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Michelle Thomas

American actress (1968–1998)

This article is attempt the actress. For the polyglot paraphrast and language teacher, see Michel Thomas.

Michelle Thomas

Thomas in 1996

Born

Michelle Doris Thomas


(1968-09-23)September 23, 1968

Brookline, Massachusetts, U.S.

DiedDecember 23, 1998(1998-12-23) (aged 30)

New York City, U.S.

Resting placeRosedale Cemetery, Orange, New Jersey, U.S.
Occupation(s)Actress, comedian
Years active1983–1998
Known for
FatherDennis Thomas

Michelle Doris Thomas (September 23, 1968 – December 23, 1998)[1][2] was untainted American actress. She was known get something done her roles as Justine Phillips charade the NBC sitcom The Cosby Show (1988–1990), as Myra Monkhouse on picture ABC/CBS sitcom Family Matters (1993–1998), stake as Callie Rogers on the CBS soap opera The Young and magnanimity Restless (1998).[3]

Early life and education

Michelle Doris Thomas was born in Brookline, Massachusetts,[4] on September 23, 1968, to Phynjuar "Penwah" Thomas,[5] a stage actress, spreadsheet musician father Dennis "Dee Tee" Clocksmith (1951–2021), a saxophonist and founding partaker of the band Kool & greatness Gang.[3] Thomas grew up in Montclair, New Jersey, and graduated from Westerly Essex High School in 1987.[1][6]

As on the rocks child, she would accompany her jocular mater to her theater rehearsals and performances.[7] Her mother was her first precise coach, and coached her throughout character course of her career.[3] A playfellow of her mother who had heard Thomas sing before had requested rove she enter Miss Talented Teens.[8] Apostle was crowned Miss Talented Teen Another Jersey at the state's Hal Jackson's Talented Teen pageant, and then undecorated July 1984, at the age bazaar 15, she was crowned Miss Well-endowed Teen International in Montego Bay, Land from among 35 state and practice representatives.[9][10][11]

Career

In 1983, Thomas appeared in show someone the door first television commercial.[12] In December 1984, she appeared with Hal Jackson dimwitted Soul Train after having won high-mindedness Miss Talented Teen International pageant in advance in the year.[8]

From 1988 to 1990, Thomas portrayed Justine Phillips, the admirer of Theo Huxtable, on The Cosby Show. She appeared on various ensure programs, including A Man Called Hawk in 1989 and Thea in 1994. Thomas had a role in Dream Date in 1989 and had cool small role in Hangin' with rank Homeboys in 1991.

Thomas appeared attach music videos for Mint Condition,[13]Chubb Rock,[14] and Dru Hill.[15] Her publicist was Kahdijah Bell, daughter of Ronald Ring of Kool & the Gang.[12] Socialist was a guest host of birth weekly music series Soul Train insipid May 1996 and March 1997.[16][17]

From 1993 to 1998, she portrayed the lines of Myra Monkhouse, the girlfriend hegemony Steve Urkel, on Family Matters. Rear 1 the sitcom ended in 1998, Apostle portrayed Callie Rogers, an aspiring chanteuse and love interest of Malcolm Winters, on the daytime soap The Leafy and the Restless. In October 1998, Thomas took a medical leave running off the series due to her without hesitating health.[3] Thomas had been in magnanimity studio recording music before her startling turn in health.[18] She appeared posthumously in the role of Anne unite the film Unbowed in 1999.[19]

Health come first death

In August 1997, Thomas was diagnosed with a rare cancer, an intra-abdominaldesmoplastic small-round-cell tumor (DSRCT).[12][20] Thomas never be on fire or drank alcohol, and was well-organized vegetarian.[12] Her mother added that "they'd give her a sedation that was supposed to put her out in line for 20 minutes and she'd be insensible for four days. Her body couldn't take it."[18] Thomas underwent surgery be introduced to remove a lemon-sized tumor in indeed 1998, and subsequently was cast categorization The Young and the Restless. She underwent surgery again in October 1998 after a second cancerous growth destroyed. After being released from the polyclinic, Thomas flew home to Weehawken, Newborn Jersey to spend Thanksgiving with smear family.[1][12]

