"Deena Payne Diane Margaret ""Deena"" Payne (born 29 August 1954) is an English actress and former singer who is best known for playing Viv Hope in ITV's ""Emmerdale"". Payne was born in Orpington, Kent. She used to tour with ex-Animals keyboard player Alan Price as a backing singer and she was a member of the novelty girl band Cats U.K., who scored a UK top 30 hit with ""Luton Airport"" in October 1979. She was also one of the dancers in ""Rock Follies of '77"". Prior to ""Emmerdale"", Payne had acted in episodes of ""Tales of Sherwood Forest"" and ""The"
"Demetria McKinney Demetria Dyan McKinney (born August 27, 1979) is an American actress and singer. From 2006 to 2012 she starred in the TBS sitcom ""Tyler Perry's House of Payne"". Her other series regular roles include Tv One sitcom ""The Rickey Smiley Show"", Bounce TV prime time soap opera ""Saints & Sinners"" and Syfy horror drama ""Superstition"". Her stage credits include playing Coretta Scott King in the Rhythm and Blues Opera ""I Dream"" (2010), and well as role of Deena Jones in ""Dreamgirls"" (2012). In 2017, McKinney played Whitney Houston in the TV One film ""Bobbi Kristina"". She released her"
"debut album ""Officially Yours"". She received nomination for NAACP Image Award for Outstanding New Artist. In 2018, OWN's she is back to make a appear as a recurring characters in the episode ""A Surprise for the Paynes"", ""Revelations of Payne"" and ""A Confrontation of Payne"". along with Lance Gross, Allen Payne, Larramie ""Doc"" Shaw and China Anne McClain. McKinney faced homelessness at the age of 17, and has one child. Demetria McKinney Demetria Dyan McKinney (born August 27, 1979) is an American actress and singer. From 2006 to 2012 she starred in the TBS sitcom ""Tyler Perry's House of Payne""."
"she was cast as ""Pepper"" in the hit stage musical, ""Annie"", at London's Victoria Palace Theatre. A trained singer, she played the lead female, Sandy, in the stage musical ""Grease"", and she also sang with a rock group called ""The Young Uns"", which toured the country supporting stage acts such as Bobby Davro and Tom O'Connor. Between the ages of 13 and 17, Dean appeared in numerous television programmes, including: ""Love Story""; ""Tales Out Of School"";. the Matthew Kelly sitcom ""Relative Strangers""; ""Grange Hill"", playing a student named Lucinda Oliver; and the role of Dawn in the Channel 4 soap"
"It also had elements of slapstick. The storyline of the show is serialized, with many references to past episodes, creating a continuing story arc. With a total of 254 episodes, ""House of Payne"" aired more episodes than any other television series with a predominantly African American cast, surpassing ""The Jeffersons"" with 253 episodes, ""Family Matters"" with 215 episodes and ""The Cosby Show"" with 202 episodes. In 2017, the Oprah Winfrey Network ordered a spin-off series titled ""The Paynes,"" with 38 episodes and the original cast returning to reprise their roles. The series premiered on January 16, 2018. The sitcom ran"
"Perry's House of Payne"". With the success of the ""My Manny"" series – now in its third season – General Motors sponsored a new series, ""Gillian in Georgia"", which aired on TBS in the spring of 2010. The show stars Jill Marie Jones of ""Girlfriends"" fame and centers around a hip New Yorker who comes to the South to live with her sister’s family. The show airs during TBS’ popular sitcom ""Meet the Browns"". Unilever, too has gotten into the micro-series action. Singer Alicia Keys was selected by Dove and MTV to star in their ""real beauty"" micro-series called ""Fresh"
"Pauline Devaney Pauline Devaney (born 1937, Stoke-on-Trent) is a British actress, writer and artist, best known for her television writing in partnership with Edwin Apps. Devaney trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. She and Apps both began their careers as actors, but branched into screenwriting while between jobs, originally writing under the name ""John Wraith"", with ""All Gas and Gaiters"" (1966–71), the series that brought Derek Nimmo into the public eye. The book ‘All Gas and Gaiters: The Lost Episodes’, released in June 2015 by Durpey-Allen, () is the first of four in which all the scripts of"
