Denise Nicholas
Denise Donna Nicholas (born July 12, 1944) is an American actress, author, and social activist. Nicholas is known primarily for her roles as high-school guidance counselor Liz McIntyre on the ABC comedy-drama series Room 222 and Councilwoman Harriet DeLong on the NBC/CBS drama series In the Heat of the Night. Prior to her acting career, Nicholas was involved in the Civil Rights Movement during the 1960s.
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| Full name at birth | Donna Denise Nicholas
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| Claim to fame | her roles as high-school guidance counselor Liz McIntyre in the ABC comedy-drama television series Room 222 and Councilwoman Harriet DeLong in the NBC/CBS police procedural crime drama television series In the Heat of the Night
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| Date of birth | 18 July 1944
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| Place of birth | Detroit, Michigan, USA
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| Height | 5' 6" (168 cm)
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| Net worth | $3,000,000 USD
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![Denise Nicholas - Jet Magazine Cover [United States] (27 November 1969)](http://img3.bdbphotos.com/images/130x130/w/i/wip0drnjkdl2jldi.jpg?skj2io4l)
![Denise Nicholas, Lloyd Haynes - Jet Magazine Cover [United States] (8 October 1970)](http://img3.bdbphotos.com/images/130x130/d/d/ddwjf4i57o3zjoi.jpg?skj2io4l)
- Her first novel, Freshwater Road, was published by Agate Publishing in August, 2005.
- Graduated from the University of Michigan
- Born in Detroit,Michigan on July 12th, 1944.
- A founding member of The Free Southern Theater.
- Graduate of Milan High School, Class of 1961, Milan, Michigan
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