Life After Fame and the Bright Lights of Celebrity
Fame is an intoxicating experience. It shows up suddenly, tossing your life into a fast and exciting spin cycle. It can also end suddenly, putting the brakes on record, movie, fashion and sports ticket sales without warning. Everybody cast beneath the bright lights of fame then removed from its glare doesn’t go on to succeed in another industry or venture. Entertainers spotlighted on TV One’s Life After television series beat the odds.
Life After explores the challenges, some heart moving, entertainers face while (and after) the bright lights are pointed directly at them. You’re shown a glimpse of the entertainers’ childhoods, often enjoying a walk through the neighborhoods the entertainers grew up in. As soon as the camera moves to the hottest spots in the entertainers’ careers, a smile might cross you face as the memories come flooding back. But it’s how these entertainers keep moving forward all these years into their careers that’s worth a closer look. Some of the entertainers spotlighted on TV One’s Life After are:
TV One’s Life After Entertainers Tell Personal Stories
Actress Jackee Harry got her start on Broadway, a little known fact revealed on her Life After episode. What millions of American television viewers remember Jackee for is her sassy role on 227 and her humor and dry wit on Sister, Sister, the hit television show that also starred Tim Reid and the Mowry twins, Tia and Tamera. After Sister, Sister wrapped up taping in 1999 it looked as if Jackee disappeared from the scene. But that’s not what happened to this courageous, trailblazing actress. Quit? No. Jackee Harry returned to live theatre, acting in plays touring the country. She also has played roles in TV series and movies like Let’s Stay Together, Friends and Lovers, Everybody Hates Chris, The Ideal Husband and The Last Day of Summer. Jackee is online at
http://jackee-online.com. Actor and singer, Christopher Williams, is another celebrity who is returning to a first love, music. Keeping up with him on TV One’s Life After might well be one of the only ways you’d find out that he is the world renowned jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald’s nephew.
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Posted By: Denise Turney
Thursday, November 3rd 2011 at 9:34AM
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