Portrait of Olivia Cole

Acting

Olivia Cole

Career

Active from 1977 to 1990, with up to 2 main titles a year.

Leading roles
9
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score62/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Women of Brewster Place
The Women of Brewster Place
GoodWatch score80/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 17 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.2 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 5.1 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.7 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Olivia Cole Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Adrenaline
    2.9, average 4.8
  • Scare
    0.7, average 2.6
  • Uncanny
    0.6, average 2.5
  • Absurdist Humor
    0.5, average 2.0

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 6
  • Social Commentary 3
  • Period Piece 2
  • Literary Adaptation 2
  • Classic Sitcom 2
  • Social Realism 2
  • Powerful Performances 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

26
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2000s

1 title ยท average score 40
First Sunday
First Sunday (2008)
GoodWatch score 40

as Momma T

1990s

2 titles ยท average score 63
Christy
Christy (1994)
GoodWatch score 63

TV show ยท as Esther Scott

Brewster Place
Brewster Place (1990)

TV show ยท as Miss Sophie

1980s

16 titles ยท average score 69
The Women of Brewster Place
The Women of Brewster Place (1989)
GoodWatch score 69

TV show ยท as Miss Sophie

The Women of Brewster Place
The Women of Brewster Place (1989)
GoodWatch score 80

as Miss Sophie

L.A. Law
L.A. Law (1986)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show ยท as Judge Julie McFarlane

North and South
North and South (1985)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show ยท as Maum Sally

Something About Amelia
Something About Amelia (1984)
GoodWatch score 61

as Ruth Walters

Go Tell It on the Mountain
Go Tell It on the Mountain (1984)
GoodWatch score 63

as Elizabeth

Murder, She Wrote
Murder, She Wrote (1984)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show ยท as Yvette Dauphin / Callie Coleman

Report to Murphy
Report to Murphy (1982)

TV show

Some Kind of Hero
Some Kind of Hero (1982)
GoodWatch score 56

as Jesse

American Playhouse
American Playhouse (1982)
GoodWatch score 69

TV show ยท as Elizabeth

The Sky Is Gray
The Sky Is Gray (1980)

as Octavia

Children of Divorce
Children of Divorce (1980)

as Betty Williams

1970s

7 titles ยท average score 60
Backstairs at the White House
Backstairs at the White House (1979)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show ยท as Maggie Rogers

Coming Home
Coming Home (1978)
GoodWatch score 73

as Corrine

Szysznyk
Szysznyk (1977)

TV show

Heroes
Heroes (1977)
GoodWatch score 37

as Jane Adcox

Roots
Roots (1977)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show ยท as Mathilda / Mathilda Moore

Rafferty
Rafferty (1977)

TV show

Police Woman
Police Woman (1974)
GoodWatch score 43

TV show