{"id":67204,"date":"2025-08-21T09:01:06","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T09:01:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/!projects\/!webs\/affairpost.com\/que-sest-il-passe-a-theresa-merritt-son-age-son-conjoint-ses-enfants-sa-biographie\/"},"modified":"2025-08-21T09:01:06","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T09:01:06","slug":"que-sest-il-passe-a-theresa-merritt-son-age-son-conjoint-ses-enfants-sa-biographie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/affairpost.com\/fr\/que-sest-il-passe-a-theresa-merritt-son-age-son-conjoint-ses-enfants-sa-biographie\/","title":{"rendered":"Que s&#8217;est-il pass\u00e9 \u00e0 Theresa Merritt ? Son \u00e2ge, son conjoint, ses enfants, sa biographie."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"g_banner_div\" style=\"margin-right:20px;margin-bottom:10px;\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- AffairPost AD1 -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:inline-block;width:300px;height:250px\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8220363953005131\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"9409327444\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><\/div><\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div>\n<p>Theresa Merritt \u00e9tait une actrice am\u00e9ricaine de 75 ans, surtout connue pour son r\u00f4le dans la s\u00e9rie t\u00e9l\u00e9vis\u00e9e &#8220;That&#8217;s My Mama&#8221;, et dans des films tels que &#8220;The Wiz&#8221; et &#8220;Billy Madison&#8221;.<\/p>\n<h2>Jeunesse<\/h2>\n<p>Th\u00e9r\u00e8sa Merritt Hines (n\u00e9e Merritt) est n\u00e9e le 24 septembre 1922 \u00e0 Emporia, en Virginie, aux \u00c9tats-Unis. Selon le <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1998\/06\/21\/nyregion\/theresa-merritt-75-praised-in-role-of-ma-rainey-is-dead.html\" target=\"_blank\">New York Times<\/a>, elle a d\u00e9m\u00e9nag\u00e9 \u00e0 Philadelphie, en Pennsylvanie, alors qu&#8217;elle \u00e9tait nourrisson, o\u00f9 son oncle et sa tante l&#8217;ont \u00e9lev\u00e9e apr\u00e8s le d\u00e9c\u00e8s de sa m\u00e8re. Lors de son entretien de 1985 avec Rian Keating, Th\u00e9r\u00e8sa a d\u00e9clar\u00e9 qu&#8217;elle regrettait de n&#8217;avoir pas eu de m\u00e8re, mais que sa tante avait \u00e9t\u00e9 une influence fantastique, au point qu&#8217;elle souhaitait parfois que sa tante soit plus stricte et a regard\u00e9 <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=lBNgNSZhRIc\" target=\"_blank\">des vid\u00e9os<\/a> pour se rappeler de son enfance.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_50776\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-50776\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-50776\" src=\"http:\/\/affairpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Teresamerritt40.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"1010\" srcset=\"\/\/affairpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Teresamerritt40.webp 800w, \/\/affairpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Teresamerritt40-238x300.webp 238w, \/\/affairpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Teresamerritt40-768x970.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-50776\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/static.wikia.nocookie.net\/ozwikia\/images\/d\/d9\/Teresamerritt40.gif\/revision\/latest?cb=20131010202905\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Source de l&#8217;image<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>L&#8217;\u00e9ducation pr\u00e9coce, source de carri\u00e8re.