A black supporting actress, Olivia Cole studied acting at London's Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, going on to appear onstage. She worked for nearly five years on the TV soap opera Guiding Light, and appeared on episodes of various prime-time TV shows. Cole came to prominence as Chicken George's wife Matilda in the historical TV mini-series Roots a role for which she won the 1976/77 ...more
- 1995
- Murder, She Wrote: Big Easy Murder
- Yvette Dauphin
- 1991
- Murder, She Wrote: Judge Not
- Melinda Coop
- 1989
- The Women of Brewster Place
- Miss Sophie
- 1987
- Big Shots
- Mrs. Newton
- 1985
- North and South
- Maum Sally












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