Della Reese and Pee Wee Reese are two different people. Della Reese was an American singer, actress, and ordained minister. She was best known for her role as Tess on the television series Touched by an Angel. Pee Wee Reese was an American professional baseball player who played for the Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers from 1940 to 1958. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1984.