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For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here:\xa0https://youtu.be/3iAYFLlfSZ0\n\nIn 1981, Mariann Aalda became one of the first African-American daytime soap opera heroines, the feisty, young criminal defense attorney DiDi Bannister on ABC's Edge of Night. But these days she\u2019s prosecuting ageism with a TEDx Talk, a solo show and as an AARP Age Disruptor.\n\nHer 30-yr TV career highlights also include co-starring opposite Redd Foxx and Della Reese as their daughter, Elizabeth, on the CBS sitcom,The Royal Family; recurring as Lita Ford, Anthony\u2019s yuppie-from-hell girlfriend on CBS\u2019 Designing Women, and co-starring opposite O.J. Simpson as his wife, Ellen for three seasons on the HBO dramedy,First & 10.\n\nMore recently, her solo show, Gettin\u2019 Old Is a Bitch\u2026But I\u2019m Gonna Wrestle That Bitch to the Ground! broke a 30-year box office record at the 2019 National Black Theatre Festival, where it was picked up for a sold out run at New York\u2019s historic Billie Holiday Theatre in pre-pandemic 2020. Up next, she stars in the indie short film GUMBO, written and directed by Jess Waters and produced by Geno Brooks and The Artistic Standard for AMC\u2019s ALLBLK- TV.\n\nAgeing Shamelessly!\n\nActor | Influencer | Speaker | Disruptor