Berry’s parents selected her middle name from Halle’s Department Store, which was then a local landmark in her birthplace of Cleveland, Ohio. Her mother, Judith Ann (née Hawkins), who is Caucasian, was a psychiatric nurse. She then studied at Cuyahoga Community College. Her interview was awarded the highest score by the judges. in 1989, Berry landed the role of Emily Franklin in the short-lived ABC television series Living Dolls (a spin-off of Who’s the Boss?), during the taping of which she lapsed into a coma and was diagnosed with diabetes. Her breakthrough feature film role was in Spike Lee’s Jungle Fever, in which she played a drug addict named Vivian.
Halle Berry’s intruder arrested A man has been arrested on suspicion of stalking Halle Berry after being found in the grounds of her Los Angeles property for the third time yesterday… [link]