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Jennifer Holliday

ActorBorn 1960On stage 1981 to 20155 productions on this page

Jennifer Holliday
Greg Hernandez

Jennifer Yvette Holliday (born October 19, 1960) is an American singer and actress. She started her career on Broadway in musicals such as Your Arms Too Short to Box with God (1980–1981) and Dreamgirls (1981–1983), and later became a successful recording artist. She is best known for her debut single, the Dreamgirls number and rhythm-and-blues/pop hit, "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going", for which she won a Grammy Award in 1983. She also won a 1982 Tony Award for Dreamgirls.

On stage

5 productions, 34 years
1981
DreamgirlsBroadway Imperial Theatre. Original. Directed by Michael Bennett
1,521 performances
1994
GreaseBroadway Eugene O'Neill Theatre. Revival. Directed by Jeff Calhoun
1,505 performances
1996
Angela Lansbury - A CelebrationBroadway Majestic Theatre. Original. Directed by Diana Baffa-Brill
1 performance
1996
ChicagoBroadway Richard Rodgers Theatre. Revival. Directed by Walter Bobbie
9,999 performances
2015
The Color PurpleBroadway Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre. Revival. Directed by John Doyle
493 performances

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