redd foxx played sunshine in the movie harlem nights.
redd foxx played sunshine in the movie harlem nights.
who played sunshine in the movie harlem nights?
redd foxx
in 1984, rochon appeared as an extra in the movie "breakin’", where she met the man who would later become her husband. from 1986 to 1988, while attending college, rochon was one of the "spudettes" featured in over 30 national spots for the spuds mackenzie budweiser/bud light tv commercials. she also appeared in the 1985 made-for-television film "a bunny's tale" starring kirstie alley and delta burke, based on gloria steinem's experiences as a playboy bunny. she appeared as the love interest of gerald levert in the video for "my forever love" by levert, and in luther vandross' "it's over now" video. she also appeared in the music video for lionel richie's single "all night long (all night)", in al b. sure's video for the song "natalie", and in tupac shakur's video "i get around" as one of the female dancers. she had many guest starring roles in a number of sitcoms, include "the cosby show", "amen", "227", "the fresh prince of bel-air", and "hangin' with mr. cooper". rochon made her film debut in 1985, when she starred opposite fred williamson in "fox trap". in 1987, she played the role of debby in the film "the wild pair", starring beau bridges and bubba smith. in 1989, rochon acted opposite eddie murphy in 1989's "harlem nights", as the memorable "sunshine" character. she again worked with murphy in the successful 1992 romantic comedy, "boomerang". in 1995, she was regular cast member during the first season of the wb sitcom, "the wayans bros."
lela rochon
later that night, brawlers were ejected from a sacramento theater showing "harlem nights". their feud continued in a parking lot and ended with gunshots. two 24-year-old men were seriously injured. an hour later, marcel thompson, 17, was fatally shot in a similar fight at a theater in richmond, california. when police stopped the projection of "harlem nights" to find suspects, an hour-long riot erupted. in boston, mayor raymond flynn saw so many fistfights taking place in a crowd leaving "harlem nights" that he at first threatened to close the theater down but decided to tighten police security at the theatre. flynn blamed the film for the riot, stating that it "glorifies violence." however, raymond howard, a lieutenant of the richmond police department, defended the film, saying, "there's nothing wrong with the show. but this tells me something about the nature of kids who are going to see these shows."
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