Telma Hopkins

Telma Louise Hopkins (born October 28, 1948) is an American singer and actress. A member of the 1970s pop group Tony Orlando and Dawn, she later starred in several television sitcoms, including Bosom Buddies, Getting By and Half & Half. Hopkins is best known for her roles as Adelaide "Addy" Wilson on the NBC's Gimme a Break! (1984–1987) alongside Nell Carter, and as Rachel Baines-Crawford on ABC/CBS sitcom Family Matters (1989–1997). She currently has a semi-regular role as Marilyn Persons in the TBS series Are We There Yet?, and also appears on the FX sitcom Partners as Ruth Jackson, mother to Marcus Jackson, and has had a recurring role on Disney XD's Lab Rats as Rose.

Career

Hopkins started her career as a background singer in Detroit, Michigan, singing on many of the Golden World and Motown hits and working with legendary acts like The Four Tops and Marvin Gaye. She also sang back up for Isaac Hayes and can be heard famously exclaiming "Shut your mouth!" on Hayes' hit song "Theme From Shaft" as well as the hip hop track "Thuggish Ruggish Bone". In 1971, Hopkins and Joyce Vincent Wilson were recruited by Tony Orlando to form the vocal group Dawn. (Orlando had released the singles "Candida" and "Knock Three Times", recorded with session vocalists Linda November and Toni Wine backing him, under the name Dawn; when the singles charted, Orlando found himself needing to assemble an actual backing group to tour and record with.) As a recording act, Tony Orlando and Dawn would have much success throughout the second half of the 1970s, releasing 16 top-40 singles, three of which reached #1, and starring in a CBS variety show (entitled Tony Orlando and Dawn) from 1974-1976.

Hopkins, Telma Filmography

Play in Full Screen JD Lawrence's the Clean Up Woman

2012, role: actress , character name: Gale
Play in Full Screen The Clean Up Woman

2010, role: actress , character name: Gale
Play in Full Screen The 8th Annual TV Land Awards

2010, role: actress , character name: Herself
Play in Full Screen The Love Guru

2008, role: actress , character name: Lillian Roanoke
Play in Full Screen 74th Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade

2005, role: actress , character name: Herself
Play in Full Screen The 2nd Annual TV Land Awards

2004, role: actress , character name: Herself
Play in Full Screen Straight from the Heart: Timeless Music of the 60's & 70's

2004, role: actress , character name: Herself
Play in Full Screen ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration

2003, role: actress , character name: Herself
Play in Full Screen Rain

2001, role: actress
Play in Full Screen Down to Earth

2001, role: actress , character name: Woman in Audience
Play in Full Screen The Wood

1999, role: actress , character name: Slim's Mother
Play in Full Screen Count on Me

1994, role: actress , character name: Beverly English
Play in Full Screen Soul Train Comedy Awards

1993, role: actress , character name: Herself - Presenter
Play in Full Screen 25th NAACP Image Awards

1993, role: actress , character name: Herself - Presenter
Play in Full Screen Trancers III

1992, role: actress , character name: Cmdr. Raines
Play in Full Screen Trancers II

1991, role: actress , character name: Cmdr. Raines
Play in Full Screen The 12th Annual Black Achievement Awards

1991, role: actress , character name: Herself
Play in Full Screen 22nd NAACP Image Awards

1990, role: actress , character name: Herself
Play in Full Screen How to Murder a Millionaire

1990, role: actress , character name: Teresa
Play in Full Screen Night of 100 Stars III

1990, role: actress , character name: Herself
Play in Full Screen Vital Signs

1990, role: actress , character name: Dr. Kennan
Play in Full Screen ABC TGIF

1990, role: actress , character name: Rachel
Play in Full Screen Circus of the Stars #14

1989, role: actress , character name: Herself - Performer
Play in Full Screen The 16th Annual American Music Awards

1989, role: actress , character name: Herself - Presenter
Play in Full Screen Pulse Pounders

1988, role: actress , character name: Raines
Play in Full Screen Golden Anniversary of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

1987, role: actress , character name: Herself
Play in Full Screen The 1st Annual Soul Train Music Awards

1987, role: actress , character name: Herself
Play in Full Screen Sex Symbols; Past, Present and Future

1987, role: actress , character name: Herself
Play in Full Screen American Film Institute Comedy Special

1987, role: actress , character name: Gwendolyn Jones
Play in Full Screen Trancers

1985, role: actress , character name: Engineer Raines
Play in Full Screen Circus of the Stars #10

1985, role: actress , character name: Herself
Play in Full Screen The Kid with the Broken Halo