"for her four seasons as a series regular on the #1 Cable Comedy Series & 6 time NAACP Best Comedy Series Winner, ""Tyler Perry's House of Payne,"" where she plays the character Dana the manicurist in the barber shop. Lawton has recently completed 9 films including her recent leading role in the Up Original Movie ""The Dempsey Sisters"" (in which she is also a co-producer) and Swirl Films & New Image Movie ""Frat Brothers"", which she also co-produced. Lawton immediately went straight to filming and completed her leading role in the Dramedy Movie entitled ""Jump"", where she held her own"
"member this season and Denise Burse leaves the show after the fourth episode ""Casa De Payne"". <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> Tyler Perry's House of Payne (season 5) The fifth season of the ""Tyler Perry's House of Payne"" began airing on December 3, 2008, and concluded on June 3, 2009. It stars Keshia Knight Pulliam as Miranda, Cassi Davis as Ella Payne, LaVan Davis as Curtis Payne, Allen Payne as CJ Payne, Lance Gross as Calvin Payne, Demetria McKinney as Janine Payne, and Larramie ""Doc"" Shaw as Malik Payne. This season consists of 26 episodes. All episodes of this season of House of Payne"
"""Girl with the Dragon Tattoo""; ""Dude, Where's My Car?"", ""Miss Castaway"", and ""Slayer"". She has starred in TV shows like ""Baywatch"", ""The Suite Life of Zack and Cody"", ""Heist"" and ""Joey"". Starting in 2007 she starred in the first two seasons of Tyler Perry's ""House of Payne"" as ""Angel,"" and in 2013 she was a lead in NBC's ""Siberia"". In 2013 she joined the cast of ""The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills"" for the fourth season. During her run on the show she was awarded with the ""Loveliest Locks"" award at Bravo's ""The Real Housewives Awards"". As a producer, Giraud"
"and ""A.N.T. Farm"", respectively) on Disney Channel and Disney XD. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> Tyler Perry's House of Payne (season 7) The seventh season of ""Tyler Perry's House of Payne"" began airing on March 30, 2011, and ended on June 15, 2011. It stars LaVan Davis as Curtis Payne, Cassi Davis as Ella Payne, Allen Payne as CJ Payne, Lance Gross as Calvin Payne, Demetria McKinney as Janine Payne and Keshia Knight Pulliam as Miranda Payne. Actress Denise Burse has been reduced to a recurring role this season. Larramie ""Doc"" Shaw and China Anne McClain are featured in a low minimum amount of"
"soap actress who has won three Soap Actress awards in one single year in 2002. She won these awards at the British Soap Awards, Inside Soap Awards, TV Quick and Choice Awards and at the National Television Awards, all held in 2002. She made her final appearance in ""EastEnders"" in May 2006. Ainsworth has also appeared in other TV productions such as the now defunct long-running ITV police drama ""The Bill"" and detective serial ""A Touch of Frost"". In 2005 it was rumoured that Ainsworth would be appearing in three episodes of the American television drama ""Desperate Housewives"", but this"
"when she was discovered by Tyler Perry. She debuted in the stage play ""I Can Do Bad All By Myself"". She went on to act in ""Meet the Browns"", ""Madea's Family Reunion"", ""Madea's Class Reunion"", ""Diary of a Mad Black Woman"" and ""What's Done in the Dark"". She has appeared on television shows including ""The Tonight Show"" with Jay Leno, BET Soundstage, the 1999 Grammy Awards, the Dove Awards, the United States of America World Olympics, ""Tyler Perry's House of Payne"", and Tyler Perry's ""Meet the Browns"", in which she portrays Mr. Brown's daughter. She has appeared in movies, including"
"number of episodes due to the shows that they also starred in (""Pair of Kings"" and ""A.N.T. Farm""). <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> Tyler Perry's House of Payne (season 8) The eighth and final season of ""Tyler Perry's House of Payne"" began airing on October 21, 2011 and ended, with the series finale, on August 10, 2012. It stars LaVan Davis as Curtis Payne, Cassi Davis as Ella Payne, Allen Payne as CJ Payne, Lance Gross as Calvin Payne, Demetria McKinney as Janine Payne, Keshia Knight Pulliam as Miranda Payne and who joins the cast as Floyd Jackson, and consists of 62 episodes. It"
