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The actresses co-starred on "The Carol Burnett Show" for 11 seasons, from 1967 to 1978. "Mama's Family" star Vicki Lawrence opened up about her relationship with Carol Burnett. The actresses co ...
Mama's Family is an American sitcom television series starring Vicki Lawrence as Mama (Thelma Harper).The series is a spin-off of a recurring series of comedy sketches called "The Family" featured on The Carol Burnett Show (1967–78) and Carol Burnett & Company (1979).
Vicki Lawrence (born March 26, 1949), [1] sometimes credited as Vicki Lawrence Schultz, is an American actress, comedian, and singer. She is best known for her character Mama (Thelma Harper) . Lawrence also originated many other characters on CBS 's The Carol Burnett Show from 1967 to 1978, the variety show's entire series run.
Carol Burnett was originally intended to play the "Mama" character while Lawrence was to play her daughter, but because of Burnett's desire to swap roles, Lawrence played Mama. [ 8 ] In the seventh season of The Carol Burnett Show in 1974, "The Family" skit was created, which debuted the "Mama" role.
“The Carol Burnett Show” aired for 11 seasons, from 1967 to 1978; it featured, at various points, Harvey Korman, Vicki Lawrence, Lyle Waggoner, Tim Conway and Dick Van Dyke. The show earned 25 ...
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Carol and Sis – Burnett as Carol and Vicki Lawrence as her sister Chris with Korman as Carol's husband Roger Charwoman – Burnett's signature character, an unnamed charwoman , most often in a musical number, whose animated image has been used in the opening credits, and also in the opening and closing credits of Carol Burnett and Friends
And yet its long-running, little-changing central cast — Burnett, Harvey Korman (main comic foil), Lyle Waggoner (announcer and random handsome guy), Vicki Lawrence (onscreen kid sister and ...