Jackée Harry

Jackée Harry (born Jacqueline Yvonne Harry; August 14, 1956) is an American actress. She is best known as a star of the TV series 227. Harry was born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and raised in Harlem, New York, with her four siblings by her mother, Flossie Harry. Her father, Warren Harry, died when she was three, leaving her the youngest of five children. At the age of 14, Harry landed the lead role of the King of Siam in her school's produc... more

Jackée Harry (born Jacqueline Yvonne Harry; August 14, 1956) is an American actress. She is best known as a star of the TV series 227. Harry was born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and raised in Harlem, New York, with her four siblings by her mother, Flossie Harry. Her father, Warren Harry, died when she was three, leaving her the youngest of five children. At the age of 14, Harry landed the lead role of the King of Siam in her school's production of The King and I. After graduating from New York City's High School of Music and Art, Harry attended the Long Island University C.W. Post Campus in Brooklyn, where she earned a B.A. in education. Harry began her career as a history teacher at Brooklyn Technical High School. After two years of teaching, she departed from her profession, claiming she did not have the knack for it. “They started whistling at me everyday. I was trying to teach them how to behave — it didn’t work,” she said of her experience. Harry has been divorced three... less