Emil Wilbekin (journalist and founder of Native Son, a collective and empowerment platform for Black gay/queer men): A Different World launched when I was a sophomore at Hampton University. Bowser: If I allow myself to feel slighted by the lack of recognition, it would be a very sad life. The theme song was sung by Phoebe Snow for season one, Aretha Franklin for seasons two through five, and Boyz II Men for season 6. Cookies help us deliver our Services. That was phenomenal. I felt a plantation mentality dictating to us for the first time, because there was no reason for that, other than we had a Black show and [Fox] had a Black show. Guillaume had played a seriously wide array of roles by the time he landed on "A Different World," after all. He was a good guy. And I purchased them from the show, but I never wore them because they werent me. The cause of death was cancer. Several characters disappeared from the show without explanation, including: Millie (Whitley's roommate in Season 1), Maggie Lauten (Denise and Jaleesa's roommate and friend in Season 1), Jaleesa Vinson-Taylor (Seasons 1-5), Leticia "Lettie" Bostic (Gilbert Hall's dorm director in Season 2), Ernest Bennett (Freddie's love interest in Season 3), He became more sophisticated throughout the years, and his look needed to reflect that. She didnt want to put on a suit, she didnt want to comb her hair. "I'm not good at playing stereotypes," she once remarked (via Jet), and so she didn't an enormously brave and difficult stance to take, even today. Alice was inducted into the American Theatre Hall of Fame in 2000, and she retired from acting in 2005. The audience decides what really lives with them, what really sticks with them.. My absolute favorite episode of my five and a half years with that show was the Gladys Knight episode where I got to be a Pip. It was just her, Dawnn, and Marisa, and I thought, This could use something. Guy: That year NBC changed our time slot and put us up against Martin. Bowser shares this over Zoom from her home office in Los Angeles as one of more than a dozen cast and crew talking about their days on A Different World. What do I have to lose? Thats when I came up with the accent for Whitley. And I love that episode so much because of the healthy, platonic relationship between Dwayne and Freddie. Ive been here ever since. I mean, I was fan kind of thrilled. 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He played Winters from 1991 to 2019, appearing in well over 1,800 episodes. She was seven years old and she didnt tell her parents. That is whack. As Dean Hughes appears in just four episodes of "A Different World," the character demanded an actor with serious presence. Kris Kross, En Vogue, and Josephine Premice (Fales-Hills mother) all guest starred in season six, along with Pinkett Smiths real-life friend, Tupac Shakur. Yvette Lee Bowser went on to show run Dear White People, the series, which was the first movie Id ever produced. Robert Guillaume may have only appeared on three episodes of "A Different World," but he holds the distinction of playing two different characters: Dean Winston and Professor Murphy. A Different World definitely should have been more lauded and acknowledged for its popularity and its contribution to society, but we were making a show for the people, not for the accolades. She was someone that I had known from New York. Apart from "Super Fly" and "A Different World," O'Neal's most notable screen roles were Colonel Ernesto Bella in 1984's "Red Dawn,"and Lt. Isadore Smalls on "The Equalizer." Fales-Hill: We were really a family, with all that that implies. CORRECTION: An earlier version of this story misidentified the season in which Ceci began working as A Different World's lead costume designer. The same people who casted the play were casting A Different World. She was a big fan of A Different World, and she said, Debbie, you gotta put me on the show, I want to be on the show. I was like, Patti, its done. I think it was Susan who said were going to make her Dwayne Waynes mama. Summer: I loved the date rape episode. I think Im in love with you. And I was like, What? 192 views, 0 likes, 2 loves, 13 comments, 1 shares, Facebook Watch Videos from First United Methodist Church of Allen: Roots and Fruits - Wk1 (Psalm. After Bonet's departure following Season 1, the connection between "A Different World"and "The Cosby Show" became more and more tenuous. She said, You guys are driving onto this lot and walking around like you own the place. Ill never forget it. What do you mean? And then I thought about it and I was like, Well, Im not messing with nobody [and] shes my bestie, why not? And then it just went on and on. I took notes, I took lunch orders, I ran errands, I babysat for peoples kids, I made posters; when Whitley ran for dorm monitor, thats my handwriting on the posters. During her time on "A Different World," Carroll received her