1982, role: actress , character name: Gail Desautel
Play in Full Screen Battle of the Network Stars XII

1982, role: actress , character name: Herself - ABC Team
Play in Full Screen Battle of the Network Stars XI

1981, role: actress , character name: Herself - ABC Team
Play in Full Screen Marie

1979, role: actress , character name: K.C. Jones
Play in Full Screen The 17th Annual Grammy Awards

1975, role: actress , character name: Herself
Play in Full Screen The 16th Annual Grammy Awards

1974, role: actress , character name: Herself
Play in Full Screen RCA's Opening Night

1973, role: actress , character name: Herself

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Telma Hopkins: Greatest Backup Singer Ever? | TMZ

We asked half of "Tony Orlando & Dawn," Telma Hopkins, to name the greatest backup singer ...

published: 16 Mar 2014

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Tony Orlando & Dawn Reunion Concert 2005

Tony Orlando & Dawn Reunion Concert 2005 - las vegas , this was a one time reunion concert...

published: 06 Jul 2014

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Trisha Mann-Grant and Telma Hopkins in The Clean Up Woman.

Trisha Mann-Grant as "Terri Adams", and Telma Hopkins as Terri's mom, "Gayle" in JD Lawre...

published: 09 Mar 2014

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BOTNS 1982 Telma Hopkins

published: 30 Jun 2017

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Dawn - Blue Finger Lou

Dawn (Telma Hopkins and Joyce Vincent), this time without Tony Orlando, sing Blue Finger L...

published: 19 Jul 2013

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Trisha Mann-Grant, Telma Hopkins & Christopher Williams in The Clean Up Woman

Trisha Mann-Grant as "Terri Adams", and Christopher Williams as "Stewart Adams" in JD Law...

published: 16 Jan 2014

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Telma Gudbjörnsdottir - Fallin Behind

Koncert in Pilhagen, Varberg in Sweden, summer 2010. Filmed with Nikon D90

published: 26 Sep 2010

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Telma Gudbjörnsdottir Live

A song I wrote in 2007 and performed live in Varbergs theatre some time in 2008-2009 maybe...

published: 22 Jun 2010

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Tony Orlando Final

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published: 11 Mar 2016

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Orlando LIVE - In the Artist Studio with Morgan Fairchild

Actress Morgan Fairchild sits down with Local 6's Mark McEwan to discuss her career life, ...

published: 18 Jan 2016

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Highlights from Brandye! Live in Las Vegas

BRANDYE is the veteran vocal trio comprised of Pam Vincent, Donna Davis Sadler and Cynthia...

published: 24 Apr 2017

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Battle of the Network Stars - 12 - May (1982)

Battle of the Network Stars - 12 - May (1982) Hosts - Howard Cosell, Randi Oakes ABC Team...

published: 07 Oct 2016

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Joyce Vincent (maybe Telma Hopkins) & The Funk Brothers- Solid as a Rock

Joyce Vincent (maybe Telma Hopkins) - Solid as a Rock

published: 18 Oct 2011

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How To Murder A Millonaire 1990 Part 1 Joan Rivers Telma Hopkins Morgan Fairchild

My Favorite Made For TV Movie From 1990 How To Murder A Millonaire With Joan Rivers Telm...

published: 06 Jul 2012

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Creed's Scott Stapp, Family Matters' Telma Hopkins...

Trisha Mann-Grant and Telma Hopkins in The Clean U...

Tony Orlando Press Interview 2005...

Telma Hopkins & Joyce Vincent in Lou Effy & Moreen...

Tony Orlando and Dawn: "You Can Be More Than You A...

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Lead Dancing on "How to Murder a Millionaire" with...

Telma Hopkins in a Dunk Tank...

How To Murder A Millonaire 1990 Part 1 Joan Rivers...

Family Matters' Bryton James Says Jaleel White Had...

Terry Crews, Teala Dunn, Thelma Hopkins: Are We Th...

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Police: Indian Man's Parents Fly To Florida To Beat Son's Wife For Being 'Disobedient'

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An Indian woman, who was beaten by her husband and his parents – who traveled from India to help assist him with the assault – was rescued Saturday by Florida police, multiple media reports said. The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office said Silky Gaind, 33, called her parents in India to tell them of the abuse. Her parents, the report said, then called the authorities ... "It really is heartbreaking. There's a brand new baby....

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North Korea’s ‘Pink Lady’: The Newscaster Set to Announce the End of the World

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For decades, Ri Chun-hee has been one of the few trusted to inform the people about great moments in the country’s history. What do we know about her? ... ....

