Patti LaBelle
Patti LaBelle
Biography
Patricia Louise Holte (born May 24, 1944), known professionally as Patti LaBelle, is an American R&B singer and actress. She has been referred to as the "Godmother of Soul". In a career which has spanned seven decades, LaBelle has sold more than 50 million records worldwide. She has been inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame, the Hollywood Walk of Fame, the Black Music & Entertainment Walk of Fame, and the Apollo Theater Hall of Fame. She was included in Rolling Stone on their list of 100 Greatest Singers. She began her career in the early 1960s as lead singer and frontwoman of the vocal group Patti LaBelle and the Bluebelles. After the group's name change to Labelle in the 1970s, they released the popular number-one hit "Lady Marmalade". As a result, after the group split in 1976, she began a successful solo career, starting with her critically acclaimed debut album, which included the career-defining song, "You Are My Friend". She became a mainstream solo star in 1984 following the success of the singles "If Only You Knew", "Love, Need and Want You" (later sampled for 2002's "Dilemma"), "New Attitude" and "Stir It Up". Less than two years later in 1986, she scored a number-one album Winner in You and its number-one duet single, "On My Own", with Michael McDonald. She won a 1992 Grammy for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance for her 1991 album Burnin', an album that featured "Somebody Loves You Baby (You Know Who It Is)", "Feels Like Another One", and "When You've Been Blessed (Feels Like Heaven)". She won a second Grammy for the live album Live! One Night Only. She has also had success as an actress with a role in the Oscar-nominated film A Soldier's Story, and in TV shows such as A Different World and American Horror Story: Freak Show. In 1992, she starred in her own TV sitcom Out All Night. In 2002, LaBelle hosted her own lifestyle TV show, Living It Up with Patti LaBelle on TV One. In 2015, LaBelle took part in the dance competition Dancing with the Stars at the age of 70. She has also seen success launching her own brand of bedding, cookbooks, and food for various companies. In 2015 her Patti's Sweet Potato Pie sold millions when a YouTube video praising the product went viral. As a result, over a 72-hour period, Walmart sold one pie every second. Around 1964, LaBelle was engaged to Otis Williams, founding member of The Temptations. The engagement lasted a year before Patti broke it off after fearing Williams would force her to move to Detroit and retire from the road. On July 23, 1969, she married a longtime friend, Armstead Edwards, who was a schoolteacher. After she started her solo career, Edwards became her manager, a position he would remain in until 2000. That year, she and Edwards legally separated, with their divorce finalized in 2003. They have a son, Zuri Kye Edwards (born July 17, 1973), who is now her manager. She said that because of her sisters and parents dying "before their time", she wrote in her autobiography that she feared she would not make it to 50. ​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Known For
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
117
Gender
Female
Birthday
1944-05-24 (81 years old)
Place of Birth
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Acting

2024

The Simpsons: O C'mon All Ye Faithful as Patti LaBelle (voice)

2023

Let the Canary Sing as Self

2022

Sherri as Self - Guest

2022

The Jennifer Hudson Show as Not available

2022

A New Orleans Noel as Loretta Brown

2021

The Wonder Years as Mother Williams

2021

That's My Jam as Self

2020

VERZUZ as Self

2019

Tamron Hall as Self - Guest

2019

The Masked Singer as Flower (archive footage)

2019

The Masked Singer as Flower

2019

A Black Lady Sketch Show as Patti LaBelle

2019

The Apollo as Self

2018

The Neighborhood as Marilyn

2018

The Kominsky Method as Self

2018

Christmas Everlasting as Mrs. Swinson

2018

Mr. SOUL! as Self (archive footage)

2016

Greenleaf as Maxine Patterson

2016

To Tell the Truth as Self - Panelist

2016

Star as Christine Brown

2013

Beat Bobby Flay as Self

2013

Six by Sondheim as Self (archive footage)

2011

American Horror Story as Dora Ross

2011

Mama, I Want to Sing! as Sister Carrie

2010

The Marriage Ref as Self - Panelist

2010

Sesame Street: 40 Years of Sunny Days as Self (uncredited) (archive footage)

2008

Semi-Pro as Jackie's Mom

2007

Clash of the Choirs as Self

2007

Cover as Mrs. Persons

2006

Idlewild as The Real Angel Davenport

2005

Dancing with the Stars as Self - Contestant

2005

Hi-Jinks as Not available

2005

Preaching to the Choir as Sister Jasmine

2004

Live Aid as Self

2004

VH1 Divas 2004 as Self

2003

All of Us as Not available

2003

Britney Spears: In the Zone as Self (archive footage)

2001

Good Day Live as Self

2001

BET Awards as Self - Performer

2001

Santa, Baby! as Melody Songbird (voice)

1999

The Early Show as Self

1998

Hollywood Squares as Not available

1998

VH1 Divas as Not available

1998

VH1 Divas as Self -Performer

1997

The View as Self - Guest

1996

The Rosie O'Donnell Show as Self - Guest

1995

Sinatra: 80 Years My Way as Self - Performer

1993

The Nanny as Patti LaBelle

1993

Intimate Portrait as Self

1993

For Our Children as Self

1992

Out All Night as Chelsea Paige

1990

Parker Kane as Cartier

1990

Fire and Rain as Lucille Jacobson

1990

The Real Story of Itsy Bitsy Spider as Miss Widow (voice)

1989

The Arsenio Hall Show as Not available

1989

Sing as Mrs. DeVere

1987

A Different World as Adele Wayne

1986

Unnatural Causes as Jeanette Thompson

1985

Live Aid as Self

1985

Musical Comedy Tonight III as Not available

1984

A Soldier's Story as Big Mary

1982

Working as Cleaning Woman

1980

Solid Gold as Self

1973

Rock Concert as Self

1971

Great Performances as Self

1959

The Grammys as Self

1952

Today as Self
Crew