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Maxine Roach

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Maxine Roach
Maxine Roach is known for Do the Right Thing (1989), A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (2019) and Malcolm X (1992).
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    Spike Lee, Danny Aiello, Ossie Davis, John Turturro, Ruby Dee, Giancarlo Esposito, and Bill Nunn in Do the Right Thing (1989)
    Do the Right Thing
    8.0
    Movie
    • Music Department(viola, The Natural Spiritual Orchestra)
    • 1989
    Tom Hanks in A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (2019)
    A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
    7.2
    Movie
    • Uptown String Quartet(as Maxine L. Roach)
    • 2019
    Malcolm X (1992)
    Malcolm X
    7.7
    Movie
    • Music Department(viola, Malcolm X Orchestra)
    • 1992
    Miranda Richardson and Anna Chancellor in Mapp & Lucia (2014)
    Mapp & Lucia
    7.4
    TV Mini Series
    • Janet

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    Music Department

    • Samuel L. Jackson in Shaft (2000)
      Shaft
      6.0
      • musician: viola (uncredited)
      • 2000
    • Clockers (1995)
      Clockers
      6.9
      • musician: viola (uncredited)
      • 1995
    • Irene Bedard, John Kassir, Judy Kuhn, and Frank Welker in Pocahontas (1995)
      Pocahontas
      6.7
      • musician: viola (uncredited)
      • 1995
    • Spike Lee, Delroy Lindo, Alfre Woodard, and Zelda Harris in Crooklyn (1994)
      Crooklyn
      7.0
      • musician: viola
      • 1994
    • Malcolm X (1992)
      Malcolm X
      7.7
      • musician: viola, Malcolm X Orchestra
      • 1992
    • Leslie Nielsen in The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear (1991)
      The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear
      6.9
      • musician: viola (uncredited)
      • 1991
    • Spike Lee, Danny Aiello, Ossie Davis, John Turturro, Ruby Dee, Giancarlo Esposito, and Bill Nunn in Do the Right Thing (1989)
      Do the Right Thing
      8.0
      • musician: viola, The Natural Spiritual Orchestra
      • 1989
    • Michael Jackson, Diana Ross, Ted Ross, and Nipsey Russell in The Wiz (1978)
      The Wiz
      5.6
      • musician: viola (uncredited)
      • 1978

    Actress

    • Tom Hanks in A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (2019)
      A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
      7.2
      • Uptown String Quartet (as Maxine L. Roach)
      • 2019
    • Miranda Richardson and Anna Chancellor in Mapp & Lucia (2014)
      Mapp & Lucia
      7.4
      TV Mini Series
      • Janet
      • 2014

    Soundtrack

    • Laurence Fishburne, Spike Lee, Giancarlo Esposito, Tisha Campbell, and Kyme in School Daze (1988)
      School Daze
      6.1
      • Soundtrack ("Straight & Nappy", "Wake Up Suite")
      • 1988

    Personal details

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      • Maxine L. Roach
    • Parents
        Mildred Roach
    • Relatives
        Ayodele Nieyela Roach(Sibling)

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      Granddaughter of Alphonse Roach, and Cressie Roach.

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