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Some 2500 lifejackets worn by refugees who made the sea crossing from Turkey to the Greek island of Chios are displayed in what the organisers called a "Lifejacket Graveyard" in Parliament Square, London, beside a statue of former British Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill, Monday, Sept. 19, 2016.

Indian Politician Accuses Winston Churchill Of Genocide

Edit WorldNews.com 05 Sep 2017

“Well, we missed the bus because you threw us under its wheels,” he said, again to applause.WN.com, Jim Berrie....

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250 meter per pixel resolution image of Cyclone Debbie approaching the coast of northern Queensland, taken by the Terra satellite's Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) camera, 26 March, 2017.

Hurricane Irma Intensifies To Category 4 Storm

Edit WorldNews.com 04 Sep 2017

Hurricane Irma intensified into a Category 4 storm on Monday and the National Hurricane Center said there is an “increasing chance” Florida and the Florida Keys will suffer the effects of the storm — the exact effects are still too early to determine, according to ABC News. The storm is currently closing in on the Caribbean with winds up to 130 mph and is expected to arrive near the Cuban coast by Saturday, the report said ... territory ... ....

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Last waves of the hurricane Alex that passed last night over the Azores (crop). Caloura - S Miguel, Azores 2016

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The US eastern seaboard is bracing itself to be savaged by a second major hurricane in a matter of weeks. Hurricane Irma is currently in the Atlantic Ocean with experts predicting a 55-60 per cent chance it will make landfall anywhere between Florida and the mid-Atlantic coastline ... Read more ... Read more ... ....

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Hashimoto claims Japan's fifth gold at worlds

Edit This is Money 30 Aug 2017

Rafaela Silva, who won Brazil's first gold at their home Games last year by beating Sumiya, was stunned in her first match by Portugal's Olympic bronze medallist Telma Monteiro. Judo world championship medallists on Wednesday.. Men. -73kg. 1. Soichi Hashimoto (JPN). 2. Rustam Orujov (AZE). 3 ... ....

Serbia, Macedonia FMs Pledge to Resolve Intelligence Dispute

Edit Balkan Insight 25 Aug 2017

Maja Zivanovic. BIRN. Belgrade ... “Our findings provoked our reaction ... Dacic added that all the information should be checked and resolved through dialogue ... The Macedonian television station Telma on Friday said that prosecutors might start an investigation to determine any connections of either Ivanov and Zivaljevic with the violent events in the parliament, the Sobranje ... ....

Polls close for Angolans electing first new leader in 38 years

Edit This is Money 23 Aug 2017

By Stephen Eisenhammer. LUANDA, Aug 23 (Reuters) - Angolans voted in a parliamentary election on Wednesday expected to usher in the ruling party's defence minister as the first new leader for 38 years ... Polls closed at 6 p.m ... An unofficial result is expected by Friday ... "I've been following the party all my life. I grew up with it," 33-year-old bakery owner Telma Francisco told Reuters outside a polling station in the capital ... ....

Timeline: Macedonia-Serbia Relations Reach Low Point

Edit Balkan Insight 23 Aug 2017

From Belgrade's occasional barbs towards Macedonia's then opposition to a deep diplomatic rift once the opposition took power in Macedonia, relations between the two neighbours have soured sharply this year. Sinisa Jakov Marusic. BIRN. Skopje ... Belgrade sides with Gruevski in Macedonian drama. ... Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic. Photo. Beta/Milos Miskov ... Intelligence affair in April rocks relations. ... Photo. Anadolu ... Video caption by Telma TV ... ....

Macedonia’s Battered Army Eyes Future With More Hope

Edit Balkan Insight 16 Aug 2017

Poorly paid and badly equipped, Macedonian soldiers celebrating the army's 25th anniversary hope for better days, as the country’s new government rekindles hopes of joining NATO. Sinisa Jakov Marusic. BIRN. Skopje ... We repair them ourselves or, as I did, buy new ones on our own.” ... This is well below the NATO benchmark ... Jove is proud of it ... Ours are way older,” one ARM officer told Telma TV during the exercise ... ....

The Left and Venezuela

Edit Information Clearing House 30 Jul 2017

By Claudio Katz. July 29, 2017 "Information Clearing House" - During the last two months Venezuela has been faced with a terrible wave of violence. It has already resulted in more than 60 deaths along with looted schools, burned public buildings, destroyed public transportation and emptied hospitals ... Assessing the Violence ... Also Telma Luzzani, “El plan destituyente del Pentágono y el secretario de la OEA,” Tiempoar, 30-3-2017....

