
Livonia, Michigan, USA
Olivia Margarette Brown (born April 10, 1960) is an American actress. Brown was born in Frankfurt, Germany and raised in Livonia, Michigan, United States. Her family eventually moved to California and she is also a graduate of Santa Monica High School. She played Det. Trudy Joplin on Miami Vice and Vanessa Hargraves on Designing Women. She also played a recurring character on 7th Heaven. She also played a recurring character on Moesha which she played Barbara Lee. She has also acted in several films, including Throw Momma from the Train, 48 Hrs., All Tied Up, and Streets of Fire. She guest starred in an episode of Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman as a psychic named Starr She was married to Mykelti Williamson for two years. Her brother is Steve Brown, who played for the Houston Oilers of the NFL during the late 1980s. Description above from the Wikipedia article Olivia Brown, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


as Professor Langely
1990

as Trudy Joplin
1984

1981

as Star
1993

as Rhoda
1982

as Vanessa
1989

as Patricia Hamilton
1996

as Lola
1990

as Barbara Lee
1996

as Lucy
1994

as Vanessa Hargraves
1986

as Denise
1988
as Stephanie Carter
2017

as Mattie
2023

2018

as Stephanie Carter
2017

as Mama
2011

as Mrs. Reid
2009

as Natalie
1999

as Tara
1994

as Brenda
1990

as Det. Trudy Joplin
1989

as Ms. Gladstone
1987

as Det. Trudy Joplin
1984

as Addie
1984

as Candy
1982

as Ms. Creel
3 ep.

as Professor Langely
3 episodes

as Trudy Joplin
110 episodes

3 episodes

as Star
4 episodes

as Rhoda
1 episodes

as Vanessa
1 episodes

as Patricia Hamilton
9 episodes

as Lola
1 episodes

as Barbara Lee
4 episodes

as Lucy
1 episodes

as Vanessa Hargraves
5 episodes

as Denise
13 episodes

as Jewel
1 episodes

as Lucy
1 episodes
1 episodes

1 episodes