Mariann Aalda

Mariann Aalda (born May 7, 1948) is an American television, stage, film actress, performance artist, and stand-up comic.

Mariann Aalda
BornMay 7, 1948
United States
OccupationActress

Career

She is best known for her work in television as DiDi Bannister-Stoner on ABC's The Edge of Night[1] from 1981 until the show's cancellation in 1984. For many years before that she was a writer-performer with the sketch comedy troupe Off Center Theatre in New York.[2] Later, she appeared on the CBS show Guiding Light. She also had regular roles on the CBS sitcom The Royal Family, as the daughter of Redd Foxx and Della Reese,[3] and the HBO series 1st & Ten, as the wife of O.J. Simpson's character.

Aalda also achieved notoriety recurring on the CBS sitcom, Designing Women, as Anthony's yuppie-from-hell girlfriend, Lita Ford, and on the NBC soap opera Sunset Beach as the tragically disfigured Lena Hart. Additionally, she co-hosted the lifestyle show Designs for Living on the USA Network and was a reporter for the magazine show NOW! on WNBC in New York. Her numerous guest-star roles are mostly sitcom.

Aalda has also appeared in movies, co-starring in the urban cult film Class Act as rapper Kid's clueless mom, and as Coach Harrison in Nobody's Perfect. She was also a featured player in Beaches and Pretty Woman, directed by Garry Marshall.

Film and television credits
Film
Year Title Role Notes
1978 The Wiz Guest at Aunt Emma's Party
1988 Beaches Ticket Seller Alternative title: Forever Friends
1989 Nobody's Perfect Coach Harrison
1990 Pretty Woman Saleswoman
1992 Class Act Duncan's Mom
Television
Year Title Role Notes
1981–1984 The Edge of Night Didi Bannister Stoner Unknown episodes
1985 What's Happening Now!! Theresa 1 episode
1986 The Last Precinct Angela Beauchamp 1 episode
1986–1987 1st & Ten Ellen Unknown episodes
1988 Hooperman 1 episode
1989 Designing Women Lita Ford Episode: "The Girlfriend"
1990–1991 Guiding Light Grace Battles Unknown episodes
1991–1992 The Royal Family Elizabeth Royal Winston 15 episodes
1994 Models Inc. Janet Johnson 1 episode
1995 Family Matters Lois Episode: "Midterm Crisis"
1995 The O.J. Simpson Story Eunice Simpson Television movie
1996 Grace Under Fire Student 1 episode
1998 The Wayans Bros. Casting director Episode: "Help a Brother Out"
1998 Chicago Hope Woman Episode: "The Other Cheek"
1999 Sunset Beach Lena Hart 13 episodes
2000 Veronica's Closet Brian's Mother Episode: "Veronica Checks Out"
2003 The Parkers Hanna Foster Episode: "Join the Club"
2006 All of Us Muriel Episode: "He's Gotta Have It"

References
  1. "71-Year Old Black Actress Who Made Soap Opera History in the 1980's Refuses to Retire". Blacknews.com. January 23, 2020. Archived from the original on December 30, 2020. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
  2. Clodfelter, Tim. "Getting old is tough. Actress uses humor to talk about the ups and downs of aging". Winston-Salem Journal. Retrieved September 3, 2019.
  3. O'Connor, John J. (April 8, 1992). "Mom Adds a Daughter, and a Show Goes On". The New York Times. p. C 24. Retrieved December 30, 2020 – via ProQuest.
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