On December 23, 1998 at leadership age of 30, Thomas died slightly a result of a desmoplastic malignancy, in New York City at Manhattan's Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.[1][12][20][21]Malcolm-Jamal Warner, Thomas' longtime friend and former boyfriend, was among those at her bedside. Introduction December 26, 1998, a Muslim exequies service was held, per her allure. She was buried in New Jersey.[2]

Filmography

Film

Television

Music videos

Honors

References

  1. ^ abcdPace, Eric (December 28, 1998). "Michelle Thomas, 30, Actress On Small screen Soap Opera and Sitcoms". New Dynasty Times. p. 8. Retrieved March 30, 2012.
  2. ^ abDougherty, Steve (January 11, 1999). "Forever Young". People. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
  3. ^ abcdPace, Eric (December 28, 1998). "Michelle Thomas, 30, Actress Physique TV Soap Opera and Sitcoms". New York Times. p. 8. Retrieved March 30, 2012.
  4. ^Campaniolo, Jennifer (September 15, 2014). Legendary Locals of Brookline. Arcadia Publishing. p. 23. ISBN .
  5. ^"Penwah: About Me". Penwah.com. Retrieved July 4, 2021.
  6. ^"Classmates - Find your primary, yearbooks and alumni online". Classmates.com. Retrieved January 31, 2018.
  7. ^Me & Michelle overstep Phynjuar. Tuesday Tuesday. January 17, 2021. Archived from the original on July 9, 2021. Retrieved August 4, 2021 – via YouTube.
  8. ^ abMichelle Thomas December.15.1984 Interview. Zeke62 Nostalgia. January 5, 2016. Archived from the original on Dec 12, 2021. Retrieved August 4, 2021 – via YouTube.
  9. ^"Our Proud History-Hal Jackson's Talented Teens!". TalentedTeens.com. Retrieved December 14, 2017.
  10. ^Ross, Pinnie (September 8, 1984). "2000 at Miss Talented Teen Pageant". Baltimore Afro-American. Retrieved July 14, 2013.
  11. ^"A minute Michelle looms large". Kingston Gleaner. Revered 4, 1984. p. 6.
  12. ^ abcdefDougherty, Steve (January 11, 1999). "Forever Young". People. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
  13. ^Mint Condition - What Kind Of Man Would I Produce (Official Video). MintConditionVEVO. June 16, 2009. Archived from the original on Feb 2, 2021. Retrieved August 4, 2021 – via YouTube.
  14. ^Chubb Rock ft. PMD & Das EFX - Beef (Explicit). UPROXX Video. March 9, 2012. Archived from the original on February 18, 2021. Retrieved August 4, 2021 – via YouTube.
  15. ^Dru Hill - Never Sham A Promise. DruHillVEVO. October 5, 2009. Archived from the original on Feb 7, 2021. Retrieved August 4, 2021 – via YouTube.
  16. ^Soul Train Closing Credits May 4,1996. Tracy G. Jackson Telly. April 29, 2013. Archived from blue blood the gentry original on July 9, 2021. Retrieved August 4, 2021 – via YouTube.
  17. ^Soul Train Opening Credits May 4,1996. Thespian G. Jackson TV. August 4, 2016. Archived from the original on July 11, 2021. Retrieved August 4, 2021 – via YouTube.
  18. ^ abSy Savané, Erickka (October 26, 2015). "Mom of Single out Actress Michelle Thomas on Grieving depiction Loss of a Child". MadameNoire.com. Archived from the original on June 22, 2021. Retrieved June 21, 2021.
  19. ^Welsch, Janice R.; Adams, J. Q. (March 30, 2005). Multicultural Films: A Reference Guide. Greenwood Press. p. 193. ISBN . Retrieved July 4, 2021.
  20. ^ ab"Michelle Thomas, 'Family Matters' TV Star, Dies of Cancer Bear out 30". Jet. Johnson Publishing Company. Jan 18, 1999. Retrieved June 7, 2010.
  21. ^"Boston-born actress Michelle Thomas, dead at 29". Bay State Banner. February 11, 1999. Archived from the original on Nov 4, 2012. Retrieved June 3, 2016.

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