<Tr> <Th> Spouse (s) </Th> <Td> Gilbert Moses (m . 1964--1965) Bill Withers (m . 1973--1974) Jim Hill (m . 1981--1984) </Td> </Tr> <P> Donna Denise Nicholas (born July 12, 1944) is an American actress and social activist who was involved in the Civil Rights Movement . </P> <P> She is known primarily for her role as high - school guidance counselor Liz McIntyre on the ABC comedy - drama series Room 222, and for her role as Councilwoman Harriet DeLong on the NBC / CBS drama series In the Heat of the Night . </P> <P> Nicholas was born in Detroit to Louise Carolyn and Otto Nicholas . She spent her early years in Detroit . With the remarriage of her mother to Robert Burgen, she moved to Milan, Michigan, a small town south of Ann Arbor . </P>

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