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Leon also appeared as Lela Rochon's married lover in 1995's Waiting to Exhale directed by Forest Whitaker and starring Whitney Houston. He had a starring role in the Merchant/Ivory produced movie Side Streets with Rosario Dawson. He produced as well as starred in the 1997 romantic drama The Price of Kissing with TV star Pauley Perrette.
Waiting to Exhale was a financial success, opening at number one at the North American box office and grossing $14.1 million its first weekend of release. [5] In total, the film grossed $67.05 million in North America, and $14.4 million internationally, for a total worldwide gross of $81.45 million. [6]
Lela Rochon Fuqua (born Lela Rochon Staples on April 17, 1964) [2] is an American actress. She is best known for her starring role as Robin Stokes in the 1995 romantic drama film Waiting to Exhale . [ 3 ]
Based on the novel of the same name by Terry McMillan, Waiting to Exhale was lauded for featuring an all-African-American cast led by Whitney Houston, Angela Bassett, Lela Rochon, and the great ...
* Waiting to Exhale’s Lela Rochon and Loretta Devine will reunite for the Lifetime movie Terry McMillan Presents: Tempted By Love, starring Garcelle Beauvais and premiering Saturday, Aug. 17 at ...
For her own senior prom, Asia Rochon Fuqua (left), the daughter of actress Lela Rochon, donned the dress her mom wore (right) for the premiere of “Waiting to Exhale” 25 years ago.
Quiñones was married twice and had two children. His first marriage was to Gwendolyn Powell from 1976 until 1982. After divorcing Powell, Quiñones married actress Lela Rochon in 1982. Quiñones and Rochon were married until 1987. He died at his home from arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease on December 29, 2020, at age 65. [18] [19]
Waiting to Exhale (1995) Who's in it: ... Whitney Houston, Angela Bassett, Lela Rochon, Loretta Devine. Rating: R. ... a young woman who seeks to avenge the murder of her government agent ...