two Ronnies	Performer / ... 1 episode, 1973

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Interesting Facts about Telma Hopkins

One-half of Dawn of the singing group Tony Orlando & Dawn.
Before joining Tony Orlando & Dawn, she was a top background singer in the Detroit area, singing background vocals on records for such artists as Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Wilson Pickett, Isaac Hayes, Dionne Warwick and The Four Tops.
Sister of Teresa Hopkins.
Even though she played the younger sister of Harriet in Family Matters, she in reality is a year in a half older than JoMarie Payton.
Telma Hopkins was originally cast as Bill Cosby's wife on his show "Cosby" (not to be confused with the earlier, more famous "Cosby Show"), but was replaced by Phylicia Rashad who had also played his wife on the "Cosby Show." Mr. Cosby said this change was made because Ms. Rashad was more comfortable working with him when he goes into improv mode.