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Dr. Tonea Stewart is an American actress and University Professor best known for her role as Aunt Etta on the television series In the Heat of the Night.

Tonea Stewart was born in Greenwood, Mississippi and has appeared in numerous TV shows and movies. Formerly a high school teacher in Jackson, Mississippi, she taught Speech at Jackson State University before she bacame the Director of Theatre Arts at the Alabama State University. She narrated the acclaimed Remembering Slavery radio program.

Starring Roles

• In the Heat of the Night (1988) as Aunt Etta Kibbe

Guest Starring Roles

• Touched by an Angel - Living the Rest of My Life (2000) as Lois
• Walker, Texas Ranger - Rise to the Occasion (1999) as Principal Rivers
• ER - Middle of Nowhere (1999) as Pearl Johnson
• Walker, Texas Ranger - Trial of LaRue (1997) as Judge Loretta Paxton
• Matlock - The Haunted (1) (1993) as Elena
• Matlock - The Juror (1993) as Henrietta Dorsey
• In the Heat of the Night - Prisoners (1988) as Mrs. Gray

• Constellation (2005) as Reverend
• Rose's (2003) as Connie
• Baby of the Family (2002) as Miss Bessie Mae
• The Rosa Parks Story (2002) as Johnnie Carr
• Tara (2001) as Vetta Taylor
• Mama Flora's Family (1998) as Bessie
• My stepson my lover (1997) as Delia Gray
• A Time To Kill (1996) as Gwen Hailey
• Gramps (1995) as Rae Ellen
• Leave of Absence (1994) as Cora Winsor
• One Christmas (1994) as Evangeline
• A Passion for Justice:The Hazel Brannon Story (1994) as Henrietta
• The Sister-in-Law (1994) as Libby
• Body Snatchers (1993) as Teacher
• Livin' Large! (1991) as Mrs. Davis
• White Lie (1991) as Len's Secretary
• Caroline ? (1990) as Diane
• Unconquered (1989) as Bertha
• Mississippi Burning (1988) as Mrs. Walker
• Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige (1981) as Mama Paige (credited as Tommie Stewart)
• Mistress of Paradise (1981) as Sister Sarah
• I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1979) as Lillie (credited as Tommie Stewart)
• Roll of Thunder, Hear Me Cry (1978) as Mrs. Avery (credited as Tommie Stewart)
• Nightmare in Badham County (1976) - Alma (credited as Tommie Stewart)

• Tonea Stewart at the Internet Movie Database