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Acting

Minnie Gentry

Career

Active from 1972 to 1990, with a break from 1974 to 1989, busiest in 1972 with 2 main titles.

Leading roles
1
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score61/100
Highest rated
Poster for Black Caesar
Black Caesar
GoodWatch score66/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 9 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.8 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.1 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.9 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Minnie Gentry Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Warfare
    0.4, average 1.2
  • Wonder
    2.7, average 3.4
  • Absurdist Humor
    1.5, average 2.0

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Social Commentary 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

    Movies and TV shows

    16
    Type
    Role
    Score
    Decade
    Genre
    Group by

    1990s

    4 titles · average score 69
    Bad Lieutenant
    Bad Lieutenant (1992)
    GoodWatch score 72

    as Elderly Woman

    Here and Now
    Here and Now (1992)

    TV show · as Mrs. Hackett

    Law & Order
    Law & Order (1990)
    GoodWatch score 74

    TV show · as Bernice

    Def by Temptation
    Def by Temptation (1990)
    GoodWatch score 62

    as Grandma

    1980s

    4 titles · average score 55
    Apprentice to Murder
    Apprentice to Murder (1988)
    GoodWatch score 42

    as Mam Isobel

    America
    America (1986)
    GoodWatch score 40

    as Mrs. Justice

    The Cosby Show
    The Cosby Show (1984)
    GoodWatch score 74

    TV show · as Aunt Gramtee

    The Brother from Another Planet
    The Brother from Another Planet (1984)
    GoodWatch score 66

    as Mrs. Brown

    1970s

    8 titles · average score 61
    Hollow Image
    Hollow Image (1979)

    as Emma

    Greased Lightning
    Greased Lightning (1977)
    GoodWatch score 50

    as Wendell’s Mother

    Just an Old Sweet Song
    Just an Old Sweet Song (1976)

    as Aunt Velvet

    Claudine
    Claudine (1974)
    GoodWatch score 72

    as Bus Woman (uncredited)

    Salty
    Salty (1974)

    TV show · as Miss Betsy

    Black Caesar
    Black Caesar (1973)
    GoodWatch score 66

    as Mama Gibbs

    Georgia, Georgia
    Georgia, Georgia (1972)

    as Alberta Anderson

    Come Back, Charleston Blue
    Come Back, Charleston Blue (1972)
    GoodWatch score 54

    as Her Majesty