Starletta DuPois
Known for Acting
Starletta DuPois (born July 18, 1941) is an American actress. She has appeared in a more than 90 movies and television show during her career. DuPois was born and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She graduated from University of Maryland Eastern Shore in 1968, and received M.F.A. in Theatre Arts from UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television. She made her Broadway debut appearing in 1974 short-lived play What the Wine-Sellers Buy. Later that year she had minor roles in films Death Wish and The Gambler. In 1976 she starred in the Off-Broadway production of So Nice, They Named it Twice.
Filmography
One Battle After Another
2025
as Grandma Minnie
The Notebook
2004
as Nurse Esther
Big Momma's House
2000
as Miss Patterson
Death Wish
1974
as Lady at Police Station (uncredited)
Friday After Next
2002
as Sister Sarah
Waiting to Exhale
1995
as Savannah's Mother
Wolf
1994
as Victim's Mother
Ricochet
1991
as Mrs. Styles
Pee-wee's Big Adventure
1985
as Sgt. Hunter
South Central
1992
as Nurse Shelly
The Thing Called Love
1993
as Selma
The Gambler
1974
as Monique
First Sunday
2008
Hollywood Shuffle
1987
as Bobby's Mother
3 Strikes
2000
as Moms Douglas
The Waterdance
1992
as Florence
Games Mother Never Taught You
1982
as Ann
Strapped
1993
as Diquan's Mother
Death of a Telemarketer
2021
as Mrs. Gordon
Convicts
1991
as Martha Johnson