Venezuela: Reactionary Coup in the Making, Media Disinformation, The Attitude of the Left

Edit GlobalResearch 30 Jul 2017

During the last two months Venezuela has been faced with a terrible wave of violence. It has already resulted in more than 60 deaths along with looted schools, burned public buildings, destroyed public transportation and emptied hospitals ... Assessing the Violence ... (Source. PopularResistance.Org). More terrifying is the scene in Mexico ... 1 ... Also Telma Luzzani, “El plan destituyente del Pentágono y el secretario de la OEA,” Tiempoar, 30-3-2017....

Macedonia Identitifies Thugs Behind Parliament Rampage

Edit Balkan Insight 18 Jul 2017

Last weekend, Telma TV, also citing an unnamed source, informed viewers that the investigation had made another possibly relevant discovery, by pinpointing where the former chief of the Public Safety Bureau, Mitko Cavkov, had been during the attack. According to Telma’s source, by using triangulation of his cell phone, the investigation had ......

'At home, we couldn’t get by': more Venezuelans flee as crisis deepens

Edit The Guardian 17 Jul 2017

As Venezuela falls further into turmoil, more of its citizens are leaving a country that once served as a haven for economic migrants and political refugees. Venezuela. 'At home, we couldn’t get by'. more Venezuelans flee as crisis deepens ... At the Brazilian border state of Roraima, Telma Lage, a nun from the Centre for Migration and Human Rights, said it recently helped 290 Venezuelans with asylum applications on just one recent day ... ....

The racy life of the television girl who became a royal: Letizia is the middle class girl who married a prince - but she has a far more colourful past than the Duchess of Cambridge

Edit This is Money 13 Jul 2017

Scroll down for video ... The eldest daughter of Jesus Alvarez, a journalist, and his first wife Maria Rodriguez, a nurse, Letizia was born in Oviedo, northern Spain. One sister, Telma, became an economist; the other, Erika, committed suicide by taking an overdose while suffering from depression ... ....

Comoros: Second Operator Telma Shakes Up a Former Monopoly Market

Edit All Africa 19 Jun 2017

[Balancing Act] London -The implementation of an interconnection agreement between Comores' new second operator Telma and the incumbent Comores Telecom last week has opened up the market to a new level of competition. Russell Southwood looks at what's happened since the agreement was signed ... ....

Macedonia Parliament Attack ‘Pre-Planned’: Ministry Report

Edit Balkan Insight 05 Jun 2017

Sinisa Jakov Marusic. BIRN. Skopje ... Unnamed sources who participated in the Interior Ministry commission that prepared the report told the ‘Kod TV’ investigative programme on Sunday on Telma TV that the document suggests that "police officers, commanders and office holders" were among those who allegedly took part in the planning of the violence in parliament on April 27 ... Ten MPs injured during rampage ... ....

Video Shows MPs Aiding Macedonia Parliament Assailants

Edit Balkan Insight 23 May 2017

BIRN. Skopje ... I have not coordinated anything and I have not worked against the people and against the country,” Vasilevski told Telma TV on Monday when asked to comment on the footage ... Alsat M TV and by Telma TV aired for the footage for the first time on Monday evening, causing a public stir and further fueling suspicions that the violence in parliament was nor random but rather a coordinated attempt on their livelihoods ... ....

Telma Hopkins

Career

Telma Hopkins: Greatest Backup Singer Ever? | TMZ

Telma Hopkins & Joyce Vincent in Lou Effy & Moreen: Mate-O-Matic

Dawn - Blue Finger Lou

Nell Carter and Telma Hopkins Christmas duet

Trisha Mann-Grant and Telma Hopkins in The Clean Up Woman.

Telma Hopkins: Tom Hanks Hasn’t Changed Since His Bosom Buddies Days | Where Are They Now | OWN

Telma Hopkins in a Dunk Tank

BOTNS 1982 Telma Hopkins

Telma Hopkins talks Bosom Buddies at the TV Land Awards

family matters

Selfish One - Tony Orlando & Dawn

Terry Crews, Teala Dunn, Thelma Hopkins: Are We There Yet cast with comedian John Gray

Creed's Scott Stapp, Family Matters' Telma Hopkins and Oprah's Favorites | Where Are They Now | OWN

Telma Hopkins & Joyce Vincent in Lou Effy & Moreen: Secret Admirer

1971 #1. Knock Three Times - Dawn

Telma Hopkins TONY ORLANDO & DAWN Signing Autographs Team Derek

Marie Osmond 1979 Comedy Pilot (With Ellen Travolta, Telma Hopkins & Stephen Shortridge)

