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Spouse. Freda Morris (m. 1984 [1] –2018) Garrett Isaac Morris[2][3] (born February 1, 1937) is an American actor, comedian and singer. He was part of the original cast and was the first Black cast member of the sketch comedy program Saturday Night Live, appearing from 1975 to 1980. He also played Jimmy on The Jeffersons (1983–1984).
Original cast (left to right): Laraine Newman, John Belushi, Jane Curtin, Gilda Radner, Dan Aykroyd, Garrett Morris, and Chevy Chase. As of September 2024, the late-night live variety series Saturday Night Live (SNL) has featured 167 cast members. The ensemble was originally referred to as the Not Ready for Prime Time Players.
NBC’s ‘Saturday Night Live’ premiered on Oct. 11, 1975. See what the show’s inaugural cast has been up to since the historic debut season ... making him the first Black cast member on the ...
Original “Saturday Night Live” cast member Garrett Morris, whose characters included the fictional ex-New York Met Chico Escuela, said that being the first Black performer on the sketch comedy ...
The long-running American late-night sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live (SNL) first premiered on NBC on October 11, 1975, and its fiftieth and most recent season premiered on September 28, 2024. Created by Lorne Michaels, who is the original and current showrunner, its history has been shaped by its large and constantly-changing cast of ...
season 1. The first season of Saturday Night Live (then known as NBC's Saturday Night to avoid confusion with the similarly named variety show hosted by Howard Cosell), an American sketch comedy series, originally aired in the United States on NBC from October 11, 1975, to July 31, 1976. The show served as a vehicle that launched to stardom the ...
Danitra Vance. Danitra Vance (July 13, 1954 – August 21, 1994) was an American comedian and actress who was a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live (SNL) during its eleventh season in 1985. Raised in Chicago's South Side, Vance performed for The Second City, was an " Off-Broadway favorite," [1] and was the first Black ...
LaBelle, left, as Michaels in the film "Saturday Night" and the real Michaels, right, during an episode of "Saturday Night Live" in 1976. Hopper Stone/Sony Pictures Entertainment; NBCU Photo Bank ...