own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Casting Rosalind Cash in the role provided Hughes with all the required credibility, and more. Bonet subsequently left A Different World but rejoined The Cosby Show after the birth of her daughter, Zo. Bell: Our show came on the air under Brandon Tartikoff [who left NBC in 1991]. Lisa Bonet (Denise Huxtable) Best known for her role as Denise Huxtable in The Cosby Show, which she reprised for a short time on this series, Bonet has continued to act in small roles throughout the last few decades. Main characters [ edit] Denise Huxtable Kendall [ edit] Though Carroll only appeared on nine episodes of "A Different World,"she elevated every single one. A Different World: Cast Members and Crew Tell the Oral History In 1987, one of television's most influential shows was born. Something told me to stop and go over, so I did. Look aroundyour director is Black, your writers are Black. We were devastated. I was devastated. Loretta Devine played dorm director Stevie Rallen. Singer, actor, dancer, and all-around legend Lena Horne appeared as herself on the appropriately named Season 6 episode "A Rock, A River, A Lena." On September 24, 1987, A Different World aired its wildly popular pilot, whose ratings surpassed every other program except The Cosby Show. We all grew up together. But unlike his namesake show, Cosby wasnt a key player on A Different World, and its orbit of the fictional Hillman College, an HBCU in Virginia, evades any shadow in memory, as enjoyable as ever in Amazon Prime syndication. Ill let the powers that betheyll live with that. We were building the plane as we were flying it, the TV vet says of her latest project, a musical comedy with songs by Kristen Anderson-Lopez andBobby Lopez. The cause of death was a pulmonary embolism. Lewis, Summer, Hardison, Guy, and Brown gather in a Radford Studios parking lot. You cant get there without melet me know how long I need to hang out.. If youre driving down the street, are there any posters for our show? Its not deep, its messy and crazy.. As The New York Times notes, Cash had amassed an impressive rsum on multiple fronts by the time she arrived on the show. I went in for Dwayne Wayne., I WANT TO BE SOMETHING TOTALLY DIFFERENT. Four years later in 1988, he returned to its universe as E.Z. Of course Sinbad, but Glynn Turman, Lou Myersjust a witty, savvy group of people. Another Season 6 guest star, Chris Kelly of '90s rap duo Kris Kross, died on May 1, 2013, at the age of 34 (via CNN). Turman: I know what comes with being young and famous and rich. I felt a responsibility to do that. Bell: One of my favorite nights was the night that Magic Johnson broke the all-time assist record. Bell: After the chemistry read I was like, What time are we heading home Kadeem? A Different World really altered the molecules in my soul and my destiny. Hereprised the role in the star-studded 1978 movie adaptation, sharing the screen with performers like Diana Ross(Dorothy), Michael Jackson (Scarecrow), and Richard Pryor (The Wiz). The 92-year old icon died on May 9, 2010 in New York City (per The New York Times). Bowser: I didnt leave the show to go to Hangin With Mr. Cooper, but having been there from the very beginning, I just felt like emotionally and creatively, it was time for me to go. When she came to do the guest episode, it was Liz Narvaez, the actress who played Vanessas best friend, she was the one that I felt was really cute. In The Matrix Revolutions, she played the Oracle and also played the role in the video game Enter the Matrix.. Among those actors were Patrick Malone, Pinkett Smith, Bumper Robinson, Ajai Sanders, and Karen Malina White. Guy: I felt like Lisa was diminished in her ability to look natural. Over the years audiences watched them struggle with schoolwork, form meaningful friendships, fall in and out of love, and grow from capricious teens to responsible young adults. I got the callback for A Different World so I had to leave my mom in London; the cast took care of her. The show was so important, and I didnt want to see things go the way they do with many shows and casts. Waithe: An episode that I dont think gets talked about enough is when [Jada Pinkett Smiths character] Lenas father comes back into her life. This list includes all of the A Different World main actors and actresses, so if they are an integral part of the show you'll find them below. It was never the same after that. Her birth year had been reported both as 1936 and 1941 in various sources. God knows my heart and how determined I am to make change in this world. Meg Ryan was initially cast as Maggie but decided to pursue her film career; Marisa Tomei took her place. Romantic relationships abounded on the show, to mixed reactions from the actors who were involved. Not long after the show first aired, a litany of guest stars began appearingsome of whom were already established, and others who were