Patti LaBelle

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1944-05-24 (81 years old)

Place of Birth

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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 grou...

Acting

2003

Britney Spears: In the Zone

as Self (archive footage)

1984

2006

Idlewild

as The Real Angel Davenport

1985

Live Aid

as Self

1989

Sing

as Mrs. DeVere

2010

Sesame Street: 40 Years of Sunny Days

as Self (uncredited) (archive footage)

1990

Fire and Rain

as Lucille Jacobson

1986

Unnatural Causes

as Jeanette Thompson

2022

A New Orleans Noel

as Loretta Brown

2001

Santa, Baby!

as Melody Songbird (voice)

1995

Sinatra: 80 Years My Way

as Self - Performer

1990

Parker Kane

as Cartier

1993

1990

2011

Mama, I Want to Sing!

as Sister Carrie

2005

Preaching to the Choir

as Sister Jasmine

2004

2007

Cover

as Mrs. Persons

2008

Semi-Pro

as Jackie's Mom

2013

Six by Sondheim

as Self (archive footage)

2018

Christmas Everlasting

as Mrs. Swinson

1982

Working

as Cleaning Woman

2019

The Apollo

as Self

2004

Live Aid

as Self

2018

Mr. SOUL!

as Self (archive footage)

2024

Production

1984

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