- She starred in and co-wrote a one-woman show called "The Diva is Dismissed". The show earned her two NAACP Theater Awards.
- Was once one of Bette Midler's Harlettes.
- Despite playing her mother in What's Love Got to Do with It (1993), Lewis is just one year older than Angela Bassett.
- Attended and graduated from Webster University in Webster Groves, Missouri.
- She is the youngest of seven children.
- Has an adopted daughter named Charmaine Lewis.
- Despite playing her mother in The Preacher's Wife (1996), Lewis was just six years older than the late Whitney Houston.
- Sang in her church choir at the age of five.
- She began her career on Broadway in the musical "Eubie!".
- Attended and graduated from Kinloch High School in Kinloch, Missouri.
- In 1990, she was diagnosed with bipolar disorder.
- She was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Television at 6284 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on July 15, 2022.
- Sister of Lawrence Lewis, Jackie Davis, Vertella Lewis, and Wilatrel Rice.
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