Tina Fabrique
Tina Fabrique is a singer and actress. She is best known for being the vocalist for the theme song for the children's television show, Reading Rainbow, which aired on PBS from 1983 until 2009. Her version of the theme ran until 1999, when it was replaced by a newer version by Chaka Khan. The original theme song was written by Steve Horelick, Dennis Neil Kleinman, and Janet Weir, and featured one of the first uses of the Buchla synthesizer in a TV theme song.
Acting
TV
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Grand Juror #1
1999
TV
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Jeannie Hayes
1999
TV
Person of Interest
as Nurse
2011
TV
New Amsterdam
as Louise Conway
2018
Movie
The Boys in the Band
as Knitting Woman
2020
TV
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Mama Louise
2001
TV
Mrs. Fletcher
as Senior Center Woman
2019
TV
The Equalizer
as Grandma
2021
TV
The Last O.G.
as Elderly Woman
2018
TV
The Last O.G.
as Church Choir Member
2018
Movie
Butterfly in the Sky
as Self - Vocalist, Reading Rainbow Theme Song (archive footage)
2024
Movie
Black Magic for White Boys
as Tina
2019
Movie
Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel
as New Shovel (voice)
1990
Movie
Treasure of the Lost Reel
as Grandma
2026