Jennifer Holliday

Person · Open Library

Works

0

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Film & TV

Houston, Texas, USA

Jennifer Yvette Holliday is an American singer and actress. She started her career on Broadway in musicals such as Dreamgirls (1981–83), Your Arms Too Short to Box with God (1980–81) and later became a successful recording artist. She is best known for her debut single, the Dreamgirls number and rhythm-and-blues/pop hit, "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going", for which she won a Grammy in 1983.…

Known for

• Flower of the Dawn — Ava (voice)2025
• Broadway's Leading Ladies — Self2025
• The Road to Galena — Florrie2022
• The Sherri Shepherd Show — Self - Guest2022
• The Jennifer Hudson Show — Self2022
• Myths and Hymns — Soloist, "There's a Shout"2021
• The Masked Singer — Miss Teddy2019
• The Masked Singer — Miss Teddy (archive footage)2019
• RuPaul's Drag Race — Self - Special Guest2009
• American Idol — Self - Performer2002

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Country

US

Active from

1960-10-19

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

69,296

Total plays

463,243

Jennifer Holliday (born Jennifer-Yvette Holliday on October 19, 1960 in Riverside, Texas) is an American singer and actress. Her career started on Broadway in musicals, but eventually she became a successful recording artist. Her biggest hit to date is the R&B/Pop hit "And I'm Telling You I'm Not Going". Holliday landed her first big role on Broadway in 1980, when she landed her first notable role in the Broadway production of Your Arms Too Short To Box With God. <a href="https://www.last.fm/m

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Given name

Jennifer

Gender

female

Citizenship

United States

Place of birth

Houston

Occupation

voice actor

Languages spoken

English language

Native language

English language

Genre

house music

Instrument

voice

Image

Jennifer Holliday 6.27.2007.jpg

Work location

Atlanta

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