Telma Hopkins
Year Title Role
1982 The Kid with the Broken Halo Gail Desautel
1984 Trancers Ruth Ruthie Raines
1988 Pulse Pounders Ruth Ruthie Raines
1990 Vital Signs Dr. Kennan
1990 How to Murder a Millionaire Teresa
1991 Trancers II Ruth Ruthie Raines
1992 Trancers III Ruth Ruthie Raines
1999 The Wood Slim 's Mother
2001 Down to Earth Woman in Audience
2001 Rain
2008 The Love Guru Lillian Roanoke
2013 Trancers : City of Lost Angels Ruth Ruthie Raines
2015 Welcome to the Family Deborah
2018 Running out of Time Dolly
Filmography -- Film
Telma Louise Hopkins (born October 28, 1948) is an American singer and actress. Hopkins rose to prominence as a member of the 1970s pop music group Tony Orlando and Dawn, which had several number one songs. She also performed on the CBS variety show Tony Orlando and Dawn from 1974 until 1976 along with Tony Orlando and Joyce Vincent Wilson. In the late 1970s, Hopkins began working as an actress, playing roles on various sitcoms, including Isabelle Hammond on Bosom Buddies (1980-82), Adelaide Addy Wilson on Gimme a Break! (1983-87) and Family Matters (1989-1997) as Rachel Baines-Crawford. As lead actress, Hopkins starred on Getting By from 1993 to 1994. In recent years, Hopkins was a regular cast member on Half & Half (2002-06) portraying Phyllis Thorne, Are We There Yet? (2010-13), and short-lived Partners (2014). In film, Hopkins co-starred in 1984 science fiction film Trancers and in its sequels Trancers II (1991) and Trancers III (1992) and Trancers IV (2019), and well as appearing in The Wood (1999) and The Love Guru (2008).