'the Color Purple' 1985 Cast: Where Are They Now?

Posted by Larita Shotwell on Thursday, February 29, 2024

Rae Dawn Chong, who played Mary Agnes/Squeak, recently appeared on season one of "Interview With the Vampire."

Left: Rae Dawn Chong as Squeak in "The Color Purple." Right: Chong in November 2022. Warner Bros.; Johnny Louis/FilmMagic

Chong portrays Florence de Pointe du Lac on the AMC series, based on Anne Rice's popular vampire novel of the same name.

Chong, the daughter of "That '70s Show" actor Tommy Chong, has been acting since she was a child.

The same year that "The Color Purple" was released, Chong collaborated with The Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger. She appeared in his music video for "Just Another Night" and costarred in the 1985 film "Running Out of Luck."

In the late '80s, Chong took a break from acting.

"I was finished," she told The Flashback Files in 2020. "I was miserable. I quit my agency, left Hollywood, moved to Woodstock, New York, and went into therapy."

After returning to acting, Chong guest-starred on shows like "Melrose Place," "That's So Raven," and "9-1-1."

In 2021, she played Betty Curie, former US President Bill Clinton's personal secretary, on season three of the anthology series "American Crime Story.'"

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