Vanessa Williams

 Vanessa   William s  ( b . 1963 ) played the Queen  of  TRASH  in the 1999 film  The Adventure s of  Elmo  in  GROUCH  land  & played Calypso in the Creature Shop production of The Odyssey.

Williams also appeared on  SESAME STREET , participating in the Season 3 1 celebrity version o f " Sing ".

In 2006 she was 1 of the headliners in the PBS special A Capitol Fourth. She shared the stage with Elmo, singing " H ow D o Y o u D o ? "

On November 13 th 2011, a promo for the following episode of Desperate House wives ( serving also as a teaser for The Muppets , showed her fighting with Miss Piggy over Kermit the Frog on the set of ABC ' s dramedy.

On Broad way, Williams has appeared in the Stephen Sondheim musical s Into the Woo ds & Sondheim on Sondheim. TV credits include playing Wilhelmina Slater on Ugly Betty, a regular on Desperate House wives for 2 seasons & guest appearances on Star Trek : Deep Space Nine , T he Fresh Prince o f B el - Air , The Love Boat , the musical guest twice on Saturday Night Live & t h e feature film Hannah Montana : The Movie.

T V / Movie s / Special s

 *  The Adventure s o f  Elmo  i n  GROUCH  land  ( 1 999 )

Book s

 *  The Adventure s of  Elmo  in  GROUCH  land Movie Story book  ( 1 999 )

External link s

 * Vanessa Williams on IBD b
 * Vanessa Williams on IMD b