Ebony/Jet Showcase (1982) | Full Cast

Debra Crable

Self - Co-Host

Darryl Dennard

Self - Co-Host

Elliott Francis

Self - Co-Host

Greg Gumbel

Self - Co-Host

Sherri Paysinger

Self - Co-Host

Tom Joyner

Self - Host

Stephanie Mills

Self

Natalie Cole

Self

Gladys Knight

Self

Malcolm-Jamal Warner

Self

Denzel Washington

Self

Bill Cosby

Self

Redd Foxx

Self

Marla Gibbs

Self

Sammy Davis Jr.

Self

Jermaine Jackson

Self

Luther Vandross

Self

Tim Reid

Self

Ronnie DeVoe

Self

Michael Bivins

Self

Ricky Bell

Self

Patti LaBelle

Self

Smokey Robinson

Self

Freddie Jackson

Self

Quincy Jones

Self

Vanessa Williams

Self

Terry Lewis

Self

LL Cool J

Self

Johnny Gill

Self

Gerald Levert

Self

Spike Lee

Self

Michael Jordan

Self

CeCe Winans

Self

BeBe Winans

Self

Will Smith

Self

James Brown

Self

Barry White

Self

Louis Gossett Jr.

Self

Grace Jones

Self

Jayne Kennedy

Self

Kim Fields

Self

Aretha Franklin

Self

Richard Pryor

Self

Daphne Reid

Self

Gregory Hines

Self

Debbie Allen

Self

Clifton Davis

Self

Walter Payton

Self

Whitney Houston

Self

Whoopi Goldberg

Self

Frankie Beverly

Self

B.B. King

Self

Ralph E. Tresvant

Self

Oprah Winfrey

Self

Melba Moore

Self

Ruth Pointer

Self

June Pointer

Self

Anita Pointer

Self

Mario Van Peebles

Self

Sheryl Lee Ralph

Self

Robert Townsend

Self

Jody Watley

Self

The Winans

Themselves

Nancy Wilson

Self

Jimmy Jam

Self

Marc Gordon

Self

Sean Levert

Self

Jasmine Guy

Self

Kadeem Hardison

Self

Dawnn Lewis

Self

Blair Underwood

Self

Miki Howard

Self

Kool Moe Dee

Self

Sinbad

Self

Lionel Richie

Self

Gary Coleman

Self

Michael Jackson

Self

Roger E. Mosley

Self

Shari Belafonte

Self

Isabel Sanford

Self

Flip Wilson

Self

The 5th Dimension

Themselves

Maurice White

Self

Magic Johnson

Self

El DeBarge

Self

Joe Williams

Self

Little Richard

Self

Bill Overton

Self

Robert Guillaume

Self

Ray Charles

Self

Sheila E.

Self

Vanity

Self

Marlon Jackson

Self

Diahann Carroll

Self

Della Reese

Self

Kevin Hooks

Self

The Temptations

Themselves

The Four Tops

Themselves

Third World

Themselves

Alfonso Ribeiro

Self

Stevie Wonder

Self

Jennifer Holliday

Self

Jeffrey Osborne

Self

Debbi Morgan

Self

Anne-Marie Johnson

Self

Tina Turner

Self

Michael Winslow

Self

Esther Rolle

Self

Clarence Clemons

Self

Branford Marsalis

Self

Anita Baker

Self

Deniece Williams

Self

Linda Hopkins

Self

The Jets

Themselves

Jackée Harry

Self

Morris Day

Self

Ray Parker Jr.

Self

Teddy Pendergrass

Self

Billy Ocean

Self

Janet Jackson

Self

Dionne Warwick

Self

Phyllis Hyman

Self

The Whispers

Themselves

James Earl Jones

Self

Glynn Turman

Self

Donna Summer

Self

Kimberly Russell

Self

Don King

Self

Damon Wimbley

Self

Darren Robinson

Self

Mark Morales

Self

Najee

Self

Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam

Themselves

George Howard

Self

Paul Anthony

Self

Bowlegged Lou

Self

Nick Ashford

Self

Valerie Simpson

Self

B-Fine

Self

Mike Tyson

Self

Herbie Hancock

Self

Al Jarreau

Self

Whodini

Themselves

Avery Brooks

Self

Meshach Taylor

Self

Bo Jackson

Self

Tisha Campbell

Self

Anna Maria Horsford

Self

Richard Lawson

Self

Shanice

Self

Keith Sweat

Self

Danny Glover

Self

Olivia Brown

Self

Al B. Sure!

