---
name: "Yvette Cason"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/yvette-cason"
fi1m_id: "yvette-cason"
imdb_id: "nm0143809"
tmdb_id: 15569
wikidata_id: "Q13560307"
roles: []
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-01T19:09:12.279909+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."
---

# Yvette Cason

## Identity

Yvette Cason

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/yvette-cason
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** yvette-cason
- **IMDb ID:** nm0143809
- **TMDB ID:** 15569
- **Wikidata ID:** Q13560307
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yvette_Cason, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13560307, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0143809/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/15569

Actor. Born in Washington, D.C..

## Details

- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yvette_Cason, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13560307, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0143809/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/15569

## Streaming the US now

- **Pluto TV:** [*Dreamgirls*](https://film.one/film/dreamgirls.md) (68)

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## Biography

Yvette Cason is an American actress who has worked in film, television and theatre. She trained at the Sewell Music Conservatory in Washington, D.C., and was an understudy for Effie White in the original 1981 Broadway production of *Dreamgirls*, its 1985 international tour and the 1987 Broadway revival.

In the 2006 feature film adaptation of *Dreamgirls*, she played May. Her other screen credits include *A Wrinkle in Time* (2018) as Mrs. Teacher, *Shameless* (2018) as Mrs. Jackson, *NCIS* (2020) as Maureen, and *Bosch: Legacy* (2022) as Judge Alberta Ryan. On stage she appeared in *Sisterella* (1996) and *Play On!* (1997 Broadway). She was also crowned Miss Black America D.C. in 1981.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Dreamgirls* (2006), Fi1m 68, as May — [page](https://film.one/film/dreamgirls.md)

## Complete filmography (20)

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

- *Pretty Freekin Scary* (2023), series, as Maw-Maw
- *Bosch: Legacy* (2022), series, as Judge Alberta Ryan
- *All American: Homecoming* (2022), series, as Kadira Luther
- *The Gaze* (2021), Actor
- *For the People* (2018), series, as Anna Jenkins
- *A Wrinkle in Time* (2018), as Mrs. Teacher
- *Raven's Home* (2017), series, as Grace
- *Middle of Nowhere* (2012), as Mrs. Hastings
- *Shameless* (2011), series, as Mrs. Jackson — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/shameless-2011.md)
- *Notes from the Underbelly* (2007), series, as Ultrasound tech
- *Dreamgirls* (2006), as May — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/dreamgirls.md)
- *Hannah Montana* (2006), series, as Teacher
- *NCIS* (2003), series, as Maureen — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/ncis.md)
- *American Dreams* (2002), series, as Elma
- *Alias* (2001), series, as Connie — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/alias.md)
- *Boston Public* (2000), series, as Anita Graham
- *Curb Your Enthusiasm* (2000), series, as Councilwoman Yovanovitch — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/curb-your-enthusiasm.md)
- *The King of Queens* (1998), series, as Mrs. Blanchard
- *ER* (1994), series, as Oncology Nurse — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/er.md)
- *Knots Landing* (1979), series, as Bailiff

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