Patti LaBelle is set to guest star on ABC’s ‘The Wonder Years’. The veteran singer will portray Bill Williams (Dule Hill)’s mother, Shirley Williams, in a two-episode arc in the upcoming second season, which will premiere in midseason and has yet to announce a release date.
Shirley is also the director of the church choir. Affectionately known as “Mother Williams,” she is “as sweet as can be, but there’s another side to it when choir members don’t hit the right notes,” according to her character description.
A revamped version of the ’80s Emmy-winning original series of the same name, “The Wonder Years” is a coming-of-age comedy that tells the story of a black middle-class Williams family in Montgomery, Alabama in the late 1960s. . – All from the point of view of the creative 12-year-old Dean. The Peabody Award-winning show stars Don Cheadle as the adult Dean Williams, Elisha “EJ” Williams as Dean Williams, Saxon Sengblo as Lillian Williams, Laura Kariyuki as Kim Williams, Brad Hitman as Julian Lerner as Amari O’Neill, Corey Long and Milan Ray as Keisa Clemons.
Lee Daniels, Saladin K. Patterson and Bob Daly serve as executive producers. The series is produced by 20th Television, a part of Disney Television Studios. Season 1 is available to stream on Hulu.
Referred to as the Godmother of Soul, LaBelle is a multiple-Grammy nominated and winning artist best known for hit tracks such as “On My Own” and “Lady Marmalade”, the latter of which she also co-founded the vocal group label. Released as Frontwoman. Patti LaBelle and the Bluebells). In addition to recording and touring, LaBelle is also the author of six books, including a memoir and recipe collection.
She is also a two-time Emmy nominee and has made guest appearances as herself on shows such as “The Nanny,” “Empire” and “The Kominsky Method.” She has also appeared in “American Horror Story” and “A Different World”. In 1992, he led the NBC sitcom “Out All Night” about a singer who owns an L.A. nightclub and was set in the same universe as “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air”. LaBelle has been in “Dancing with the Stars” and “The Masked Singer” as well as in Broadway productions such as “After Midnight”. Outside of her professional career, she is a notable humanitarian and spokeswoman for the American Diabetes Association.
