Valarie Pettiford

About

Tony Award-winning actress who became known for her role on stage in Fosse on Broadway and for her role as Big Dee Dee Thorne on the television series Half & Half. She played Amy Lewis in the soap opera The Young and the Restless.

Before Fame

She graduated from the High School of Performing Arts in 1978 and started out as a dancer and choreographer.

Trivia

She released a Jazz album in 2005 titled Hear My Soul. She has garnered more than 70,000 Instagram followers. 

Family Life

She married former Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Tony Radar. 

Associated With

She played Mariah Carey's mother in the film Glitter.