Self

Pebbles

Self

Keenen Ivory Wayans

Self

Marsha Warfield

Self

Earth Wind & Fire

Themselves

Paul Winfield

Self

Ruby Dee

Self

Kristoff St. John

Self

Bobby Brown

Self

Kenneth 'Babyface' Edmonds

Self

Mae C. Jemison

Self

L.A. Reid

Self

Regina Belle

Self

Holly Robinson Peete

Self

Christopher Reid

Self

Heavy D

Self

Christopher Martin

Self

Ronald Isley

Self

Karyn White

Self

Eddie Levert

Self

Take 6

Themselves

Pepa

Self

DJ Jazzy Jeff

Self

Hakeem Abdul-Samad

Self

Tracie Spencer

Self

Cheryl 'Salt' James

Self

Peabo Bryson

Self

The Boys

Themselves

Spinderella

Self

Tony! Toni! Toné!

Themselves

Bilal Abdul-Samad

Self

Vesta Williams

Self

Khiry Abdul-Samad

Self

Tajh Abdul-Samad

Self

Morgan Freeman

Self

Jackie Jackson

Self

Ice-T

Self

Cindy Herron

Self

M.C. Hammer

Self

Terry Ellis

Self

Dawn Robinson

Self

Maxine Jones

Self

Keith Mitchell

Self

Kevon Edmonds

Self

Melvin Edmonds

Self

Evander Holyfield

Self

Wesley Snipes

Self

Tevin Campbell

Self

Lisa 'Left Eye' Lopes

Self

Rozonda 'Chilli' Thomas

Self

Tionne 'T-Boz' Watkins

Self

Eddie Murphy

Self

Scatman Crothers

Self

Todd Bridges

Self

Harry Belafonte

Self

Marvin Gaye

Self

Merald Knight

Self

Glodean White

Self

Leslie Uggams

Self

Billy Dee Williams

Self

LeVar Burton

Self

Roxie Roker

Self

Marilyn McCoo

Self

Marc Copage

Self

Bill Withers

Self

George Kirby

Self

Billy Davis Jr.

Self

Charles 'Honi' Coles

Self

Kym Washington Longino

Self

Martha Wash

Self

Andraé Crouch

Self

Suzette Charles

Self

Izora Rhodes-Armstead

Self

Mary Jane Girls

Themselves

Dave Bing

Self

Sandra Crouch

Self

Richard Washington

Self

Debi Thomas

Self

Cicely Tyson

Self

Apollonia Kotero

Self

Clarence Williams III

Self

Fred Williamson

Self

Garrett Morris

Self

Richard Roundtree

Self

Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs

Self

Denise Nicholas

Self

Teddy Wilson

Self

Cab Calloway

Self

Ralph Carter

Self

Adolfo Quinones

Self

Melvin Van Peebles

Self

Michael Schultz

Self

Nina Simone

Self

Chubby Checker

Self

Rodney Allen Rippy

Self

Sugar Ray Leonard

Self

Darnell Williams

Self

Cissy Houston

Self

Mary Wilson

Self

Wynton Marsalis

Self

Stephanie Williams

Self

Martha Reeves

Self

Kool & The Gang

Themselves

Nathan Purdee

Self

Jermaine Stewart

Self

John Thompson

Self

DeLeon Richards

Self

Spud Webb

Self

William King

Self

Doris Pearson

Self

Edward Patten

Self

Denise Pearson

Self

Willy T. Ribbs

Self

Stedman Pearson

Self

Peg Leg Bates

Self

John Lewis

Self

Carla Dunlap

Self

Delroy Pearson

Self

Lorraine Pearson

Self

Milt Jackson

Self

William Guest

Self

Connie Kay

Self

Carl Strong

Self

Tramaine Hawkins

Self

Donna Marie Cheek

Self

Percy Heath

Self

Mother's Band

Themselves

Walter King

Self

Jim McGowan

Self

Eartha Kitt

Self

Kevin Peter Hall

Self

Keshia Knight Pulliam

Self

Philip Michael Thomas

Self

BernNadette Stanis

Self

Isaac Hayes

Self

Ted Lange

Self

Lonette McKee

Self

Alaina Reed-Hall

Self

Willie Tyler

Self

Julius Erving

Self

Dick Gregory

Self

Joseph Simmons

Self

Danitra Vance

Self

Philip Bailey

Self

Al Green

Self

Willie Brown

Self

Darryl McDaniels

Self

Johnnie L. Cochran Jr.

