Hattie Winston
Hattie Mae Winston ( born March 3, 1945 in Lexington, Mississippi) is an American singer and actress.
Life
Winston was born in Lexington, Mississippi, and grew up in Greenville. She began her career on Broadway in the play The Tap Dance Kid and was a member of the Negro Ensemble Company. Since 1978 she is married to composer Harold Wheeler and both have an adopted daughter named Samantha.
Winston became known in Germany mainly through her portrayal of nurse Margaret Wyborn in the sitcom Becker on the side of Ted Danson. From 1998 to 2004, she starred in 129 episodes of the maternal- feisty receptionist Margaret which engages the practitioner John Becker professionally and personally under the arms.
In addition, Winston played in the series Scrubs - the mother of the surgeon Chris Turk.
In the United States, it gained great notoriety primarily for her roles on the series The Electric Company (1973-1977, 520 episodes ) and Homefront (1991-1993, 42 episodes).