---
name: "Jedda Jones"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jedda-jones"
fi1m_id: "jedda-jones"
imdb_id: "nm0428332"
tmdb_id: 21249
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "8 August 1952"
died: "29 July 2026"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 59
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-05T00:49:57.339558+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Jedda Jones

## Identity

Jedda Jones

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jedda-jones
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jedda-jones
- **IMDb ID:** nm0428332
- **TMDB ID:** 21249
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0428332/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/21249

Actor. Born 8 August 1952 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. Died 29 July 2026.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 8 August 1952, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
- **Died:** 29 July 2026
- **Active:** 1991–2004
- **Also known as:** Miss Dupree, Ms. Dupree , Jedda 'Ms. Dupree' Jones, Jedda Jones-Richards
- **Average Fi1m score:** 59, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 54 (2), 2000s 70 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 59 to 59 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 2 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 2, Music 1, Mystery 1, Romance 1, Thriller 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $403m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0428332/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/21249

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Shattered*](https://film.one/film/shattered.md) (58)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Jedda Jones is an American actress and comedian. Born on 8 August 1952 in New Orleans, Louisiana, she graduated from Xavier University Preparatory School in 1970 and received a B.A. from Tulane University in 1974. After working for a decade at Bell South, she moved to New York in 1985 to pursue stand-up comedy. She also worked as a writer, contributing monologues and speeches for Marsha Warfield and serving as head writer for two seasons of The Martha Warfield Show.

Jones made her screen debut in the 1991 film *Shattered* as Sadie. She appeared in *Indecent Proposal* (1993), *CB4* (1993), *Bulworth* (1998), *Ray* (2004) as Mercedes, *The Final Destination* (2009) and *Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans* (2009). On television she had recurring roles in *Sister, Sister* (1994–1998) and played Miss Dupree on *The Tom Joyner Show*. She died on 29 July 2026 in New Orleans.

*Sources: imdb.com, catalog.afi.com, thehistorymakers.org.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Ray* (2004), Fi1m 70, as Mercedes — [page](https://film.one/film/ray.md)
- *Indecent Proposal* (1993), Fi1m 50, as Craps Woman — [page](https://film.one/film/indecent-proposal.md)
- *Shattered* (1991), Fi1m 58, as Sadie — [page](https://film.one/film/shattered.md)

## Complete filmography (15)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *National Lampoon's Snatched* (2011), as Jedda
- *Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans* (2009), as Civilian Aide
- *The Final Destination* (2009), as Nurse
- *Treasure n tha Hood* (2005), as Ms. Minnie
- *Jeremy's Family Reunion* (2005), as Grandma Pearl · Writer
- *Ray* (2004), as Mercedes — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/ray.md)
- *Bulworth* (1998), as Woman in Church #2
- *Cosmic Slop* (1994), as Woman in Audience (segment 'Space Traders')
- *Sister, Sister* (1994), series, as Charlotte, Marjorie
- *Indecent Proposal* (1993), as Craps Woman — Fi1m 50, [page](https://film.one/film/indecent-proposal.md)
- *CB4* (1993), as Waitress
- *Shattered* (1991), as Sadie — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/shattered.md)
- *Talkin' Dirty After Dark* (1991), as Rubie Lin
- *New Attitude* (1990), series, as Celina
- *Coach* (1989), series, as Susie

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