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Starletta DuPois

Acting · Born July 18, 1941 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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.

Movies with Starletta DuPois

• The Notebook (2004) — Nurse Esther
• One Battle After Another (2025) — Grandma Minnie
• Big Momma's House (2000) — Miss Patterson
• Death Wish (1974) — Lady at Police Station (uncredited)
• The Torture of Mothers: The Case of the Harlem Six (1980)
• Wolf (1994) — Victim's Mother
• Waiting to Exhale (1995) — Savannah's Mother
• Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985) — Sgt. Hunter
• Ricochet (1991) — Mrs. Styles
• Friday After Next (2002) — Sister Sarah
• First Sunday (2008)
• The Thing Called Love (1993) — Selma