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1937–2000. Known for. Wanda – Good Times. Pearl Shay – 227. Helen Dorothy Martin (July 23, 1909 – March 25, 2000) [2][3] was an American actress of stage and television. Martin's career spanned over 60 years, appearing first on stage and later in film and television. Martin is best known for her roles as Wanda on the CBS sitcom Good ...
227. (TV series) 227 is an American sitcom television series that originally aired on NBC from September 14, 1985, to May 6, 1990. The series, created by C.J. Banks and Bill Boulware, stars Marla Gibbs as Mary Jenkins, a sharp-tongued, city resident gossip and housewife. Other main characters include her husband Lester (Hal Williams), their ...
Charles Gillan Jr. (1972–2002; Gillan's death) Paul Edward Winfield (May 22, 1939 – March 7, 2004) was an American actor. He was known for his portrayal of a Louisiana sharecropper who struggles to support his family during the Great Depression in the landmark film Sounder (1972), which earned him an Academy Award nomination.
Helen Martin as Bobby's Grandmother. She disapproves of Bobby's willingness to depict degrading black stereotypes. Starletta DuPois as Bobby's Mother. She is supportive of Bobby even though she agrees with Bobby's grandmother that degrading roles serve as poor examples for black youth. David McKnight as Uncle Ray.
Helen May Martin was born in Lincoln, Nebraska, the daughter of John Henry Martin, a salesman, and Helen Smith Martin, a teacher and milliner. [2] [3] She was deaf and blind from childhood. [4] Her mother taught her music using tactile illustrations with dried beans. [5]
Helen Elizabeth Hunt (born June 15, 1963) is an American actress and director. Her accolades include an Academy Award , four Primetime Emmy Awards , and four Golden Globe Awards . Hunt rose to fame portraying newlywed Jamie Buchman in the sitcom Mad About You (1992–1999), which earned her three Golden Globe Awards for Best Actress and four ...
Martin was born on October 18, 1868, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. [1] [2] She was the fifth child born to Reverend Cornelius and Henrietta Thurman Reimensnyder. [1] [2] Her father was a German immigrant and a Lutheran pastor [1] who worked in Ohio before settling in Lancaster. [3] Martin was called “Bill” by those who knew her because her ...
Helen Mandeville Martin (1889–1973) was an American geological researcher and educator for the Michigan Geological Survey. [1] Martin was known for her work as a geological editor, lecturer and cartographer; her surface formation maps of glacial features in Michigan were used by Michigan industries in their mineral resource sector. [2]