<\/h2>\n<p>Enfant, Theresa a jou\u00e9 en tant qu&#8217;invit\u00e9e dans l&#8217;\u00e9mission de radio &#8220;Parisian Tailor&#8217;s Colored Kiddie Hour&#8221;, qui s&#8217;adressait \u00e0 un public noir. Elle a ensuite voulu devenir chanteuse d&#8217;op\u00e9ra et a \u00e9tudi\u00e9 \u00e0 la Settlement Music School de Philadelphie, puis s&#8217;est inscrite \u00e0 l&#8217;universit\u00e9 Temple \u00e0 Philadelphie, et a \u00e9tudi\u00e9 \u00e0 l&#8217;universit\u00e9 de New York \u00e0 New York.<\/p>\n<p>En 1977, Theresa a re\u00e7u un titre de membre honoris causa de la sororit\u00e9 Delta Sigma Theta, fond\u00e9e par des femmes fr\u00e9quentant l&#8217;Universit\u00e9 Howard \u00e0 Washington DC, et ax\u00e9e sur le soutien aux membres de la communaut\u00e9 afro-am\u00e9ricaine.<\/p>\n<p>Lors de son interview avec Rian, Theresa a d\u00e9clar\u00e9 que la s\u00e9gr\u00e9gation \u00e9tait pr\u00e9sente au d\u00e9but de sa carri\u00e8re, ce qui rendait le tournage et les tourn\u00e9es difficiles; elle devait parfois dormir dans des voitures ou des motels plut\u00f4t que dans des h\u00f4tels avec ses coll\u00e8gues blancs. De plus, au d\u00e9but, elle ne se souciait pas que les gens profitent d&#8217;elle, car elle \u00e9tait pleine d&#8217;illusions. Cependant, Theresa a progressivement d\u00e9velopp\u00e9 une certaine force de caract\u00e8re, et devait souvent faire semblant d&#8217;\u00eatre beaucoup plus forte mentalement pour progresser dans le show-business.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:20px;\"><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Affairpost RES 1 -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8220363953005131\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"5561188953\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><\/div>\n<h2>Carri\u00e8re<\/h2>\n<p>Theresa a commenc\u00e9 sa carri\u00e8re comme actrice de th\u00e9\u00e2tre en 1943, lorsqu&#8217;elle a obtenu un r\u00f4le dans la com\u00e9die musicale &#8220;Carmen Jones&#8221;, qu&#8217;elle a reprise en 1945 et 1947.<\/p>\n<p>Dans les ann\u00e9es 1950, elle \u00e9tait membre du groupe de musique Helen Way Singers, connu pour ses ch\u0153urs et pour avoir interpr\u00e9t\u00e9 le succ\u00e8s &#8220;Early In the Morning&#8221; de Buddy Holly en 1958. De plus, le chanteur et acteur Harry Belafonte l&#8217;a engag\u00e9e une fois comme choriste.<\/p>\n<p>Theresa est apparue dans des productions de Broadway de &#8220;Tambourines to Glory&#8221; en 1964, &#8220;Golden Boy&#8221; l&#8217;ann\u00e9e suivante, et &#8220;Trumpets of the Lord&#8221; en 1969. Dans les ann\u00e9es 1950 et 1960, elle a tourn\u00e9 avec des compagnies jouant des com\u00e9dies musicales telles que &#8220;Funny Girl&#8221;, &#8220;South Pacific&#8221; et &#8220;Show Boat&#8221;. En 1974, Theresa a d\u00e9croch\u00e9 son r\u00f4le sc\u00e9nique le plus connu, jouant Evillene dans &#8220;The Wiz&#8221;, une com\u00e9die musicale bas\u00e9e sur le roman pour enfants de 1900 de L. Frank Baum intitul\u00e9 &#8220;The Wonderful Wizard of Oz&#8221;. Un autre de ses r\u00f4les m\u00e9morables \u00e9tait dans la pi\u00e8ce de 1982 &#8220;Ma Rainey&#8217;s Black Bottom&#8221;, et elle a \u00e9t\u00e9 nomin\u00e9e pour un Tony Award trois ans plus tard dans la cat\u00e9gorie Meilleure Actrice dans un Second R\u00f4le dans une Pi\u00e8ce.