VirLinda Stanton on Clubhouse

Bio

SAG-AFTRA Member/Bestselling Author/Actress/Nat’l Recording Artist/Motivational Speaker/Activist

VirLinda Stanton, entertainer, and activist, is among the most powerful voices to ever command an audience. Relatives and others knew she was a daughter of destiny and divine direction. They just didn’t realize the many directions divinity would lead her.

Her talents first developed while singing in her grandmother’s church in the Shady Grove community of Tyler, Texas. Her list of 5-star performances is nearly countless. She has a knack of excelling in everything she’s encountered, leaving her impressionable talents all over the country and various parts of the world.

VirLinda’s credits include starring with marquee names like Kevin Sorbo, Ernie Hudson and Grover Coulson, James Earl Jones and performing with George Clinton, portraying Church Lady & Shug Avery us in Oprah Winfrey’s, “The Color Purple” and her stellar performance singing for President Obama in the White House (2011).
VirLinda was also given among the ultimate forms of accolades at her hometown in 2011.

• a RESOLUTION declares Feb. 3rd, “VirLinda Stanton Day,” by Smith County Commissioners, complete with

• the KEY TO THE CITY presented to her by Tyler Mayor Barbara Bass.

• a PROCLAMATION that additionally proclaimed, Feb. 16th “VirLinda Stanton Day,” by the City of Tyler and Mayor Bass.

• Street Renamed- CR 310 East/West, was Renamed “VirLinda Lane East & West.” Of Tyler, Texas. off of Interstate 20/Highway 14 where VirLinda grew up

She directs her energy to causes, having keynoted "The Legacy Grace Conference for Women Living with HIV."

Learn more at www.virlindastanton.com