Trina Parks Biography

Movies

• Beyond the Valley of the Dolls, 1970
• The Great White Hope, 1970
• Diamonds Are Forever, 1971
• Darktown Strutters, 1975
• The Muthers, 1976
• The Blues Brothers, 1980
• Immortal Kiss: Queen of the Night, 2012

Television

• Night Gallery, episode "The Phantom Farmhouse"
• McCoy - NBC Movie of the Week
• Dick Shawn Special - Featured singer/dancer - CBS
• The Hollywood Palace (2 shows) - Featured singer/dancer - NBC
• French composer Michel Legrand Special - Featured dancer - Paris TV
• Dionne Warwick Special - Featured dancer - CBS
• Telly Savalas Special - Featured dancer - CBS
• Parks also appeared in television specials with Dean Martin and Sammy Davis, Jr.

Theater

• The Selling of the President
• Her First Roman
• The Emperor Jones - Principal - NY & European Tour, with James Earl Jones
• The Great White Hope with James Earl Jones
• Bittersweet - Principal - Long Beach C.L. Opera, with Shirley Jones
• More Than You Deserve - Principal - NY Shakespeare Festival, with Fred Gwynne
• They're Playing Our Song - Principal - Grand Dinner Theatre, with Joanne Worley
• House of Flowers '92 - Principal - East Coast Tour, with Pattie LaBelle
• In Dahomey - New Federal Theatre at the Harry De Jur Playhouse, New York
• Sophisticated Ladies - Starring - US Tour
• National Tai Pai Theatre - Guest Soloist - European Concert
• Changes - Principal - Theatre de Lys
• Ovid's Metamorphoses - Principal - Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles
• Catch a Rising Star
• Bread, Beans and Things - Co-Star - Aquarius Theatre, Los Angeles
• Black Ballet Jazz - Guest Artist - European Tour
• Black Diamonds - Guest Artist - John Houston Theatre
• I Don't Want to Cry No More
• Deux Anges Sont Venus - Guest Artist - Théâtre de Paris
• Sights and Sounds at Carnegie Hall
• Eleo Pomare Dance Company - Guest Artist
• Tribute to Sammy Davis Jr. - New York
• Trina's Tribute to Duke Ellington - One Person Show
• The Fabulous Palm Springs Follies - 6 years

Choreography

• Clytemnestra & Agamemnon
• Rumba Trio - Lulu Washington Dance Company
• Golden Globe Awards
• Car Wash movie tour
• "Tribute to the Black Woman" concert
• Carousal