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L. Scott Caldwell

L. Scott Caldwell

Acting1950Chicago, Illinois, USA

Biography

Laverne Scott Caldwell (born April 17, 1950) is an American actress known for her role as Rose on Lost.

She earned a degree in Theater Arts and Communications from Loyola University Chicago, and has an extensive background in feature films, television and theater. Her film credits include Mystery Alaska, Waiting to Exhale, The Net, The Fugitive, Dutch and Without a Trace. She had recurring roles on Judging Amy, and has guest-starred in JAG, Chicago Hope, City of Angels and Promised Land, all on CBS. Her additional television credits include The Practice, The Division, Any Day Now, Murder One, The Pretender, Grace Under Fire, Melrose Place, Lois and Clark, ER, Nip/Tuck, L.A. Law, Ghost Whisperer, Cold Case, Saving Grace, State of Mind, and The Cosby Show.

On Broadway, she won a 1988 Tony Award for her role in Joe Turner's Come and Gone. Her other Broadway credits include Proposals, A Month of Sundays and Home. She has also appeared off Broadway in About Heaven & Earth, Colored People's Time, Old Phantoms, A Season to Unravel, and The Imprisonment of Obatala.

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Acting History

Future
2026
The Rookie
TVas Mabel St. Clair1 eps
2024
Bad Monkey
TVas Ya-Ya10 eps
2023
The Good Doctor
TVas Evelyn Allen1 eps
2021
Bingo Hell
as Dolores
One of Us Is Lying
TVas Nonny1 eps
2020
Lucifer
TVas Lilith1 eps
2019
All Rise
TVas Roxy Robinson7 eps
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TVas Jo Anderson1 eps
2018
A Million Little Things
TVas Renee Howard3 eps
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina
TVas Nana Ruth2 eps
2017
The Case for Christ
as Alfie Davis
Division 19
as Michelle Jacobs
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
TVas Laverne Holt1 eps
How to Get Away with Murder
TVas Jasmine Bromelle5 eps
Insecure
TVas Carol Carter8 eps
2016
Mercy Street
TVas Belinda Gibson12 eps
2015
The Perfect Guy
as Evelyn Vaughn
Concussion
as Waters' Mother
Madam Secretary
TVas Afeni Rahim1 eps
2012
Private Practice
TVas Jillian McCray1 eps
2011
The Lamp
as Miss Esther
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
TVas Nora Parkes1 eps
Grey's Anatomy
TVas Allison Cobb1 eps
2009
Powder Blue
as Nurse Gomez
Like Dandelion Dust
as Allyson Bower
Southland
TVas Enid Adams7 eps
2008
The Secret Life of the American Teenager
TVas Margaret Shakur32 eps
2007
Saving Grace
TVas Dee Reynolds1 eps
Without a Trace
TVas Anna Washington1 eps
2006
Gridiron Gang
as Bobbi Porter
Cold Case
TVas Alice Stallworth1 eps
Ghost Whisperer
TVas Liz Nelson1 eps
2004
Intimate Betrayal
as Det. Sheila Monroe
Lost
TVas Rose Nadler24 eps
ER
TVas Dr. Rabb2 eps
2003
Queens Supreme
TVas Judge Rose Barnea
Nip/Tuck
TVas Dr. Reed1 eps
2001
The Practice
TVas Parole Board Chairwoman Susan Moton1 eps
1999
Mystery, Alaska
as Judge McGibbons
Chicago Hope
TVas Bonnie Medina1 eps
Judging Amy
TVas Tanya Miller7 eps
JAG
TVas Mrs. Flora Springs1 eps
1996
Twilight Man
as Det. Lou Shannon
The Pretender
TVas Gwen Porter1 eps
1995
The Net
as Public Defender
Devil in a Blue Dress
as Hattie Parsons
Waiting to Exhale
as Bernadine's Lawyer (uncredited)
1994
Melrose Place
TVas Judge Maxine Marco1 eps
1991
Dutch
as Homeless Woman
Up Against the Wall
as Sandy Wilkes
Love, Lies and Murder
TVas Judge Starkey
1989
Tour of Duty
TVas Selma Binion1 eps
Hunter
TVas Gloria Tessel1 eps
L.A. Law
TVas Wanda Havens1 eps
1988
God Bless the Child
as Althea Watkins
The Cosby Show
TVas Elizabeth1 eps
TV 101
TVas Mrs. Hines
Tony Awards
TVas Self - Winner1 eps
1984
1983
Without a Trace
as Janet Smith

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Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
4/17/1950(75 years old)
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA