 jasmine guy (born march 10, 1962 in boston, massachusetts)intelius people search is an american actress, director, singer and dancer. she is best known for her starring role as the southern belle whitley gilbert on the nbc television sitcom a different world (1987-1993). she has also performed voiceover work for animation. ==early life== born in boston, massachusetts, to an african-american father and white american mother, jasmine was raised in the affluent historic collier heights neighborhood of atlanta, georgia, where she attended what was then called the northside performing arts high school, later renamed north atlanta high school. her mother, the former jaye rudolph (born 1930), was a former high-school teacher, and her father, the reverend william guy (born 1928), was pastor of the historic friendship baptist church of atlanta, which served as an early home to spelman college; he was also a college instructor in philosophy and religion.http://www.filmreference.com/film/76/jasmine-guy.html at the age of seventeen, jasmine moved to new york city to study dance at the alvin ailey american dance center. ==acting career== ===television roles=== guy began her television career with a non-speaking role, as a dancer, in ten episodes of the 1982 television series fame under the direction of choreographer debbie allen.{{cite news | first = jerry | last = buck | title = jasmine guy brings life ro 'world' | date = 1988-01-17 | url = http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=pt4qaaa
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