Jaleesa Vinson is a native of Camden, New Jersey,sister of Danielle and Yvonne Vinson, ex-wife of Lamar Collins, enrolled at Hillman College at age 25, a business management major, roommate of Denise and Maggie during sophomore year, worked part-time at the Hillman library, assistant dorm director of Gilbert Hall, vacationed in Greece with Maggie during the summer of 1988, roommate of Freddie during junior and senior years, worked a summer installing cable television, entered into serious relationship with Walter, co-dorm director of Gilbert Hall, engaged to Walter, couple halts wedding at the altar and mutually separates, graduated (Class of 1990), accepted an entry-level corporate position, off-campus roommate of Whitley, married Colonel Bradford Taylor (in a surprise elopement), stepmother of Suzanne and Terrence, started a temporary employment agency, gave birth to daughter Imani, disappeared after season five.
Appearances
A Different World
Main cast, played by Dawnn Lewis
- Episode 1x01: Reconcilable Differences (Sep 24, 1987)
- Episode 1x02: Pilot (Oct 1, 1987)
- Episode 1x03: Porky de Bergerac (Oct 15, 1987)
- Episode 1x04: Those Who Can't... Tutor (Oct 22, 1987)
- Episode 1x05: War of the Words (Oct 29, 1987)
- Episode 1x06: Rudy and the Snow Queen (Nov 5, 1987)
- Episode 1x07: Sometimes You Get the Bear, Sometimes the Bear Gets You (Nov 19, 1987)
- Episode 1x08: If Chosen, I May Not Run (Dec 3, 1987)
- Episode 1x09: Romancing Mr. Stone (Dec 10, 1987)
- Episode 1x10: The Gift of the Magi (Dec 17, 1987)
- Episode 1x11: Does He or Doesn't He? (Jan 7, 1988)
- Episode 1x12: Advise and Descent (Jan 14, 1988)
- Episode 1x13: The Prime of Miss Lettie Bostic (Jan 21, 1988)
- Episode 1x14: Wild Child (Feb 4, 1988)
- Episode 1x15: Dr. Cupid (Feb 11, 1988)
- Episode 1x16: The Show Must Go On (Feb 18, 1988)
- Episode 1x17: Mr. Hillman (Feb 25, 1988)
- Episode 1x18: Speech Therapy (Mar 10, 1988)
- Episode 1x19: Clair's Last Stand (Mar 24, 1988)
- Episode 1x20: If Only for One Night (Apr 28, 1988)
- Episode 1x21: Come Back, Little Eggby (May 5, 1988)
- Episode 1x22: My Dinner with Theo (Jul 7, 1988)
- Episode 2x01: Dr. War Is Hell (Oct 6, 1988)
- Episode 2x02: Two Gentlemen of Hillman (Oct 13, 1988)
- Episode 2x03: Some Enchanted Late Afternoon (Oct 27, 1988)
- Episode 2x04: Dream Lover (Nov 3, 1988)
- Episode 2x05: Three Girls Three (Nov 10, 1988)
- Episode 2x06: If You Like Pilgrim Coladas (Nov 17, 1988)
- Episode 2x07: A Stepping Stone (Dec 1, 1988)
- Episode 2x08: Life with Father (Dec 8, 1988)
- Episode 2x09: All's Fair (Dec 15, 1988)
- Episode 2x10: Radio Free Hillman (Jan 5, 1989)
- Episode 2x11: It Happened One Night (Jan 12, 1989)
- Episode 2x12: I've Got the Muse in Me (Jan 26, 1989)
- Episode 2x13: Risky Business (Feb 2, 1989)
- Episode 2x14: Breaking Up is Hard to Do (Feb 9, 1989)
- Episode 2x15: For She's Only a Bird in a Gilded Cage (Feb 23, 1989)
- Episode 2x16: It's Greek to Me (Mar 2, 1989)
- Episode 2x17: The Thing About Women (Mar 9, 1989)
- Episode 2x18: High Anxiety (Mar 16, 1989)
- Episode 2x20: No Means No (Mar 30, 1989)
- Episode 2x21: Citizen Wayne (Apr 27, 1989)
