Olivia Brown
Actor
Biography
Olivia Margarette Brown (born April 10, 1960) is an American actress.
Brown was born in Frankfurt, Germany and raised in Livonia, Michigan, United States. Her family eventually moved to California and she is also a graduate of Santa Monica High School. She played Det. Trudy Joplin on Miami Vice and Vanessa Hargraves on Designing Women. She also played a recurring character on 7th Heaven. She also played a recurring character on Moesha which she played Barbara Lee. She has also acted in several films, including Throw Momma from the Train, 48 Hrs., All Tied Up, and Streets of Fire.
She guest starred in an episode of Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman as a psychic named Starr
She was married to Mykelti Williamson for two years. Her brother is Steve Brown, who played for the Houston Oilers of the NFL during the late 1980s.
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Filmography
Throw Momma from the Train
as Ms. Gladstone 1987
Streets of Fire
as Addie 1984
Not Easily Broken
as Mrs. Reid 2009
Miami Vice: Brother's Keeper
as Det. Trudy Joplin 1984
Jackers
as Mama 2011
All Tied Up
as Tara 1994
Memories of Murder
as Brenda 1990
Our Dream Christmas
as Stephanie Carter 2017
Mr. P's Dancing Sushi Bar
as Natalie 1999
Blue Lightning
as Mattie 2023
Noxious
2018