Self

Verónica Porche Ali

Self

Ben E. King

Self

Patrice Rushen

Self

Bobby McFerrin

Self

Katherine Jackson

Self

Jam Master Jay

Self

Clint Holmes

Self

Jerry Butler

Self

Anthony Gourdine

Self

Gregory Abbott

Self

Roy Ayers

Self

Jalil Hutchins

Self

Narada Michael Walden

Self

Donald Mills

Self

Atlantic Starr

Themselves

Klymaxx

Themselves

Lee Elder

Self

Bobbi Humphrey

Self

Stanley Jordan

Self

Dorothy Donegan

Self

John 'Ecstasy' Fletcher

Self

Frankie Gaye

Self

Colonel Abrams

Self

The Clark Sisters

Themselves

Loose Ends

Itself

Grandmaster Dee

Self

Meli'sa Morgan

Self

Bruce Heath

Self

John Mills

Self

George Clements

Self

Pam Grier

Self

Carl Weathers

Self

Phylicia Rashad

Self

Carl Lumbly

Self

Sherman Hemsley

Self

Ossie Davis

Self

Lena Horne

Self

Tempestt Bledsoe

Self

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Self

Vonetta McGee

Self

Paula Abdul

Self

Georg Stanford Brown

Self

Helen Martin

Self

Jester Hairston

Self

Lola Falana

Self

Sade

Self

Altovise Davis

Self

Harold Nicholas

Self

Tracy Chapman

Self

Nile Rodgers

Self

Otis Williams

Self

Brenda Russell

Self

George Benson

Self

Ed Bradley

Self

Fayard Nicholas

Self

KoKo Taylor

Self

Robert Cray

Self

Eddie Kendricks

Self

Douglas Turner Ward

Self

Alvin Ailey

Self

Millie Jackson

Self

Edwin Hawkins

Self

Living Colour

Themselves

Alexander O'Neal

Self

Katherine Dunham

Self

Walter Hawkins

Self

Bobby Bland

Self

Shirley Verrett

Self

Earl Klugh

Self

Dominique Wilkins

Self

Arthur Mitchell

Self

Deborah J. Crable

Self - Host

Kashif

Self

Zina Garrison

Self

Jonathan Butler

Self

Calvin Peete

Self

Doug Williams

Self

Gerald Wilkins

Self

Lori McNeil

Self

Forest Whitaker

Self

Cree Summer

Self

John Amos

Self

Michael Dorn

Self

Damon Wayans

Self

Charles Robinson

Self

Howard E. Rollins Jr.

Self

Sabrina Le Beauf

Self

Johnny Mathis

Self

Darryl M. Bell

Self

Taurean Blacque

Self

Joan Pringle

Self

Roz Ryan

Self

Downtown Julie Brown

Self

Barbara Montgomery

Self

Rain Pryor

Self

Ahmad Rashad

Self

Savion Glover

Self

James Ingram

Self

Ziggy Marley

Self

Ruth Brown

Self

Aaron Neville

Self

Roberta Flack

Self

Randy Jackson

Self

Patrick Ewing

Self

Mica Paris

Self

Siedah Garrett

Self

Ramsey Lewis

Self

Howard Hewett

Self

Tito Jackson

Self

Patti Austin

Self

Arthur Ashe

Self

Teddy Riley

Self

Cameo

Themselves

Isiah Thomas

Self

Carl Lewis

Self

Joe Sample

Self

Larry Blackmon

Self

Damion Hall

Self

Walter Williams Sr.

