Lonette McKee
Biography
Born 07/22/1955
Dusky-voiced, elegantly beautiful leading lady of stage, screen and TV who frequently played doomed chanteuses or tragic mulattos. McKee made a highly praised film debut as the drug-addicted lead singer of a Supremes-like pop group in "Sparkle" (1976). She first appeared on Broadway as Rachel (Mrs....
Lonette McKee's biography
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Highlights
- In 2004, Cast in the Spike Lee comedy "She Hate Me"
- In 2003, Appeared in the film "Honey"
- In 1990, Played Lorraine in "The Women of Brewster Place"
Family & Companions
- Bryant McNeil: met in 1990 while working on the album "Natural Love"
- Lonnie McKee: father (born c. 1910; black; worked at Ford Motor Company)
- Dorothy McKee: mother (white, of Swedish descent)
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