Jaye Rudolph: Who is Jasmine Guy’s mother?

Jaye Rudolph is well known among many as the mother of actress Jasmine Guy. Jaye Rudolph’s daughter is a director, singer, and dancer aside from being an actress. She caught the public attention after she portrayed the role of Dina in the 1988 film School Daze and as Whitley Gilbert-Wayne on the NBC The Cosby Show spin-off A Different World, which originally ran from 1987 to 1993.

Jaye Rudolph: Bio Summary

Jasmine Guy’s mother is a Caucasian

Jaye Rudolph was born in 1937 in the United States of America to Francisco and Maria Resendes, Portuguese immigrants who settled in Acushnet according to southcoasttoday. As of 2023, she is 87 years old. Jaye is Caucasian while her parent William Guy is Black American. Their daughters Jasmine Guy and her sister Monica Guy are Biracial. Jaye and her partner William raised their daughters in the affluent historic Collier Heights neighborhood of Atlanta, Georgia, where they attended Northside Performing Arts High School.

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Jaye Rudolph was a teacher

Jasmine Guy’s mother was a former high-school English teacher, and her father William Vincent Guy was a pastor of the historic Friendship Baptist Church of Atlanta, which served as an early home to Spelman College. Reverend William Vincent Guy was also a college instructor in philosophy and religion according to Jasmine’s Wikipedia.

Before she took up teaching Jaye attended a four-room school house, Marie S. Howard School, then Normandin Middle School. She is a member of the New Bedford High School Class of 1955 and went on to graduate from Simmons College in Boston.

Jaye Rudolph has some Film credits

While her daughter is known for playing Roxy Harvey on Dead Like Me, as Sheila “Grams” Bennet on The Vampire Diaries, and more recently, Gemma, Richard Webber’s friend and potential love interest on Grey’s Anatomy Jaye also has a few credits under her belts. According to her IMDB profile, she is known for Unsung Hollywood and Intimate Portrait. She appeared in these shows as herself.

Jasmine Guy’s grandfather was an attorney

In a phone interview with Southcoasttoday, the actress’ mother revealed her father is an attorney and doesn’t like getting his hands dirty unlike her. She said-“I used to roam the meadows and woods freely. My father was an attorney, he didn’t like to get his hands dirty, and I liked to get my hands dirty, so I’d go visit the neighboring farmers and play with the kittens and get up on the horses and (take care of) the chickens.“

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Jasmine Guy’s mother is not surprised that she is a talented actress.

In the same interview with the Southcoasttoday, the actress’ mother revealed her daughter has been exhibiting those talents at a young age. When the extended family comes together and played, they’d always have shows, which Jasmine would direct, and they’d entertain all the cousins, aunts, and uncles.

She told the portal- “Jasmine also used to entertain us by imitating everyone and have us guessing who she was. She would imitate everyone so well, that the bashful people used to scoot out when Jasmine was on” At the age of 17, Jasmine Guy moved to New York City to study dance at the Alvin Ailey American Dance Center. The “The Vampire Dairies” actress began her television career with a non-speaking role, as a dancer, in seven episodes of the 1982 television series Fame.

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Jaye Rudolph is a grandmother

Aside from being a mother, Jaye Rudolph is also now a grandmother. She is the grandmother to Imani Duckett, Jasmine’s daughter with her husband Terrence Duckett. Jasmine Guy and Duckett got married in  August 1998. Their daughter was born in 1999. On April 8, 2008, People reported that Jasmine and her husband Duckett were divorcing after ten years of marriage due to irreconcilable differences.