Self

Angela Winbush

Self

Angela Bofill

Self

Dianne Reeves

Self

Cherrelle

Self

Art Neville

Self

Guy

Themselves

Charles Neville

Self

Steel Pulse

Themselves

Surface

Themselves

Aaron Hall

Self

Cyril Neville

Self

Nathan Leftenant

Self

Tomi Jenkins

Self

Terri Lyne Carrington

Self

Sammy Strain

Self

Midnight Star

Themselves

Alfre Woodard

Self

Lisa Bonet

Self

Reginald VelJohnson

Self

Michael Boatman

Self

Telma Hopkins

Self

Dorian Harewood

Self

Tone Loc

Self

Joie Lee

Self

Maya Angelou

Self

George Clinton

Self

August Wilson

Self

Laura Carrington

Self

Jerome Benton

Self

Christopher Williams

Self

Chuck D

Self

J.T. Taylor

Self

Grover Washington Jr.

Self

Lionel Hampton

Self

Warren Moon

Self

Hakeem Olajuwon

Self

Omar Hakim

Self

Valerie Watson

Self

Jesse Johnson

Self

Evelyn King

Self

Debbye Turner

Self

Sybil

Self

Rodney Benford

Self

Jazzie B

Self

John Harreld

Self

Steve Russell

Self

The Boys Choir of Harlem

Themselves

Reggie Warren

Self

Troop

Themselves

Jay King

Self

Sharon Bryant

Self

Monte Moir

Self

The Time

Themselves

Allen McNeil

Self

Marjorie Vincent

Self

Stu Jackson

Self

Miles Jaye

Self

Louil Silas Jr.

Self

Art Shell

Self

David Peaston

Self

Queen Latifah

Self

Rosie Perez

Self

Tatyana Ali

Self

Joe Morton

Self

Raven-Symoné

Self

Bill Duke

Self

Don Franklin

Self

Phil Morris

Self

Karyn Parsons

Self

Lynn Whitfield

Self

Lenny Kravitz

Self

Janet Hubert

Self

Tommy Davidson

Self

Charnele Brown

Self

Jo Marie Payton

Self

Thomas Carter

Self

Hinton Battle

Self

Gordon Parks

Self

Big Daddy Kane

Self

Wanya Morris

Self

Shawn Stockman

Self

Dizzy Gillespie

Self

Nathan Morris

Self

Michael McCary

Self

Lalah Hathaway

Self

Michel'le

Self

Keith Washington

Self

Tony Dorsett

Self

Oleta Adams

Self

Will Downing

Self

Kathleen Battle

Self

Judith Jamison

Self

Andre Dawson

Self

Another Bad Creation

Themselves

Samuel L. Jackson

Self

Halle Berry

Self

Laurence Fishburne

Self

David Alan Grier

Self

Martin Lawrence

Self

Charles S. Dutton

Self

Mariah Carey

Self

Vanessa Bell Calloway

Self

Regina Taylor

Self

Arsenio Hall

Self

Reginald Hudlin

Self

Mark Curry

Self

Russell Simmons

Self

Freedom Williams

Self

Susan Fales-Hill

Self

Warrington Hudlin

Self

Kris Kross

Themselves

Karl Malone

Self

Lisa Fischer

Self

Danny Tartabull

Self

Jodeci

Themselves

Ce Ce Peniston

Self

Arrested Development

Themselves

Shabba Ranks

Self

Ernie Isley

Self

Benjamin Carson

Self

Chris Rock

Self

Morris Chestnut

Self

Victoria Rowell

Self

James Avery

Self

John Singleton

Self

Nell Carter

Self

Ella Joyce

Self

Kevin Clash

Self

Lou Myers

Self

Chanté Moore

Self

Anthony 'Treach' Criss

Self

Arnetia Walker

Nurse Annie Roland

Toni Braxton

Self

R. Kelly

Self

Neneh Cherry

Self

Salt-N-Pepa

Themselves

Vin Rock

Self

George Duke

Self

Gail Devers

Self

Clyde Drexler

Self

Jackie Joyner

Self

DJ Kay Gee

Self

Maxi Priest

Self

Prince Be

Self

D.J. Minute Mix

Self

John Lucas

Self

Carol Moseley Braun

Self

Sharon Nash

Self (1983)