View Full Version : S. Epatha Merkerson is Now the Longest Running Black Actress on A Drama in TV History


Brian Damage
02-28-2010, 05:51 PM
Q. On “Law & Order” is S. Epatha Merkerson sick in real life or is her having cancer a storyline to phase her out of the series? S.T., e-mail

A. Neither. Merkerson, who has played Lieut. Anita Van Buren since 1993, has the distinction of being the longest running black actress in a drama in the history of TV. Her “sickness” absences allow her to moonlight in Broadway plays. As far as is known, her health is fine.

http://blogs.sun-sentinel.com/tv/2010/02/ask-tj-los-merkerson-has-no-health-woes.html

catlover79
02-28-2010, 09:03 PM
Awesome! Love her. :cool: :D

Adamantium
02-28-2010, 11:02 PM
She'll always be Reba the Mail Lady to me. ;)

catlover79
03-01-2010, 02:06 AM
She'll always be Reba the Mail Lady to me. ;)
Yes, I totally remember her from Pee Wee's Playhouse. :cool: Just like Lawrence Fishburne will always be Cowboy Curtis!