
Sacramento, California, USA
Bebe Drake (born Beatrice Drake) is an American actress. Drake is one of four children born to Beatrice Lillian Hayes, a teacher, social worker and community activist, and Carl Everett Drake, a postal worker who later became the first African American practicing psychiatrist in Sacramento. She attended C. K. McClatchy High School, Sacramento City College, and California State University, Sacramento. Drake made her Broadway debut in the 1975 Leslie Lee's play The First Breeze of Summer and the following year appeared in Great Performances production. She later was regular cast member on the two short-lived sitcoms: Snip (1976) and Sanford Arms (1977). During her career, Drake appeared in more than 70 films and television series. She made her big screen debut in 1975 appearing in films Report to the Commissioner and Friday Foster, and in 1977 had supporting role opposite Richard Pryor in the comedy film Which Way Is Up?. In 1979 she co-starred in the miniseries Backstairs at the White House and the made-for-television movie The Cracker Factory. She made guest-starring appearances on television series such as Good Times, Welcome Back, Kotter, The Love Boat, The Jeffersons, Highway to Heaven, Thirtysomething, L.A. Law, The Jamie Foxx Show, The Steve Harvey Show, The Parent 'Hood and The Bernie Mac Show. Drake appeared in films such as The Last Married Couple in America (1980), Xanadu (1980), Oh, God! Book II (1980), First Monday in October (1981), Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling (1986), Alien Nation (1988), House Party (1990), Across the Tracks (1991), Boomerang (1992), Jason's Lyric (1994), Space Jam (1996), How to Be a Player (1997), Anywhere But Here (1999), Leprechaun in the Hood (2000), Friday After Next (2002), Wild Hogs (2007) and Influence (2020). Drake appeared in the 1980 made-for-television drama Scared Straight! Another Story, the 1987 thriller Billionaire Boys Club, and the 1989 miniseries The Women of Brewster Place. She was regular cast member in the 1990 short-lived sitcom New Attitude. From 1989 to 1993 she had recurring role on A Different World playing Velma Gaines and later had recurring roles on Martin and Another Period playing Harriet Tubman.

as Maureen Wilson

as Mrs. Cory
1977

as Gloria Townes
1971

as Maureen Wilson
1986

1984

as Emily Corbin
1984

as Velma Gaines
1987

as Myra
1992

as Mama Lena
2001

1975

as Mrs. Hartnabrig
1996

1987

as Betty
1996
2012

as Ms. Addis
2021

as Cathy Kirby
2020

2012

as Ms. Rudolf
2012

as Mother-in-Law
2007

as Mrs. Brown
2006

as Ettu
2006

2003

as Mrs. Pearly
2002
as Geneva
2001

as Post's Mother
2000

as Mama Jackson
1997

as Jordan Housekeeper
1996

as Ms. Murphy
1994

as Nurse
1993

as Barfly (voice)
1992

as Mrs. Jackson
1992

as Mrs. Fischer (as Be Be Drake-Massey)
1991

as Winnie (as Bebe Drake-Massey)
1990

as Mrs. Strickland
1990

as Cleo
1989

as Postal Clerk (as Bebe Drake-Massey)
1988

as Angry Prostitute (as Bebe Drake-Massey)
1986

as Female Jail Guard
1982
as Maureen Wilson
1 ep.

as Mrs. Cory
1 episodes

as Gloria Townes
1 episodes

as Maureen Wilson
1 episodes

1 episodes

as Emily Corbin
1 episodes

as Velma Gaines
7 episodes

as Myra
3 episodes

as Mama Lena
1 episodes

1 episodes

as Mrs. Hartnabrig
1 episodes

1 episodes

as Betty
1 episodes

1 episodes

3 episodes

as Ms. James
1 episodes

as Mary Darnell (voice)
2 episodes

1 episodes

as Harriet Tubman
2 episodes

as Mary Darnell (voice)
1 episodes

1 episodes

1 episodes

as Bebe
8 episodes

as Cleo
2 episodes

as Jeannie
8 episodes