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/soultvofficial\/posts\/pfbid02rbeJzbjo6veNfpF9QLgjVjThfibyb3cj8xGyJTSrtaDP77uqgs6x1fKZkARDExEl<\/p>\n<h2>T\u00e9l\u00e9vision<\/h2>\n<p>Theresa a fait ses d\u00e9buts \u00e0 la t\u00e9l\u00e9vision dans le t\u00e9l\u00e9film &#8220;J.T.&#8221; en 1969, o\u00f9 elle jouait Mama Meley. Probablement parce que le public se souvenait de son visage sous ce nom, les personnages de deux projets suivants, le t\u00e9l\u00e9film &#8220;The Furst Family of Washington&#8221;, sorti en 1973, et la s\u00e9rie &#8220;That&#8217;s My Mama&#8221;, diffus\u00e9e de 1974 \u00e0 1975, ont \u00e9t\u00e9 nomm\u00e9s Eloise &#8220;Mama&#8221; Furst et Eloise &#8220;Mama&#8221; Curtis, respectivement.<\/p>\n<p>Th\u00e9r\u00e8se a admis \u00e0 Rian Keating que le choix des noms n&#8217;avait pas beaucoup de sens, mais qu&#8217;elle avait fait de son mieux pour rendre les personnages distinctifs, afin d&#8217;\u00e9viter d&#8217;\u00eatre \u00e9tiquet\u00e9e. De plus, elle \u00e9tait agac\u00e9e que certains critiques qualifient son jeu d&#8217;\u00ab\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/lBNgNSZhRIc?t=1017\" target=\"_blank\">st\u00e9r\u00e9otyp\u00e9<\/a>\u00a0\u00bb et voulait qu&#8217;ils pr\u00e9cisent ce qu&#8217;ils entendaient par l\u00e0. Elle estimait que son interpr\u00e9tation surpassait la caricature raciste anti-noire d&#8217;une femme afro-am\u00e9ricaine, connue sous le nom de \u00ab\u00a0mammy\u00a0\u00bb, \u00e0 laquelle ils faisaient probablement r\u00e9f\u00e9rence.<\/p>\n<p>Bien que Theresa n&#8217;ait jamais retrouv\u00e9 cette popularit\u00e9 \u00e0 la t\u00e9l\u00e9vision, elle a fait des apparitions remarqu\u00e9es dans des s\u00e9ries t\u00e9l\u00e9vis\u00e9es telles que &#8220;The Love Boat&#8221; en 1983, &#8220;American Playhouse&#8221; en 1984, &#8220;Law &amp; Order&#8221; en 1997, et &#8220;NYPD Blue&#8221; en 1998.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:20px;\"><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-8220363953005131\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Affairpost RES 2 -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8220363953005131\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"6044797503\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><\/div>\n<h2>Films<\/h2>\n<p>Theresa a fait ses d\u00e9buts au cin\u00e9ma en 1971 en jouant Peggy dans le film &#8220;They Might Be Giants&#8221;, puis a fait une pause jusqu&#8217;en 1977, o\u00f9 elle est apparue en tant que Maria dans &#8220;Proof of the Man&#8221;, et dans &#8220;The Goodbye Girl&#8221; en tant que Mme Crosby. Son interpr\u00e9tation habile d&#8217;Evillene, r\u00f4le dans lequel elle a remplac\u00e9 l&#8217;actrice et chanteuse Mabel King, l&#8217;a amen\u00e9e \u00e0 \u00eatre choisie pour le r\u00f4le de tante Em dans la version cin\u00e9matographique de 1978 de &#8220;The Wiz&#8221; au nom \u00e9ponyme.<\/p>\n<p>Theresa a ensuite jou\u00e9 Arrabella Smalls dans &#8220;The Great Santini&#8221; en 1979, Jewel dans &#8220;The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas&#8221; en 1982, Simone dans &#8220;The Serpent and the Rainbow&#8221; en 1988, et Juanita dans &#8220;Billy Madison&#8221; en 1995. Patrick Swayze a r\u00e9v\u00e9l\u00e9 que les producteurs du film de romance-thriller &#8220;Ghost&#8221; voulaient que Theresa joue Oda Mae Brown en 1990, mais il a insist\u00e9 pour demander \u00e0 Whoopi Goldberg de passer une audition, et elle a obtenu le r\u00f4le. Theresa a re\u00e7u une nomination aux Emmy Awards pour le documentaire t\u00e9l\u00e9vis\u00e9 &#8220;Concealed Enemies&#8221; qui a \u00e9t\u00e9 pr\u00e9sent\u00e9 en premi\u00e8re en 1984.