relatively unknown at the time and have since become famous actors and musicians. A shoulder we all stood on. But I understood Whitley, and I understood why she became what she was and the journey that she had to go on. Today, I begin my first real job as an intern writer with a new NBC sitcom. Thanks for contacting us. That was October of 1986. They were like, Thats a little too much attention on you, and its not your show.. Lewis and Bowser both left in season five. Mary Alice went on to get gigs in Manhattans East Village in the early 1960s and 70s. Hillman College was set in Virginia, so you couldnt tell any of us that it wasnt based on Hampton. Who needs more validation than that? Though she and Bell would become a couple four years laterand they remain together todaythere were no sparks during her guest spot. A cause of death was not given. A Different World Wiki 208 Explore A Different World Characters Episodes in: Characters, Class of 1991, Students Whitley Gilbert Edit Whitley Gilbert Wayne Jasmine Guy as Whitley Character Information Middle Name: Marion Gender: Female Age: 54 Born: February 28, 1969 Occupation/ Career: Housewife Substitute Teacher Waitress Clockwise from bottom left: Carsey-Werner Co/Everett Collection; Courtesy of Darryl Bell; Carsey-Werner Co./Everett Collection; CARSEY-WERNER CO./NBC/ ALAMY; NBC/Everett Collection. Lewis: [The creators] wanted to go in a different direction culturally, which meant Marisa was also gone. Bowser: We were on our grind, doing our due diligence to make sure that we could bring as many authentic elements to the show as possible going forward. Ian McLagan, a fun-loving keyboardist who played on records by such artists as the Rolling Stones, Lucinda Williams, Bruce Springsteen and his own bands -- the Small Faces and its successor, the. I made that choice. Fales-Hill: It was bittersweet. Turman: Heres how influential Colonel Taylor was. ". He leaves through Whitleys window and rumors start. A First Look at Leonardo DiCaprio in Killers of the Flower Moon 15 Summer Movies Worth Returning to Theaters For Why Evan Peters Needed a Hug After His Big Mare of Easttown Scene Shadow and Bone Creators Break Down Those Big Book Changes The Particular Bravery of Elliot Pages Oprah Interview Inside the Collapse of the Golden Globes Watch Justin Theroux Break Down His Career For the Love of Real Housewives: An Obsession That Never Quits From the Archive: The Skys the Limit for Leonardo DiCaprio Not a subscriber? Wardrobe was my room. Bell: If you watched the last episode, when Whitley and Dwayne are getting ready to walk out of frame, Debbie ends the shot on my face. I have nothing for you out here. I showed him some stories that Id written and he chuckled a little bit. Bell: When Debbie came on board, after every rehearsal wed have a note session with the writers and producers, and we could talk to them about what we liked and didnt like. Rest Easy, fellow Tony winner Colman Domingo wrote on Twitter, and Oscar-winning actress Viola Davis proclaimed her one of the greatest actresses of all time in a tweet. Whitley reminded me of a lot of the women that I grew up with in Cincinnati and in Jack and Jill, and women who attended Hampton. Brooks on "A Different World." From left: Photo by Don Cadette/ mptvimages.com; Everett Collection; Photo by NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal/Getty Images. In 1987, one of televisions most influential shows was born. I was fascinated. Legendary rapper Tupac Shakur played Lena's old boyfriend Piccolo on the Season 6 episode "Homey, Don't Ya Know Me?" Born Mary Alice Smith in Indianola, Miss., she pursued acting at a very early age, starting her stage career in her hometown. It was like seeing the experience that I was living and going through on television. Then Kadeem and I bought courtside seats. He is known for portraying Warrick Brown on the television series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Shazza Zulu on the television series A Different World and Mickey Monroe in crime thriller Righteous Villains. She was singing, I was dancing. We cast her as somebodys girlfriend and it was a one-shot deal. And we had to put hot sauce on the tables. That was an episode that dealt with colorism, and I remember after our first table reading we had a two-hour conversation because everyone had their own story of being otherized because of the color of their skin, whether it was considered too light or too dark or whatever. WHAT DO I HAVE TO LOSE? The sitcom originally starred Lisa Bonet, already known to the world as Denise Huxtable. I will! We kept going with the scene and Debbie said, Got it. The seminal Cosby Show spinoff was developed by Bill Cosbyan indelible fact. He died on Feb. 19, 2013 at Charleston, N.C. Medical Center in West Virginia after experiencing a heart-related emergency and falling into a coma. That was it. Amazingly enough, Benson wasn't even Guillaume's last iconic role. We were writing these characters in their formative years who were growing up and maturing and becoming the young adults they were going to be. The audition took place in an office packed with writers, producers, and NBC executives. Its all in the middle of the wedding. A Different World Actors You May Not Know Passed Away. Something about it being on at 8:30 p.m. and everybody in the world watching, it messed with my stomach. It aired on NBC for six seasons, from 1987 to 1993. 