Yvonne Hudson
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Yvonne Hudson is an American television actress who is best known for being the first African-American female
cast member
on Saturday Night Live
. She joined the cast as a featured player in the show's 1980-1981 season. (The first black female repertory player was Danitra Vance
.) She is also the third African-American to become an SNL cast member following Garrett Morris
and Eddie Murphy
. (Murphy joined one week before her.) Hudson first appeared on the show in 1978 as an uncredited extra
in many episodes.
Hudson rarely had a role of significance and was fired along with most of the cast at the end of the troubled season. However, she continued to appear occasionally in uncredited small roles until her final appearance on the show in 1984. She has not appeared in any television or film roles since.
Female
Female is the sex of an organism, or a part of an organism, which produces non-mobile ova .- Defining characteristics :The ova are defined as the larger gametes in a heterogamous reproduction system, while the smaller, usually motile gamete, the spermatozoon, is produced by the male...
cast member
Cast member
A cast member is:* An actor who performs in a theatrical production, motion picture, or television program. The actors who perform in the show are collectively referred to as the cast....
on Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live is a live American late-night television sketch comedy and variety show developed by Lorne Michaels and Dick Ebersol. The show premiered on NBC on October 11, 1975, under the original title of NBC's Saturday Night.The show's sketches often parody contemporary American culture...
. She joined the cast as a featured player in the show's 1980-1981 season. (The first black female repertory player was Danitra Vance
Danitra Vance
Danitra Vance was an American comedienne and actress best known as a cast member on the NBC sketch show Saturday Night Live during its eleventh season and for work in feature films like Sticky Fingers , Limit Up and Jumpin' at the Boneyard .-Career:Born in Chicago, Vance graduated from nearby...
.) She is also the third African-American to become an SNL cast member following Garrett Morris
Garrett Morris
Garrett Gonzalez Morris is an American comedian and actor from New Orleans. He was part of the original cast of the sketch comedy program Saturday Night Live, appearing from 1975 to 1980.-Early life and career:...
and Eddie Murphy
Eddie Murphy
Edward Regan "Eddie" Murphy is an American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, singer, director, and musician....
. (Murphy joined one week before her.) Hudson first appeared on the show in 1978 as an uncredited extra
Extra (actor)
A background actor or extra is a performer in a film, television show, stage, musical, opera or ballet production, who appears in a nonspeaking, nonsinging or nondancing capacity, usually in the background...
in many episodes.
Hudson rarely had a role of significance and was fired along with most of the cast at the end of the troubled season. However, she continued to appear occasionally in uncredited small roles until her final appearance on the show in 1984. She has not appeared in any television or film roles since.