<\/p>\n<p>En 1998, elle est apparue dans deux films, &#8220;Proposition dangereuse&#8221; et &#8220;Home Fries&#8221;, ce dernier dans lequel elle jouait Mme Vaughan, sorti \u00e0 titre posthume.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/C7Wr9RqtSGi\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\"><\/blockquote>\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\"><\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">Consultez cette publication sur Instagram<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\"><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/C7Wr9RqtSGi\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Une publication partag\u00e9e par Virginia Production Alliance (@virginiaproductionalliance)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>La mort<\/h2>\n<p>Le 12 juin 1998, Theresa est d\u00e9c\u00e9d\u00e9e d&#8217;un cancer de la peau \u00e0 l&#8217;h\u00f4pital Calvary dans le Bronx, \u00e0 New York, entour\u00e9e de sa famille. On lui avait diagnostiqu\u00e9 la maladie environ six ans auparavant, et elle l&#8217;a combattue tout en vivant dans le quartier de Hollis, dans le Queens, \u00e0 New York. Theresa n&#8217;a jamais r\u00e9v\u00e9l\u00e9 le type de cancer, se contentant de dire qu&#8217;elle avait subi une op\u00e9ration chirurgicale et une chimioth\u00e9rapie.<\/p>\n<p>Selon <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.findagrave.com\/memorial\/22373\/theresa-merritt\/photo\" target=\"_blank\">Find a Grave<\/a>, les fun\u00e9railles ont eu lieu cinq jours plus tard \u00e0 l&#8217;\u00e9glise presbyt\u00e9rienne de Hollis \u00e0 Manhattan, New York. Theresa a \u00e9t\u00e9 enterr\u00e9e au cimeti\u00e8re Maple Grove \u00e0 Kew Gardens, dans le Queens, et sa tombe porte l&#8217;inscription: \u00ab Aim\u00e9e du Seigneur \u00bb.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:20px;\"><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-8220363953005131\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Affairpost RES3 -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8220363953005131\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7308398399\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><\/div>\n<h2>Mari de Benjamin Hines<\/h2>\n<p>Th\u00e9r\u00e8se a \u00e9pous\u00e9 Benjamin Hines en 1945, et ils sont rest\u00e9s mari\u00e9s jusqu&#8217;\u00e0 sa mort. Elle a confi\u00e9 \u00e0 Rian qu&#8217;elle avait \u00e9pous\u00e9 un mari compr\u00e9hensif qui croyait en la possibilit\u00e9 pour les femmes d&#8217;avoir une carri\u00e8re, de sorte que la relation n&#8217;avait pas de conflit \u00e0 cet \u00e9gard. Selon elle, Benjamin avait un an de plus et une personnalit\u00e9 diff\u00e9rente, mais s&#8217;int\u00e9ressait \u00e0 tout ce qu&#8217;elle <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/lBNgNSZhRIc?t=1272\" target=\"_blank\">faisait<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Selon le rapport du <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.findagrave.com\/memorial\/22373\/theresa-merritt\" target=\"_blank\">New York Times<\/a>, le couple a eu quatre enfants: trois fils, Benjamin Jr., Norman et Dennis, et une fille, Denise. Elle avait \u00e9galement des petits-enfants, Justin Bullock-Hines et Patti Hines, et un arri\u00e8re-petit-fils, Lucas Bullock-Hines, le fils de Justin issu de son mariage avec Halley. 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