Danitra Vance was an American comedienne and actress best known as a cast member on the NBC sketch show Saturday Night Live during its eleventh season and for work in feature films like Sticky Fingers , Limit Up and Jumpin' at the Boneyard . Born in Chicago, Vance graduated from nearby Thornton Township High School in 1972. In high school she was active in theater and was a member of the debate team. She later attended Roosevelt University and graduated with honors. She then studied drama at Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art. Vance was the first African American woman to become a SNL... repertory player , and was the first lesbian cast member hired . She is best remembered for the sketch "That Black Girl", , and for her character Cabrini Green Harlem Watts Jackson, a teenage mother who dispensed advice on the do's and don'ts of being pregnant.
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| Birthdate: | July 13, 1954 |
| Birthplace: | Chicago, Illinois |
| Date of death: | August 21, 1994 |