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Theatre, Film, and Television Biographies
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Louisa Burns-Bisogno to Jason Carter
L. Scott Caldwell Biography ((?)-)
Addresses: Agent: Silver, Massetti & Associates, 8730 Sunset Blvd., Suite 440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.
- Gender
- Female
- Occupation
- Actress
Famous Works
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CREDITS
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Stage Appearances
- Gail, The Daughters of the Mock, Negro Ensemble Company, St. Mark's Playhouse, New York City, 1978
- Afrodite, A Season to Unravel, Negro Ensemble Company, St. Mark's Playhouse, 1979
- Ruth, Old Phantoms, Negro Ensemble Company, St. Mark's Playhouse, 1979
- Woman one and Pattie Mae Wells, Home, Negro Ensemble Company, St.Mark's Playhouse, 1979 , then Cort Theatre, New York City, 1980
- "Everyman" and "The Imprisonment" in Plays from Africa, Negro Ensemble Company, St. Mark's Playhouse, 1979
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Colored People's Time, Negro Ensemble Company, Cherry Lane Theatre, New York City, 1982
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A Raisin in the Sun, Studio Arena Theatre, Buffalo, NY, 1982
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About Heaven and Earth, Negro Ensemble Company, Theatre Four, NewYork City, 1983
- Bertha Holly, Joe Turner's Come and Gone, Yale Repertory Theatre, New Haven, CT, 1985 , then Huntington Theatre Company, Boston, MA, 1986
- Mrs. Baker, A Month of Sundays, Ritz Theatre, New York City, 1987
- Bertha Holly, Joe Turner's Come and Gone, Ethel Barrymore Theatre, New York City, 1988
- Clemma Diggins, Proposals, New York City, 1997
- Also appeared in Macbeth;
Boesman and Lena;
American Medea;
From the Mississippi Delta;
The Piano Lesson;
A Playof Giants;
Piano;
Thesmophorizousae.
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Film Appearances
- Janet Smith, Without a Trace, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1983
- Patron, Exterminator 2, Cannon, 1984
- Homeless woman, Dutch (also known as Driving Me Crazy), 1991
- Poole, The Fugitive, 1993
- Cora Tshabala, Soweto Green, 1994
- Public defender, The Net, 1995
- Hattie Parsons, Devil in a Blue Dress (also known as Le Diableen robe bleue), 1995
- Judge McGibbons, Mystery, Alaska, Buena Vista, 1999
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Television Appearances
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Movies
- Althea, God Bless the Child, ABC, 1988
- Ruby, Dangerous Passion, ABC, 1990
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Baby of the Bride, NBC, 1991
- Mrs. Linson, The Switch, 1993
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Darkness Before Dawn, NBC, 1993
- Rita Wilson, For the Love of My Child: The Anissa Ayala Story, NBC, 1993
- Devlin, Extreme Justice (also known as S.I.S.--Extreme Justice), HBO, 1993
- Cerises, Down Came a Blackbird (also known as Ramirez), Showtime, 1995
- Detective Lou Shannon, Twilight Man, Starz!, 1996
- Senator Condon, Weapons of Mass Distraction, HBO, 1997
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Dying to be Perfect: The Ellen Hart Pena Story, Lifetime, 1997
- Judge, Tell Me No Secrets, ABC, 1997
- Gray, The Last Man On Planet Earth, UPN, 1999
- Detective Sheila Monroe, Intimate Betrayal, BET, 1999
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Miniseries
- Judge Starkey, Love, Lies and Murder, NBC, 1991
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Episodic
- Elizabeth Connolly, "Out of Brooklyn," The Cosby Show, NBC, 1988
- Mrs. Hines, TV 101, CBS, 1989
- Selma Binion, "Promised Land," Tour of Duty, CBS, 1989
- Gloria Tessel, "Last Run," Hunter, NBC, 1989
- Woman, L.A. Law, NBC, 1989
- Barbra Richards, "1.0," The Outsiders, Fox, 1990
- Joanne, The Heights, Fox, 1992
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Reasonable Doubts, NBC, 1992
- Sheriff Rachel Harris, "The Green, Green Glow of Home," Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, ABC, 1993
- "With This Ball and Chain," Melrose Place, Fox, 1994
- Mrs. Carol Briscoe, "Sticks and Stones," Grace Under Fire, ABC, 1995
- Dr. Davis, Bringing Up Jack, ABC, 1995
- Anna Mae Brown, Murder One, ABC, 1996
- Mrs. Opal Lee, "Making Music With the Wrong Man," Any Day Now, 1998
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Promised Land, CBS, 1998
- Mrs. Springs, "Nobody's Child," JAG, CBS, 1999
- Bonnie Medina (breast cancer patient), "A Goy and His Dog," Chicago Hope, CBS, 1999
- Tanya, "Short Calendar," Judging Amy, CBS, 1999
- Tanya, "Near Death Experience," Judging Amy, CBS, 1999
- Tanya, "Spoil the Child," Judging Amy, CBS, 2000
- Tanya, "Zero to Sixty," Judging Amy, CBS, 2000
- Angela Patterson, "The Prince and the Poker," City of Angels, CBS,2000
- Angela Patterson, "Assume the Position," City of Angels, CBS, 2000
- Tanya, "The Out-of-Towners," Judging Amy, CBS, 2000
- Tanya, "Zero Tolerance," Judging Amy, CBS, 2000
- Also appeared in Alien Nation;
Doogie Howser, M.D.;
thirtysomething;
The Trials of Rosie O'Neill.
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Pilots
- Gwen Porter, "Pilot," The Pretender, NBC, 1996
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