Hattie Winston
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Hattie Winston (born March 3, 1945) is an American television, film and Broadway actress best known for her role as Margaret, a headstrong nurse in the CBS sitcom Becker. She also portrayed a nurse in the series Nurse, starring Michael Learned. Additionally she appeared in the series Homefront.
Born and raised in Lexington, Mississippi, she started her career on Broadway. Winston was the star of the hit The Tap Dance Kid. She is also known on Broadway for her roles in the plays Two Gentlemen of Verona and The Me Nobody Knows. She was also a member of the Negro Acting Ensemble.
Winston rose to prominence during the mid-1970s as a member of the cast of the children's PBS series The Electric Company, which was produced by the Children's Television Workshop. Her most notable character on that series was Valerie the Librarian, who was best friends with Easy Reader (portrayed by Morgan Freeman). She also played many villainess roles versus Spider-Man on the Spidey Super Stories sketches, such as the Fox, the Thumper, the Queen Bee, and the Queen of Diamonds. Winston was with the show from 1973 to 1977.
She has also guest starred in Scrubs and Smart Guy.
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