- Episode 2x22: There's No Place Like Home (May 4, 1989)
- Episode 3x01: Strangers on a Plane (Sep 21, 1989)
- Episode 3x03: The Hat Makes the Man (Oct 19, 1989)
- Episode 3x04: To Have and Have Not (Oct 26, 1989)
- Episode 3x05: Forever Hold Your Peace (Nov 2, 1989)
- Episode 3x06: Delusions of Daddyhood (Nov 9, 1989)
- Episode 3x07: Wedding Bells from Hell (Nov 16, 1989)
- Episode 3x08: Great Expectations (Nov 30, 1989)
- Episode 3x09: Answered Prayers (Dec 7, 1989)
- Episode 3x10: For Whom the Jingle Bell Tolls (Dec 21, 1989)
- Episode 3x11: Under One Roof (Jan 4, 1990)
- Episode 3x13: The Power of the Pen (Jan 18, 1990)
- Episode 3x14: Pride and Prejudice (Jan 25, 1990)
- Episode 3x15: Success, Lies and Videotape (Feb 8, 1990)
- Episode 3x16: A World Alike (Feb 15, 1990)
- Episode 3x17: That's the Trouble with You All (Feb 22, 1990)
- Episode 3x18: A Camp Fire Story (Mar 1, 1990)
- Episode 3x19: Hillman Isn't Through with You Yet (Mar 8, 1990)
- Episode 3x20: 21 Candles (Mar 15, 1990)
- Episode 3x22: Soldier Boy (Apr 5, 1990)
- Episode 3x23: Getaway: Part 1 (Apr 19, 1990)
- Episode 3x25: Perhaps Love (May 5, 1990)
- Episode 4x01: Everything Must Change (Sep 20, 1990)
- Episode 4x02: How Bittersweet It Is (Sep 27, 1990)
- Episode 4x03: Blues for Nobody's Child (Oct 4, 1990)
- Episode 4x04: Whitley's Last Supper (Oct 11, 1990)
- Episode 4x06: Tales from the Exam Zone (Oct 25, 1990)
- Episode 4x07: Good Help is Hard to Fire (Nov 8, 1990)
- Episode 4x08: Love Thy Neighbor (Nov 15, 1990)
- Episode 4x09: Time Keeps on Slippin' (Nov 29, 1990)
- Episode 4x11: I'm Dreaming of a Wayne Christmas (Dec 13, 1990)
- Episode 4x12: War and Peace (Jan 10, 1991)
- Episode 4x13: Ex-Communication (Jan 31, 1991)
- Episode 4x14: Risk Around the Dollar (Feb 7, 1991)
- Episode 4x15: Love, Hillman-Style (Feb 14, 1991)
- Episode 4x16: A Word in Edgewise (Feb 21, 1991)
- Episode 4x17: Ms. Understanding (Feb 28, 1991)
- Episode 4x18: The Cash Isn't Always Greener (Mar 7, 1991)
- Episode 4x19: How Great Thou Art (Mar 14, 1991)
- Episode 4x20: It's Showtime at Hillman (Mar 21, 1991)
- Episode 4x21: Sister to Sister, Sister (Mar 28, 1991)
- Episode 4x22: Monet is the Root of All Evil (Apr 4, 1991)
- Episode 4x23: If I Should Die Before I Wake (Apr 11, 1991)
- Episode 4x24: Never Can Say Goodbye (Apr 25, 1991)
- Episode 4x25: To Be Continued (May 2, 1991)
- Episode 5x01: We've Only Just Begun (Sep 19, 1991)
- Episode 5x02: The Dwayne Mutiny (Sep 26, 1991)
- Episode 5x03: Home is Where the Fire Is (Oct 3, 1991)
- Episode 5x04: Almost Working Girl (Oct 10, 1991)
- Episode 5x05: In the Eye of the Storm (Oct 17, 1991)
- Episode 5x07: Baby, I'm a Star (Oct 31, 1991)
- Episode 5x10: Do You Take This Woman? (Nov 21, 1991)
- Episode 5x11: Mammy Dearest (Dec 5, 1991)
- Episode 5x12: Twelve Steps of Christmas (Dec 19, 1991)
- Episode 5x13: Just Another Four-Letter Word (Jan 2, 1992)
- Episode 5x14: Cats in the Cradle (Jan 16, 1992)
- Episode 5x23: Special Delivery (May 7, 1992)
- Episode 5x24: Save the Best for Last: Part 1 (May 14, 1992)
- Episode 5x25: Save the Best for Last: Part 2 (May 14, 1992)