Telma Hopkins

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Telma Hopkins (born October 28, 1948) is an American singer and television actress. She was born in Louisville, Kentucky.

She started her career as one of the members in the 1970s pop group Tony Orlando and Dawn. Hopkins segued into television in the 1980s, with parts on Bosom Buddies and Gimme a Break!

In 1989, she was introduced to another generation as restaurant owner Rachel Crawford on the sitcom Family Matters. She played the role until 1993, when she was given her own show, Getting By. After Getting By was canceled, Hopkins returned to Family Matters as a semi-regular character until 1997. From 2002-2006, she was featured on the UPN sitcom Half & Half as Phyllis Thorne, the mother of Mona Thorne (Rachel True). Hopkins has also appeared in feature films such as The Wood.

She is currently engaged to actor Rif Hutton.

[edit] Trivia

• She is the woman who yells "Shut your mouth!" after Isaac Hayes says, "That cat Shaft is a baaaad mother…" in the theme song to Shaft.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] External links

• Telma Hopkins at the Internet Movie Database
• http://www.kellie.de/telmahopkins.htm
• http://www.classicbands.com/dawn.html