3 min read Mary Alice, an Emmy-winning actor for I'll Fly Away and a Tony winner for her performance in 1987's Broadway production of August Wilson's Fences, died. *, Fales-Hill: Originally, we had written it in a much more staid way, and everyone had a civilized, polite conversation about Whitley and Byron not working out. Wilbekin: Dwayne Wayne really reminded me of so many of my friends at Hampton. Stop it right now. There was an episode where the youngsters moved into a spot where Billy Dee Williams was our landlord, and that was serving as an in-season pilot, which I thought would have been a really, really dope show. We had to look at each other one day and say, Wait a minute, what is happening here? We did everything we could to sabotage it. . Guy: I remember backstage on the lot there was an alley that [led] to the sidewalk. didnt have a studio audience.. You need to really honor that.. It was a battle that I had to wage and ultimately we won. She won a Tony. Today, Hillman Grad is the name of her production company. To have that kind of attention on you at 20-something years of age, it was different. Clockwise from left: Guy, Bell, and Allen in makeup; Hardison, Guy, and Summer behind the scenes; clockwise from left, Bell, Lou Myers, Summer, Glynn Turman, Charnele Brown, Lewis, Hardison, Sinbad, and Guy; Bonet wraps Lewis in a hug. When we got the call for the audition, it was a huge deal. Allen: One of the first things I did was take everybodys fake nails and hair weaves off to make them a little more natural. All rights reserved. In a move he now regretsand one he admits was influenced by wanting to be known not just as Dwayne Wayne but as an actorhe donated them to a charity auction; what charity, he cant recall. And the network decided that every time they wanted to have a new show, they were going to test it in our time slot. Robinson: We actually had a spinoff in place. That to me encapsulates the best of that time. In this installment, she visits Hillman and befriends Mr. Gaines. Bell: I cant tell you how many parties Debbie hosted with all of us there. Debbie Allen (director and executive producer): My sister [Phylicia Rashad] was a guest on A Different World, and she observed some problems behind the scenes in terms of the storytelling. Hardison: I loved that Dwyane was smart and I love that he was from Brooklyn. Moving on. One take. Im so excited I cant sleep. He would be in my room every night playing video games. But Im still good. I dont look for those accolades. Sadly, some of these stars have passed away in the intervening years. Brown and Knight had both . Adult film actors, Prince Yahshua & Aryanna Starr LOAD COMMENTS We were having a read-through at my home when it was announced that Magic Johnson had HIV. By season six, Freddie, Dwayne, Kimberly, Ron, and Whitley had all graduated from Hillman, and a new group of students joined the cast in main and recurring roles. During one scene in particular, he was struggling. An autopsy determined the cause of death to be hypertrophic heart failure (viaUSA Today). Lewis: We kept parts of the episodes that we had already shot and then shot new scenes that had got melded in so that the whole cast would appear from the very first episode. So in that sixth year, we werent even on every week. In the shows second season, Ceci was tapped as the lead costume designer. Born in Indianola, Mississippi, she got into acting in her community at a young age, but briefly took a break from the business to be an elementary school teacher in Chicago. A borderline misanthropic older guy whose confrontational demeanor hides a complex soul, Mr. Gaines would have been a tough character for many actors to pull off. She had auditioned for the role of Jaleesa during the first round of casting and was called back when the show decided to add more characters. You cant go. I was like, Yeah, but I really want to make this move. There were two weeks left in pilot season and they said, If you come back with another contract, well let you go. I dont think they expected me to actually come back with a contract, because again, there were only two weeks left of pilot season. Costume department polaroids of cast members Cree Summer, Darryl Bell, and costume designer Ceci (in a Hillman cheerleading uniform). Great. Within 10 days I had booked the costar spot and written the theme song. 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