Brenda Sykes

Acting

Brenda Sykes

Born June 25, 1949 · Shreveport, Louisiana, USA (age 77)

Brenda Sykes (born June 25, 1949) is an American actress.

Known For

MandingoMandingo · 1975
Mandingo
6.61975
MovieRomanceDrama
Warren Maxwell, the owner of a run-down plantation, pressures his son, Hammond, to marry and produce an heir to inherit the plantation. Hammond settles on his own cousin, Blanche, but purchases a sex slave when he returns from the honeymoon. He also buys his father a new Mandingo slave named Mede to breed and train as a prize-fighter.
DrumDrum · 1976
Drum
5.21976
MovieHistoryAction
A mid-19th century mulatto slave is torn between his success as a pit-fighter and the injustices of white society.
Pretty Maids All in a RowPretty Maids All in a Row · 1971
Pretty Maids All in a Row
5.91971
MovieComedyCrime
At Oceanfront High School, female students are being targeted by an unknown serial killer. Meanwhile, a married teacher hides his flings with nubile students, and an awkward male is frustrated by the plethora of uninhibited freewheeling young girls.
The Liberation of L.B. JonesThe Liberation of L.B. Jones · 1970
The Liberation of L.B. Jones
6.11970
MovieDramaCrime
A successful African American businessman has a quarrel with a white policeman, suspecting that he is having an affair with his wife. The policeman's colleagues are seeking to avoid publicity.
Getting StraightGetting Straight · 1970
Getting Straight
6.31970
MovieComedyDrama
Graduate student Harry Bailey was once one of the most visible undergraduate activists on campus, but now that he's back studying for his master's, he's trying to fly right. Trouble is, the campus is exploding with various student movements, and Harry's girlfriend, Jan, is caught up in most of them. As Harry gets closer to finishing his degree, he finds his iconoclastic attitude increasingly aligned with the students rather than the faculty.
Cleopatra JonesCleopatra Jones · 1973
Cleopatra Jones
5.71973
MovieActionCrime
After federal agent Cleopatra Jones orders the burning of a Turkish poppy field, the notorious drug lord Mommy vows to destroy her.
Skin GameSkin Game · 1971
Skin Game
6.61971
MovieActionComedy
Quincy Drew and Jason O’Rourke, a pair of friends and con men—the former white, the latter a Northern-born free Black man— travel from town to town in the pre–Civil War American West. In their scam, Quincy sells Jason into slavery, frees him, and the two move on to the next town of suckers . . . until a con gone wrong leads Jason into real danger.
Black GunnBlack Gunn · 1972
Black Gunn
6.01972
MovieActionThriller
A successful and popular nightclub owner who believes financial independence is the path to equality and success, must act as a go-between for militant-minded brother and the white gang syndicate his brother has attacked and robbed. Their involvements lead to a breathless race course chase, the destruction of a dopepusher and a violent waterfront climax.

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Mayberry R.F.D.Mayberry R.F.D. · 1968
Mayberry R.F.D.
6.21968
SeriesComedyFamily
Mayberry R.F.D. is an American television series produced as a spin-off and direct continuation of The Andy Griffith Show. When star Andy Griffith decided to leave his series, most of the supporting characters returned for the new program, which ran for three seasons on the CBS Television Network from 1968–1971. During the final season of The Andy Griffith Show, widower farmer Sam Jones and his young son Mike are introduced and gradually become the show's focus. Sheriff Andy Taylor takes a backseat in the storylines, establishing the sequel series. The show's first episode, "Andy and Helen's Wedding", had the highest ratings in recorded television history. Sheriff Taylor and newlywed wife Helen make guest appearances on RFD until late 1969, and then relocate with Opie. Mayberry R.F.D. was popular throughout its entire run, but was canceled after its third season in CBS's infamous "rural purge" of 1971. R.F.D. stands for "Rural Free Delivery", a quaint postal depiction of the rural Mayberry community.

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