Movie Credits
Drum	(1976)
[ Pam Grier ][ Paula Kelly ][ Fiona Lewis ]
Mandingo	(1975)
[ Susan George ]
Young Love	(1974)
[ Meredith Baxter ]
Cleopatra Jones	(1973)
[ Shelley Winters ][ Esther Rolle ]
Black Gunn	(1972)
[ Jeannie Bell ][ Luciana Paluzzi ][ Kate Woodville ]
Honky	(1971)
[ Marion Ross ]
Skin Game	(1971)
[ Susan Clark ][ Juanita Moore ]
Pretty Maids All in a Row	(1971)
[ Joy Bang ][ Gretchen Burrel ][ Joanna Cameron ][ Angie Dickinson ][ Aimee Eccles ]
The Sheriff	(1971)
[ Lynda Day George ]
The Baby Maker	(1970)
[ Barbara Hershey ]
Getting Straight	(1970)
[ Cia Berg ][ Candice Bergen ]
The Liberation of L.B. Jones	(1970)
[ Lola Falana ][ Barbara Hershey ][ Zara Cully ]

The daughter of a postal worker, Brenda Sykes seemed bound for an academic career when, at 19, she was made a Teaching Assistant in Black History in the UCLA High Potential Program. One year later, Brenda showed up as a contestant on TV's The Dating Game. Her appearance not only won her an all-expenses-paid trip to New Zealand, but also caught the eyes of several Hollywood talent agents. In 1970, Sykes was personally selected by prestigious film director William Wyler to play a good featured role in The Liberation of L.B. Jones. After an excellent start, she was consigned to the standardized roles usually played by Africa-nAmerican ingenues in the 1970s, showing up in such exploitational fare as The Drum and Cleopatra Jones. Brenda Sykes' series-TV work has included Ozzie's Girls (1973) and Executive Suite (1976).