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Starletta DuPois

Starletta DuPois

Born: 1941-07-18 • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Starletta DuPois (born July 18, 1941) is an American actress. She has appeared in a more than 90 movies and television show during her career. DuPois was born and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She graduated from University of Maryland Eastern Shore in 1968, and received M.F.A. in Theatre Arts from UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television. She made her Broadway debut appearing in 1974 short-lived play What the Wine-Sellers Buy. Later that year she had minor roles in films Death Wish and The Gambler. In 1976 she starred in the Off-Broadway production of So Nice, They Named it Twice.

Filmography
One Battle After Another poster
One Battle After Another
2025 • Grandma Minnie
Heart for the Holidays poster
Heart for the Holidays
2023
Soul Mates poster
Soul Mates
2023 • Allison's Grandmother Marie
A Haitian Wedding poster
A Haitian Wedding
2023
Death of a Telemarketer poster
Death of a Telemarketer
2021 • Mrs. Gordon
True to the Game 3 poster
True to the Game 3
2021 • Gah-Git
Magic Max poster
Magic Max
2021 • Mrs. Chambers
Orpheus Star poster
Orpheus Star
2020 • Pastor Ezrela Mae Privett
True to the Game poster
True to the Game
2017 • Gah-Git
A Beautiful Soul poster
A Beautiful Soul
2012 • Deaconess
No Image
The Least Among You
2009 • Bessie Benton
First Sunday poster
First Sunday
2008
Duck poster
Duck
2005 • Social Worker
The Notebook poster
The Notebook
2004 • Nurse Esther
Friday After Next poster
Friday After Next
2002 • Sister Sarah
Big Momma's House poster
Big Momma's House
2000 • Miss Patterson
3 Strikes poster
3 Strikes
2000 • Moms Douglas
Alone poster
Alone
1997 • Lois
The Maker poster
The Maker
1997 • Technician
Full Circle poster
Full Circle
1996 • Miriam Blake
The Road to Galveston poster
The Road to Galveston
1996 • Sally
Waiting to Exhale poster
Waiting to Exhale
1995 • Savannah's Mother
Wolf poster
Wolf
1994 • Victim's Mother
A Passion for Justice: The Hazel Brannon Smith Story poster
A Passion for Justice: The Hazel Brannon Smith Story
1994 • Ruth
The Thing Called Love poster
The Thing Called Love
1993 • Selma
Strapped poster
Strapped
1993 • Diquan's Mother
Let's Get Bizzee poster
Let's Get Bizzee
1993 • Mrs Baker
South Central poster
South Central
1992 • Nurse Shelly
The Waterdance poster
The Waterdance
1992 • Florence
Ricochet poster
Ricochet
1991 • Mrs. Styles
Runaway Father poster
Runaway Father
1991 • Ruth
Frogs! poster
Frogs!
1991 • Principal Caverly
Convicts poster
Convicts
1991 • Martha Johnson
A Raisin in the Sun poster
A Raisin in the Sun
1989 • Ruth Younger
Hollywood Shuffle poster
Hollywood Shuffle
1987 • Bobby's Mother
Odd Jobs poster
Odd Jobs
1986 • Dwight's Mom
Pee-wee's Big Adventure poster
Pee-wee's Big Adventure
1985 • Sgt. Hunter
Dark Exodus poster
Dark Exodus
1985
The Kid with the 200 I.Q. poster
The Kid with the 200 I.Q.
1983 • Minna Newell
Games Mother Never Taught You poster
Games Mother Never Taught You
1982 • Ann
The Torture of Mothers: The Case of the Harlem Six poster
The Torture of Mothers: The Case of the Harlem Six
1980
The Guest poster
The Guest
1977 • Woman
The Gambler poster
The Gambler
1974 • Monique
Death Wish poster
Death Wish
1974 • Lady at Police Station (uncredited)
No More Goodbyes poster
No More Goodbyes
— • Nana