Was the first black actress to grace the cover of "Playboy" magazine (July 1981 issue). She appeared in a pictorial (not fully nude) promoting the film "Body and Soul.
Starred in "The Dorothy Dandridge Story", about singer/actress Dorothy Dandridge, but it was never released. Utimately, the story was produced by
HBO and starred another Cleveland native, Halle Berry.
Was considered for her own spin-off series to Wonder Woman (1975) it fell through.
Was one of the ten semi-finalists in the 1970 Miss USA Beauty Pageant.
Sportscaster.
Once aspired to pursue politics, wanting to pattern herself after
congresswoman Shirley Chisholm, who ran for the Democratic presidential
nomination in 1972.
Is a member of the Zeta Phi Beta sorority.
Was considered to have her own TV show as a spin off from the TV movie
Cover Girls (1977), however, it never materialized.