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Tonea Stewart
3 February 1947
Tonea Stewart played in 3 movies in the Drama, Biography genres.
Tonea Stewart got succeed with average imdb rating 5.8.
Winner - 1998 Gabriel Award's Golden Medal Award (radio)for her narration of "Remembering Slavery"Based her character (Principal Rivers) on the _"Walker, Texas Ranger" (1993)_ (qv) episode "Rise to the Occasion" on her days as a teaching assistant at Lanier High School in Jackson, Mississippi.While on _"In the Heat of the Night" (1988)_ (qv) underwent 3 1/2 hours of age makeup each day to transform the youthful actress into the elderly "Aunt Etta."Her two sons hold degree's in finance.Her daught... er and adopted goddaughter are speech pathologists.Lifetime Member of:The Order of the Golden CircleLifetime Member of:The NAACPLifetime Member of :Zeta Phi Beta SororityFirst Mcknight Doctoral Fellow in Theater Arts at the same time she held a fellowship in the National Endowment for HumanityHonorary Doctorate from Buena Vista University in Storm Lake, IowaFirst African American Female to receive a doctorate from Florida State University's School of Theater.In 1995 she was inducted into the National Black College Alumni Hall of FameHas received numerous key's to cities across the U.S.Professor and Director of Theater at Alabama State UniversityTaught for Twenty Years at Jackson State University in Jackson Miss.Lifetime member of the Order of the Golden Circle.Lifetime member of the NAACP.Lifetime member of Zeta Phi Beta sorority.First African American female to receive a doctorate from Florida State University's School of Theater.Has received numerous keys to cities across the U.S.Taught for 20 years at Jackson State University in Jackson, Mississippi.Read more Less