Yvette Cason is an American television, theatre, and film actress, and a former Miss Black America from Washington, D.C.
Cason was an understudy for the character of Effie White in the original 1981 Broadway musical Dreamgirls, 1985 international tour, and 1987 Broadway revival. In 2006, she played May, the mother of Deena Jones, portrayed by Beyoncé Knowles in the feature film version of Dreamgirls. She also appeared in an episode of the sitcom The King of Queens as Mrs. Blanchard in the episode "Road Rayge". Her early musical training (while growing up in Washington, DC) was at The Sewell Music Conservatory.
Cason played Dahlia, the wicked stepmother, in the original 1996 run of Sisterella.[1][2] It was said that the character was played "with exquisite relish" by Cason.[2]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Dreamgirls | May | |
| 2012 | Middle of Nowhere | Mrs. Hastings | Uncredited |
| 2018 | A Wrinkle in Time | Mrs. Teacher |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Almost There! | LaKeishaa #1 | Episode: "Friends" |
| 1993 | Knots Landing | Bailiff | Episode: "The Invisible Man" |
| 1998 | The King of Queens | Mrs. Blanchard | Episode: "Road Rayge" |
| 2000 | Great Performances | Miss Mary | Episode: "Play On!" |
| 2001 | The District | Principal Joanne Drake | Episode: "Melt Down" |
| 2003 | Boston Public | Anita Graham | Episode: "Chapter Seventy-One" |
| 2003 | American Dreams | Elma | Episode: "Life's Illusions" |
| 2004 | The Parkers | Mavis | 2 episodes |
| 2004 | Judging Amy | No-Time-for-This Mom | Episode: "Accountability" |
| 2005 | Alias | Connie | Episode: "Mirage" |
| 2005 | ER | Oncology Nurse | 2 episodes |
| 2007 | Hannah Montana | Teacher | Episode: "Me and Rico Down by the School Yard" |
| 2008 | Notes from the Underbelly | Ultrasound tech | Episode: "If the Shoe Fits" |
| 2009 | The Bold and the Beautiful | Evelyn Haynes | Episode #1.5474 |
| 2016 | The Rick and Stanley Show | Rhonda | Episode: "Benefactors" |
| 2018 | Shameless | Mrs. Jackson | Episode: "Do Right, Vote White!" |
| 2019 | For the People | Anna Jenkins | Episode: "Moral Suasion" |
| 2020 | NCIS | Maureen | Episode: "In the Wind" |
| 2020 | The Gaze: No Homo | Sherry Grosse | 7 episodes |
| 2021 | Why Women Kill | Yvonne | Episode: "The Unguarded Moment" |
| 2021 | Twenties | Estelle | Episode: "Special Delivery" |
| 2021 | Curb Your Enthusiasm | Councilwoman Yovanovitch | 2 episodes |
| 2022 | Bust Down | Eunice | Episode: "Won't He Do It" |
| 2022 | Bosch: Legacy | Judge Alberta Ryan | 2 episodes |
| 2022 | Raven's Home | Grace | Episode: "The Great Chill Grill Giveaway" |
| 2022 | Bunk'd | Rose | Episode: "Where the Buffalo Betties Roam" |
| 2023 | Pretty Freekin Scary | Maw-Maw | Episode: "Life's Rich Gumbo" |