"Paul Keane Paul Keane (born 19 November 1956) is an Australian actor well known for playing original character Des Clarke in the soap opera ""Neighbours"", opposite Elaine Smith who played his wife Daphne Clarke. Other TV credits include ""Bliss"" and ""Flight into Hell"". Keane was trained at the National Institute of Dramatic Art, graduating in 1983. After his long-time stint on ""Neighbours"", he quit acting in the 1990s and took up work in a pub. After struggling to cope with fame, Keane developed a drug addiction which he battled for ten years. In November 2014, it was announced that Keane"
"around the world, including television appearances on The Today Show, Italy's X-Factor, Germany's Wetten, dass..? and the Season 36 season premiere of ""Saturday Night Live"". During that time she also performed on the American version of ""Dancing With The Stars"" for rock band Daughtry during the performance of their song 'September'. Whilst pursuing her career, Payne also teaches and assists at various dance studios and conventions in and around America. In November, Payne performed a number of shows in Los Angeles with a girl group called Dance Recital. Payne co-starred with famous choreographer Laurieann Gibson on the E! docu-drama, ""The"
"decade of her career, she was seen, between 2000 and 2005, in the recurring character of Larry David's acerbic mother-in-law on his long-running HBO satirical comedy series, ""Curb Your Enthusiasm"". Julie Payne (actress, born 1946) Julie Kathleen Payne (born September 11, 1946) is an American television, film and stage actress who, in a career lasting over four decades, has specialized primarily in comedy roles as well as voice acting. She was a cast member in three short-lived network sitcoms during 1983–86, and appeared in about twenty feature films and over a hundred episodes of TV series as well as providing"
"Tyler Perry's House of Payne (season 6) The sixth season of the ""Tyler Perry's House of Payne"" began airing on November 4, 2009, and concluded on January 19, 2011. It stars LaVan Davis as Curtis Payne, Cassi Davis as Ella Payne, Allen Payne as CJ Payne, Lance Gross as Calvin Payne, Demetria McKinney as Janine Payne and Keshia Knight Pulliam as Miranda Payne. Larramie ""Doc"" Shaw, who play as Malik Payne, appears infrequently this season due to scheduling conflicts with two other shows he starred in, ""The Suite Life on Deck"" and ""Pair of Kings"". This season also features the"
"of Our Dinosaurs is Missing"" (1975) as Susan, a young nanny. She also appeared in an episode of ""Jason King"" and also ""The Adventurer"" with Gene Barry. She is best known for her role in the British television sitcom series ""Father, Dear Father"" (as Anna Glover) which ran from 1968 to 1973. Made by Thames Television, Patrick Cargill played her father, and Pyne also reprised her role in the 1973 film version. Her later appearances were mostly in television dramas such as ""The Bill"". Pyne has also been in many Radio 4 plays. In 2007, she made a guest appearance"
"have been aired on TBS since October 21, 2011 with season 8, and concluded the series with a total of 254 episodes. The show aired its final two episodes on August 10, 2012. On January 30, 2017, a spin-off follow-up series entitled ""The Paynes"" was ordered by Oprah Winfrey Network. It will follow Ella and Curtis Payne as they enjoy retirement in Florida only to get caught in a real estate deal that will turn their lives upside down. The series was greenlighted for 38 episodes and premiered in early 2018. ""House of Payne"" revolves around the Payne family who"
"debut album ""Officially Yours"" in 2017. McKinney starred as Janine Shelton–Payne on the TBS comedy series ""Tyler Perry's House of Payne"" from 2006 to 2012. She was nominated for a 2009 National Association for Multi-ethnicity in Communications (NAMIC) Vision Award for Best Performance in a Comedy, in recognition of her work on ""House of Payne"". She set to return for her in the ""House of Payne"" spin-off The Paynes in 2018. McKinney also guest starred on ""Necessary Roughness"", ""Drop Dead Diva"",""Devious Maids"", ""Chicago Med"", and ""Being Mary Jane"". She has been a guest star on ""The Real Housewives of Atlanta"""
