LaDonna Tittle

LaDonna Tittle
LaDonna Tittle
Born	LaDonna Theresa Tittle[ Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Nationality	American
Education	Dunbar Vocational High School
Alma mater	B.A. Chicago State University
Occupations	Radio personality; DJ; actress; model;
Years active	1971–present
Known for	Radio personality – WBMX-FM, WJPC-AM, WGCI-AM
Spouse	Ronald Horton; (m. 1967; died 1973)
Website	cookingwithtittle.com

LaDonna Theresa Tittle^{[citation needed]}^[1] (born March 13, 1946)^{[citation needed]}^[1] is an American radio personality,^[2]^[3] actress and former model. Tittle is perhaps best known for her radio career from the mid–1970s until the early–2000s. Tittle most notable career stints were in Chicago at several stations; WBMX-FM, WJPC-AM alongside Tom Joyner^[4] and WGCI-AM. From 2018 until 2020, Tittle had a recurring role as Ethel Brown in the Showtime television series The Chi.

Biography

Early life and education

Tittle was born the oldest of five children to Juanita (née Wiley; c. 1922–2000)

public housing project; returning to the Bronzeville neighborhood. While a resident at Robert Taylor, Tittle began taking acting classes at the neighborhood club there. For high school, Tittle attended Dunbar Vocational High School; graduating in 1964.^[1] After high school, Tittle studied briefly at Loop College (now known as Harold Washington College) and later transferred to Chicago State University. At Chicago State University, Tittle majored in art education and drama with a minor in journalism; graduating in January 1971.^[1] Tittle was enrolled in the Master's of Art program at the Art Institute of Chicago

shortly after graduating college but later dropped out.

Career

Prior to graduating college, Tittle began doing modeling work with Shirley Hamilton Talent Inc along with the Mannequin Guild of Chicago. While working for Shirley Hamilton, Tittle modeled for department stores such as

Marshall Fields. Tittle was offered a position to do public service announcements for WBEE-AM located in Harvey, Illinois; beginning her radio career in February 1971. Tittle later became a permeant radio personality for the station, playing jazz from 1PM until 2PM. During a break in her time at WBEE, Tittle temporarily moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin where she worked as a weekend radio personality at WNOV

radio in 1972.

Tittle worked at WBEE radio station for two years, later returning to Chicago in May 1973. Shortly after returning to Chicago, Tittle became the midday and evening host of

WNUA-FM, a blues and smooth-jazz radio station located in Joliet, Illinois

in 1991. After a year at WNUA, Tittle landed full–time work for Chicago's WGCI-AM in 1992. For the first few years, Tittle worked between the FM and AM stations until automated overnight broadcasts came into play, which resulted in her being laid off in 2000.

After a year's hiatus from the public, Tittle launched The LaDonna Tittle TV/Radio Show on Chicago's

CAN-TV in 2001.^[8] The show began as a platform to chat with entertainers until she decided to shift to cooking after viewing a soul food exhibit in 2003. Tittle also starred in R. Kelly

's 2005 melodrama Trapped in the Closet, as Rosie the nosy neighbor. Tittle has received many Awards and Recognitions for her public community service, mentoring, educational self-esteem activities, and Culinary contributions. Tittle is "radio-act-tive"...

Personal life

Tittle was married once and had no children. Her only marriage was to Ronald Horton, a Vietnam army volunteer from 1967 until his death in 1973. Tittle dated John E. Johnson of the Johnson hair-care product family from the late–1970s until his death in 1981.^{[citation needed]}

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "La Donna Tittle - The HistoryMakers". thehistorymakers.com. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
^ The Working Press of the Nation, Volumes 3-5, 1987
^ "La Donna Tittle now in the U.S. Library of Congress". Cookin' Wit' Tittle. 4 October 2014. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
^ Ebony Magazine - May 1980
^ "R. Kelly's Old Lady". Chicago Reader. 16 February 2006. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
^ "Jet". google.com. Johnson Publishing Company. 1975-05-01. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
^ Ebony - April 1982
^ "South Chicago is "Cookin' wit' Tittle"". claretianassociates.org. Archived from the original on 5 July 2012. Retrieved 15 February 2016.

[HM-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "La Donna Tittle - The HistoryMakers". thehistorymakers.com. Retrieved 15 February 2016.

[2] The Working Press of the Nation, Volumes 3-5, 1987

[3] "La Donna Tittle now in the U.S. Library of Congress". Cookin' Wit' Tittle. 4 October 2014. Retrieved 15 February 2016.

[4] Ebony Magazine - May 1980

[5] "R. Kelly's Old Lady". Chicago Reader. 16 February 2006. Retrieved 15 February 2016.

[6] "Jet". google.com. Johnson Publishing Company. 1975-05-01. Retrieved 15 February 2016.

[7] Ebony - April 1982

[8] "South Chicago is "Cookin' wit' Tittle"". claretianassociates.org. Archived from the original on 5 July 2012. Retrieved 15 February 2016.

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