Odessa cleveland biography

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    • Odessa Cleveland

    American film and television actress

    Odessa Cleveland is an American retired film and television actress.[1]

    Early years

    Born in Louisiana,[2] Cleveland graduated from Peabody High School. She graduated from Grambling State University[3] with a BS degree in physical education and English and a master's degree in business management and education.[4]

    Career

    A life member of The Actors Studio,[5] Cleveland is best known for her role as Lieutenant Ginger Bayliss, a recurring character on the television series M*A*S*H,[6] on which she appeared for 26 episodes from 1972 to 1975.

    Cleveland also had a guest role in an episode of the CBS-TV series M*A*S*Hspin-offTrapper John, M.D. in 1986. Beginning as a receptionist and writer at the Watts Writer's Workshop/Theater in Los Angeles,[4] and under the tutelage of Budd Schulberg, Odessa began appearing in such productions as