Seems like everywhere we look a True Blood actor/actress is getting recognized. This time it was Dale Raoul (Maxine Fortenberry). Cal State Fullerton is honoring eight alumni who had amazing careers. Here is what they had to say about Dale.
“Dale Raoul (B.A. theatre arts ’73, M.A. theatre arts ’79) actress, and Raymond L. Thompson(B.A. theatre arts ’77), senior lighting designer for “The Young and the Restless,” are Los Angeles residents with wide-ranging stage and screen experience and have been married to each other for 25 years.
Thompson has been a lighting designer at CBS Television City for 30 years, honored with four Emmys and 14 Emmy nominations, in addition to the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for excellence in lighting. Prior to his work on “The Young and the Restless,” he worked on “CBS This Morning,” “The Bonnie Hunt Show,” “Face the Nation,” “Archie Bunker’s Place” and other TV pilots, game shows and news programs.
Raoul is a veteran character actress who currently appears as Mama Maxine Fortenberry on the HBO series “True Blood,” now shooting its fifth season. Her first TV role was in 1986 on “Murder, She Wrote” and has been followed with appearances on “The Office,” “Grey’s Anatomy,” “The Middle,” “Six Feet Under” and “NYPD Blues.” Her film work includes “The Mexican,” “Beautiful” and “Out to Sea,” in which she danced with Jack Lemmon and Donald O’Connor.
The two have been supporters of the Los Angeles Opera and various animal rescue organizations. They continue to support their alma mater with various workshops and lectures for theater students. “
Other people getting reconized are Randall L. Baumberger, Caecilia S. Gotama, tony Ortega, Raymond L. Thompson, Jeffery Sl. Van Harte, Verne D. Wagner.
Congratulations to Dale Raoul on her career and we look forward to seeing her in many more projects.
Source: Calstate – “CSUF Salutes Distinguished Alumni”
Image Credit: HBO, Inc.
