Starletta DuPois
Actor
Biography
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
as Grandma Minnie 2025
Big Momma's House
as Miss Patterson 2000
Wolf
as Victim's Mother 1994
Death Wish
as Lady at Police Station (uncredited) 1974
Pee-wee's Big Adventure
as Sgt. Hunter 1985
Friday After Next
as Sister Sarah 2002
Ricochet
as Mrs. Styles 1991
First Sunday
2008
Waiting to Exhale
as Savannah's Mother 1995
The Thing Called Love
as Selma 1993
The Gambler
as Monique 1974
Hollywood Shuffle
as Bobby's Mother 1987
South Central
as Nurse Shelly 1992
3 Strikes
as Moms Douglas 2000
The Waterdance
as Florence 1992
True to the Game
as Gah-Git 2017