Rose Weaver is an American actress, singer, director and writer in
Rhode Island. Weaver is described as a "major figure in Rhode Island
entertainment," and she is known for her role in the film Poetic
Justice.Weaver grew up in McDonough outside of Atlanta, Georgia. Her
family were sharecroppers. She was one of the first black people to
attend Joseph Emerson Brown High School, an all-white high school in
Atlanta, Georgia and participated in the Emory University Upward Bound
program in her youth.Weaver began singing in Boston and Rhode Island
clubs in the s. She graduated from Wheaton College in and was awarded
a three-year fellowship by Trinity Repertory in . She spent seasons
acting at Trinity, including roles as Silvia in Two Gentleman of
Verona, Dussie Mae in Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, and Billie Holiday in
Lady Sings the Blues. In , she returned to Trinity in for another
seasons, taking roles such as the Witch in Into the Woods and Billie
Holiday in Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill. In addition to her
time at Trinity, Weaver was the producer and host of the television
program "Sunday Sunday" on WJAR TV in the s.In she played Aunt Audrey
in the film Poetic Justice alongside Janet Jackson and Tupac Shakur.
Rhode Island. Weaver is described as a "major figure in Rhode Island
entertainment," and she is known for her role in the film Poetic
Justice.Weaver grew up in McDonough outside of Atlanta, Georgia. Her
family were sharecroppers. She was one of the first black people to
attend Joseph Emerson Brown High School, an all-white high school in
Atlanta, Georgia and participated in the Emory University Upward Bound
program in her youth.Weaver began singing in Boston and Rhode Island
clubs in the s. She graduated from Wheaton College in and was awarded
a three-year fellowship by Trinity Repertory in . She spent seasons
acting at Trinity, including roles as Silvia in Two Gentleman of
Verona, Dussie Mae in Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, and Billie Holiday in
Lady Sings the Blues. In , she returned to Trinity in for another
seasons, taking roles such as the Witch in Into the Woods and Billie
Holiday in Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill. In addition to her
time at Trinity, Weaver was the producer and host of the television
program "Sunday Sunday" on WJAR TV in the s.In she played Aunt Audrey
in the film Poetic Justice alongside Janet Jackson and Tupac Shakur.
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