Angela Bassett

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Does Angela Bassett smoke?: Not Known.Does Angela Bassett drink alcohol?: Yes.Angela Evelyn Bassetts middle name was given to her in the honour of her aunt Evelyn.Her parents got separated and she was relocated from Winston-Salem, North Carolina to St. Petersburg, Florida, after the separation.She even got to see her father after a long span at her grandmothers funeral.In her young age, she had a star crush for the Jackson 5 and always dreamt of marrying a member of the family group.Back in school, she was quite an active in curricular activities, she was a part of the Upward Bound College Prep Program, the debate team, student government, drama club and choir.During her high school, she became the first African-American from Boca Ciega High School to be admitted to the National Honor Society.She was also classmates with actor Charles S. Dutton at Yale University.She graduated and post graduated from Yales University and also she met her future husband Courtney B. Vance, a 1986 graduate of the drama school.