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Hanging with Mr. Cooper
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Mark Curry
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Off script, fans of Curry’s saw him hosting reality showsDon’t Forget Your Toothbrushand BET’sAnimal Tails. In 2004, he placed second onCelebrity Mole: Yucatanunder season winner Dennis Rodman.
Curry has built a successful career as a comedian as well. He’s gone on stand-up tours alongside other famed comics. From 2009 to 2011 he hosted Jamie Foxx’s SiriusXM showFoxxHole Live, and he was featured inSommore’s Standing Ovation Comedy Tourin 2014. Today, he’s a regular stand-up act at the Hollywood Improv comedy club in L.A.
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Holly Robinson Peete
Shortly afterHangin' with Mr. Cooperaired its final episode in 1997, Holly Robinson and her husband, Rodney Peete, welcomed twins: daughter Ryan and a son Rodney Jr. The couple welcomed son Robinson in 2002, and their youngest son, Roman, was born in 2005.
Robinson Peete and her former NFL player husband starred on two reality shows revolving around their family:For Peete’s Sake, which aired on OWN from 2016 to 2017, and Hallmark’sMeet the Peetes, which ran from 2018 to 2019.
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Dawnn Lewis
Over the years, Lewis has shown off her voice acting skills in video games and cartoons likeThe Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy,Futurama,Spider-Man: The Animated Series,The Boondocks,King of the Hill,The Simpsonsand Netflix’sCarmen Sandiego. She appeared in live action, too, onOne Tree Hill,The Secret Life of the American Teenager,Days of Our Lives,This Is Us,Major Crimesand a 2022 episode ofGrey’s Anatomy.
The actress returned to theater in 2019: Lewis played Tina Turner’s mother in the Broadway production ofTina.
05of 08Nell CarterBob D’Amico/ABC/Everett; Ron Galella/Ron Galella Collection via GettyThe late Nell Carter was a long established and widely acclaimed performer before she joined the cast ofHangin' with Mr. Cooperas Principal P.J. Moore during its second and third seasons. She won a Tony in 1978 for her theatrical performance inAin’t Misbehavinand an Emmy award for reprising the same role in the 1982 television adaptation.Carter wasn’t a stranger to sitcoms either. She won twoGolden Globesand two Emmys for her starring portrayal of housekeeper Nell Harper inGimme A Break!, which ran for six seasons starting in 1981 and wrapping in 1987. AfterMr. Cooper, the renowned star appeared inRebaandAlly McBeal.Carter died at home in Los Angeles at age 54 in 2003.
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Nell Carter
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The late Nell Carter was a long established and widely acclaimed performer before she joined the cast ofHangin' with Mr. Cooperas Principal P.J. Moore during its second and third seasons. She won a Tony in 1978 for her theatrical performance inAin’t Misbehavinand an Emmy award for reprising the same role in the 1982 television adaptation.
Carter wasn’t a stranger to sitcoms either. She won twoGolden Globesand two Emmys for her starring portrayal of housekeeper Nell Harper inGimme A Break!, which ran for six seasons starting in 1981 and wrapping in 1987. AfterMr. Cooper, the renowned star appeared inRebaandAlly McBeal.
Carter died at home in Los Angeles at age 54 in 2003.
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Raven-Symoné
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Raven-Symoné’s role as Nicole, Mark’s little cousin onHangin' with Mr. Cooper, was one of her very first as a child actor. After the show wrapped its fifth and final season, the young star played Eddie Murphy’s daughter in the 1998 filmDr. Dolittle,which in turn led to roles on the Disney Channel.
Throughout the next decade, the actress soared into stardom on her own sitcom,That’s So Raven, and in theKim PossibleandCheetah Girlsfranchises. She also appeared in theaters inThe Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagementwith Julie Andrews and Anne Hathaway.
The former child star joinedThe View’s panel in 2015, but she left shortly after to produce and star in a spin-off ofThat’s So Raven. Her seriesRaven’s Homepremiered in 2017 and it was recently renewed for a sixth season, per Raven’s announcement at Disney’s D23 Expo in September 2022.
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Omar Gooding
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Marquise Wilson
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source: people.com
