Vivian Reed

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1947-06-06 (78 years old)

Place of Birth

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Vivian Reed

Biography

Vivian Reed (born June 6, 1947) is an American actor and singer. She is most known for her performances in the Broadway productions of Bubbling Brown Sugar for which she won a Drama Desk Award and received her first Tony Award nomination and for "The High Rollers Social and Pleasure Club" for which she received her second Tony Award nomination. Reed has also recorded several albums on the Epic Records and the United Artists Records labels. Vivian Reed began formal voice training at the age of eight at the Pittsburgh Musical Institute, later continuing at New York's Juilliard School of Music, followed by years of extensive dance training. She...

Acting

1980

Headin' for Broadway

as Valerie Walker

1983

The African

as Joséphine

1987

La Rumba

as Josephine Baker

1984

2024

Daytime Revolution

as Self (archive footage)

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