Tonea Stewart

Tonea Stewart
Born	(1947-02-03) February 3, 1947[1] Greenwood, Mississippi, U.S.
Other names	Tommie Stewart
Alma mater	Jackson State University Florida State University
Occupation	Actress/Professor
Years active	1976–present
Employer	Alabama State University
Television	In the Heat of the Night
Parents	Hattie Juanita and Thomas Harris [1]

Tonea Stewart (born February 3, 1947) is an United States actress and university professor best known for her role as Aunt Etta on the television series In the Heat of the Night.

Stewart was born in Greenwood, Mississippi, the daughter of Hattie Juanita and Thomas Harris.^[1] She has appeared in numerous TV shows and movies. Stewart taught at Jackson State University for 20 years — where she was crowned Ms. JSU 1969 — in Jackson, Mississippi. She earned her PhD. from Florida State University in 1989 and taught Speech at Alabama State University. Stewart is currently the dean of the College of Visual and Performing Arts at Alabama State University. She narrated the acclaimed Remembering Slavery radio program. Stewart is a member of Zeta Phi Beta sorority and has four adult children: Jannice, Allen Jr., Alesha, and Thomas.

Filmography

Television

Guest Starring Roles

• Walker, Texas Ranger "Rise to the Occasion" (1999) as Principal Rivers
• Walker, Texas Ranger "The Trial of LaRue" (1997) as Judge Loretta Paxton
• Memphis Beat "I Want to be Free" as Miss Angelina
• Matlock "The Juror" (1993) as Henrietta Dorsey

Starring Roles

• In the Heat of the Night (1988) as Aunt Etta

Film

• Mississippi Damned (2009) as Alice
• A Time to Kill (1996) as Gwen Hailey
• Mississippi Burning (1988) as Mrs. Walker
• I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1979) as Lillie (credited as Tommie Stewart)
• Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (1978) as Mrs. Avery (credited as Tommie Stewart)
• Nightmare in Badham County (1976) – Alma (credited as Tommie Stewart)

References

External links

• Tonea Stewart at the Internet Movie Database

Persondata
Name	Stewart, Tonea
Alternative names
Short description	American actor
Date of birth	February 3, 1947
Place of birth	Greenwood, Mississippi, U.S.
Date of death
Place of death