Award for Best Guest Performer in a Comedy Series nomination for her performance. She has also been featured in various TV commercials. In 2017, she published a book about her life and career, entitled The Mother of Black Hollywood, in which she shared her life experiences with Whoopi Goldberg, Loretta Devine, Chris Rock, Bette Midler, Rosie O'Donnell, Liza Minnelli, Whitney Houston and Aretha Franklin. Personal life Lewis has been married to Arnold Byrd since 2012. She has an adopted daughter named Charmaine Lewis. In 1990, Lewis was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. She originally hid her diagnosis, as she felt ashamed, but eventually came to embrace it after 17 years of therapy and 10 years of medication. In a 2014 interview, she said: "You have to look in the mirror... and say—before you can go or grow into anything—you have to say you love yourself." Filmography Film Television Video games Music videos Theme parks References External links 1957 births Living people People from St. Louis County, Missouri 20th-century African-American women singers American voice actresses Actresses from Missouri People with bipolar disorder American television actresses African-American actresses American film actresses 20th-century American actresses 21st-century American actresses Webster University alumni Harlettes members American stage actresses 21st-century African-American women 21st-century African-American people