Half&Half-; No More Tears.wmv

Lead Dancing on "How to Murder a Millionaire" with Joan Rivers & Telma Hopkins

Telma Hopkins & Joyce Vincent in Lou Effy & Moreen: Undercover

Hopkins, Telma Filmography

Telma Hopkins: Greatest Backup Singer Ever? | TMZ

Telma Hopkins & Joyce Vincent in Lou Effy & Moreen: Mate-O-Matic

Dawn - Blue Finger Lou

Nell Carter and Telma Hopkins Christmas duet

Trisha Mann-Grant and Telma Hopkins in The Clean Up Woman.

Telma Hopkins: Tom Hanks Hasn’t Changed Since His Bosom Buddies Days | Where Are They Now | OWN

Telma Hopkins in a Dunk Tank

BOTNS 1982 Telma Hopkins

Telma Hopkins talks Bosom Buddies at the TV Land Awards

family matters

Selfish One - Tony Orlando & Dawn

Terry Crews, Teala Dunn, Thelma Hopkins: Are We There Yet cast with comedian John Gray

Creed's Scott Stapp, Family Matters' Telma Hopkins and Oprah's Favorites | Where Are They Now | OWN

Telma Hopkins & Joyce Vincent in Lou Effy & Moreen: Secret Admirer

1971 #1. Knock Three Times - Dawn

Telma Hopkins TONY ORLANDO & DAWN Signing Autographs Team Derek

Marie Osmond 1979 Comedy Pilot (With Ellen Travolta, Telma Hopkins & Stephen Shortridge)

Half&Half-; No More Tears.wmv

Lead Dancing on "How to Murder a Millionaire" with Joan Rivers & Telma Hopkins

Telma Hopkins & Joyce Vincent in Lou Effy & Moreen: Undercover

Telma Hopkins: Greatest Backup Singer Ever? | TMZ

Telma Hopkins & Joyce Vincent in Lou Effy & Moreen: Mate-O-Matic

Dawn - Blue Finger Lou

Nell Carter and Telma Hopkins Christmas duet

Trisha Mann-Grant and Telma Hopkins in The Clean Up Woman.

Telma Hopkins: Tom Hanks Hasn’t Changed Since His Bosom Buddies Days | Where Are They Now | OWN

Telma Hopkins in a Dunk Tank

BOTNS 1982 Telma Hopkins

Telma Hopkins talks Bosom Buddies at the TV Land Awards

family matters

Selfish One - Tony Orlando & Dawn

Terry Crews, Teala Dunn, Thelma Hopkins: Are We There Yet cast with comedian John Gray

Creed's Scott Stapp, Family Matters' Telma Hopkins and Oprah's Favorites | Where Are They Now | OWN

Telma Hopkins & Joyce Vincent in Lou Effy & Moreen: Secret Admirer

1971 #1. Knock Three Times - Dawn

Telma Hopkins TONY ORLANDO & DAWN Signing Autographs Team Derek

Marie Osmond 1979 Comedy Pilot (With Ellen Travolta, Telma Hopkins & Stephen Shortridge)

Half&Half-; No More Tears.wmv

Lead Dancing on "How to Murder a Millionaire" with Joan Rivers & Telma Hopkins

Telma Hopkins & Joyce Vincent in Lou Effy & Moreen: Undercover

Telma Hopkins: Greatest Backup Singer Ever? | TMZ

Tony Orlando & Dawn Reunion Concert 2005

Trisha Mann-Grant and Telma Hopkins in The Clean Up Woman.

BOTNS 1982 Telma Hopkins

Dawn - Blue Finger Lou

Trisha Mann-Grant, Telma Hopkins & Christopher Williams in The Clean Up Woman

Telma Gudbjörnsdottir - Fallin Behind

Telma Gudbjörnsdottir Live

Tony Orlando Final

Orlando LIVE - In the Artist Studio with Morgan Fairchild

Highlights from Brandye! Live in Las Vegas

Battle of the Network Stars - 12 - May (1982)

Joyce Vincent (maybe Telma Hopkins) & The Funk Brothers- Solid as a Rock

How To Murder A Millonaire 1990 Part 1 Joan Rivers Telma Hopkins Morgan Fairchild

Jackee' Harry, Telma Hopkins, George Willborn & Christopher Williams star alongside JD Lawrence

Terry Crews, Teala Dunn, Thelma Hopkins: Are We There Yet cast with comedian John Gray

Half&Half-; No More Tears.wmv