Carol Lynn Maillard was one of the founding members of the
African American a cappella ensemble
Sweet Honey in the Rock. She is an accomplished actress, singer and composer. Her acting credits include roles on
Broadway (
Eubie[?],
Comin' Uptown[?],
Beehive);
off-Broadway (in several
Negro Ensemble Company[?] productions and in the
New York Shakespeare Festival[?]); television (
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow is Enuf[?],
Hallelujah![?]); and film (
Beloved[?],
Thirty to Life[?]). Maillard has also been a guest vocalist for artists
Horace Silver and
Betty Buckley[?].