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Law & Order lieutenant to play Marvin Gaye's mom
S. Epatha Merkerson (CP)
NEW YORK -- It's not quite a Law & Order reunion, but S. Epatha Merkerson will be teaming up again with former co-star Jesse L. Martin.
Merkerson says she's been cast to play Martin's mother in the upcoming Marvin Gaye biopic Sexual Healing. Her manager Bob McGowan says production begins in Luxembourg in late March.
Merkerson played Lt. Anita Van Buren on Law & Order from 1991 until it ended in 2010. Martin played Det. Ed Green from 1999 to 2008.
The film focuses on Gaye in the 1980s when he battled drug abuse and depression.
Merkerson spoke Monday while promoting NBC's drama Deception, in which she plays the mother of show's lead character Johanna. She's also in the Tyler Perry-produced film comedy We The Peeples, due out in May.
-- The Associated Press
Republished from the Winnipeg Free Press print edition March 13, 2013 C2
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