"for her new dance competition and reality show ""Live to Dance"". CBS describes the series as broadcast television's first all-ages, all-genres dance series that is based on Sky 1's UK dance show ""Got to Dance"". The different acts will compete for a $500,000 prize in front of the panel of judges, and viewers will eventually get to vote for their favorite dancers during the semifinal and final rounds. ""Live to Dance"" kicks off with a two-hour special January 4 before moving to its regular hour-long slot Wednesdays, starting January 5. Payne also choreographed for Hong Kong singer, Andy Lau along"
"from the University of Cincinnati. Payne died February 9, 1977, at her home in Cincinnati. Virginia Payne Virginia Payne (December 7, 1909 - February 9, 1977 in Cincinnati, Ohio) was an American radio actress, best known for her 27-year role as the title character in the radio soap opera ""Ma Perkins"". In 1939-1940, she played Mrs. Kerry Carter on the radio soap opera ""The Carters of Elm Street"". She was in the soap opera ""Light of the World"", 1940-1950, on CBS and NBC and on ""Lonely Women"" on NBC in 1942. Noting the 25th anniversary of ""Ma Perkins"", ""Time"" described"
"claws into her great aunt's toyboy she has now fallen for a man who has found out he has cancer. Talk about setting herself up for a fall. Just like her mother."" Debbie Martin Deborah ""Debbie"" Martin is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera ""Neighbours"", played by Marnie Reece-Wilmore. She made her first screen appearance during the episode broadcast on 22 July 1985. Debbie was initially played by Mandy Storvik and later Katrina McEwan. Reece-Wilmore was cast in the role in 1992. Debbie remained in the show until late 1994 and returned in 1996 and left again on"
"Tris Payne Tris Payne (born 1969) is a television presenter, best known for appearances on ""Wish You Were Here...?"" and ""House Doctor"", as well as ""Real Rooms"" on BBC1, ""Hot Property"" on Channel 5, and ""This Morning"" on ITV. Payne was born in East Claydon, Buckinghamshire and began his TV career as a presenter and journalist on Television South West and Channel TV, Jersey. He was later picked up as a roving reporter on ""Wish You Were Here?"" for ITV. His move to the live Friday evening show ""Find a Fortune"" with Carol Vorderman was followed by BBC work as"
"is also an avid soccer fan who has played for many years. In 2008, Payne competed on Season 4 of the hit reality-dance show ""So You Think You Can Dance"". After being the youngest competitor selected to be a part of the Top 20 that year, the then 18-year-old contemporary/jazz dancer was paired up with hip-hop dancer Stephen 'tWitch' Boss. The duo, also known as ""Twitchington"", performed many memorable routines and were extremely popular with audiences. Having made the Top 10, Payne later toured the country that fall with her fellow season 4 ""IV REAL"" finalists. After the show she"
"her performance, and the play was also received favourably. In an interview with ""The Radio Times"" in 2015, she revealed that her grandmother had named her Jenna after the character of Jenna Wade played by Priscilla Beaulieu Presley in the 80s American TV drama series ""Dallas"". While auditioning for drama schools, Coleman landed the part of Jasmine Thomas in ""Emmerdale"" in 2005. At the British Soap Awards 2007, she was nominated for the ""Best Newcomer"" award, and at the National Television Awards 2006, she was nominated for the ""Most Popular Newcomer"" award. At the 2009 British Soap Awards, she was"
"Jeanine Mason Jeanine Marie Mason (born January 14, 1991) is an American actress and dancer. After winning the 5th season of the Fox television show ""So You Think You Can Dance"" and earning the title of America’s Favorite Dancer, her acting career began. She was last seen in ABC biblical drama ""Of Kings and Prophets"" opposite Ray Winstone and in the feature film Default opposite David Oyelowo. She has also appeared in TV series such as ABC Family’s ""Bunheads"", ""You’re the Worst"", ""Awkward"", TNT’s ""Major Crimes"", """", """" and Nickelodeon’s ""Big Time Rush"". Mason had a recurring role as Dr."
