[2] Half Cherokee Indian, half African-American. Father: Richard Early (steelworker)
Mother: Nellie Mitchelle (d. 1949 aneurysm)
Husband: Vermont Taliaferro (factory worker, m. 1951, div. 1958)
Husband: Leroy Gray (accountant, m. 1959, div. 1961)
Husband: Mercer Ellington (son of Duke Ellington, m. 1961, div. 1961, annulled)
Husband: Franklin Thomas Lett (m. 12-Jan-1983, until her death)
Daughter: Delloreese Daniels Owens (d. 2002)
Son: James
Daughter: Dominique
University: Wayne State University (dropped out)
Hollywood Walk of Fame 7060 Hollywood Blvd.
Aneurysm during a taping of "The Tonight Show" (1980)
Cherokee Ancestry
Risk Factors: Diabetes
TELEVISION
Chico and the Man Della Rogers (1976-78)
Charlie & Co. Aunt Rachel (1986)
The Royal Family Victoria Royal (1991-92)
Touched by an Angel Tess (1994-2003)
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
Meant to Be (27-Dec-2012)
Christmas Angel (23-Oct-2012)
If I Had Known I Was a Genius (23-Jan-2007)
Beauty Shop (30-Mar-2005)
Dinosaur (13-May-2000) [VOICE]
Anya's Bell (31-Oct-1999)
The Secret Path (4-Apr-1999)
Miracle in the Woods (26-Oct-1997)
A Thin Line Between Love and Hate (3-Apr-1996) · Ma Wright
Harlem Nights (17-Nov-1989) · Vera
Nightmare in Badham County (5-Nov-1976)
Psychic Killer (1975)
The Voyage of the Yes (16-Jan-1973)
Let's Rock (Jun-1958) · Herself
AKA Delloreese Patricia Early