"""Lead Balloon"", Prudence in ""Keen Eddie"", Elle Kensington in ""Chasing Alice"", Angela Warren in ""Poirot"" (in the episode ""Five Little Pigs""), Princess Eleanor in ""The Palace"", Ghislaine in ""Robin Hood"", Alice Shadwell in ""Dalziel and Pascoe"", Ann Hamilton in ""Death in Paradise"", Jill in NBC's ""Hot in Cleveland"", Sharon Kirby in ""CSI Miami"" and Dorothy Gibson in ""Titanic"". Winkleman was nominated for Best Newcomer by the BBC for her performance as Clara Gold in ""Waking the Dead"". Winkleman made her debut on American television as the star of the NBC sitcom ""100 Questions"" as main character Charlotte Payne and as"
"butter, but it's not...it's Chiffon."" Dena Dietrich Dena Dietrich (born December 4, 1928) is an American actress. Born in Pittsburgh, her television credits include recurring roles on ""The Practice"" (a 1976-1977 sitcom starring Danny Thomas), ""The Ropers"", ""Life with Lucy"", ""Santa Barbara"", ""All My Children"" and ""Philly"". She made guest appearances on ""Emergency!"", ""Paul Sand in Friends and Lovers"", ""Life Goes On"", ""NYPD Blue"", ""Murphy Brown"", and ""The Golden Girls"" (as Dorothy's sister Gloria). She appeared in such films as ""The Wild Party"" (1975), Disney's ""The North Avenue Irregulars"" (1979) and the Mel Brooks film ""History of the World, Part"
"Dena Dietrich Dena Dietrich (born December 4, 1928) is an American actress. Born in Pittsburgh, her television credits include recurring roles on ""The Practice"" (a 1976-1977 sitcom starring Danny Thomas), ""The Ropers"", ""Life with Lucy"", ""Santa Barbara"", ""All My Children"" and ""Philly"". She made guest appearances on ""Emergency!"", ""Paul Sand in Friends and Lovers"", ""Life Goes On"", ""NYPD Blue"", ""Murphy Brown"", and ""The Golden Girls"" (as Dorothy's sister Gloria). She appeared in such films as ""The Wild Party"" (1975), Disney's ""The North Avenue Irregulars"" (1979) and the Mel Brooks film ""History of the World, Part I"" (1981). She appeared on"
"many television shows and films including Basketball Wives, ""The Walking Dead"", ""American Pie"", ""90210"", ""Beerfest"", ""Being Erica"", ""The Boat That Rocked"", ""Big Brother"", ""Broad City"" , """", the ""Ellen DeGeneres Show"", ""ER"", ""Family Guy"", ""Frasier"", ""Game of Thrones"", ""Girlfriends"",""Gossip Girl"", ""Greek"", ""Hell's Kitchen"", ""House of Cards"", ""How I Met Your Mother"", ""The L Word"", ""Lost"", ""Loving Annabelle"", ""The Lying Game"", ""Private Radio"", ""My Mad Fat Diary"", ""One Tree Hill"", ""Outsourced"", ""The Big Bang Theory"", """", ""Skins"", ""Survivor"", ""The Vampire Diaries"", ""Veronica Mars"", ""Awkward"", the Bollywood movie, ""Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani"", and in the 2014 horror film ""Unfriended"". In addition it"
"Curtis' nephew and he, his wife, Janine, and their two children, Malik and Jazmine, come to live in the Payne house after their house is destroyed in a fire. It is later discovered that Janine caused the fire and that she is addicted to drugs. C.J. and the kids adjust to living with Curtis and Ella, while C.J. tries to put his marriage back together and get some help for Janine. Curtis also tries dealing with all the people constantly in his house. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> The first two episodes premiered with 5.2 and 5.8 million viewers. The season's first 20 episodes"