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Does Vicki Lawrence play Mama?

Mama is Thelma Mae Harper, a cranky senior citizen that Lawrence played on “The Carol Burnett Show” in the 1970s and her own sitcom, “Mama's Family,” in the 1980s. Lawrence has been playing Mama live for the last 20 years, until the COVID-19 pandemic forced the cancellation of most of her shows.

Subsequently, how old was vicki lawrence during mama's family?

Although Vicki Lawrence's "Mama" character was in her 60s, Lawrence herself was 33 when she started this series.

And another question: how old was vicki lawrence when she started playing mama?

"I'm older than I ever thought Mama was," Lawrence says. "I was 24 when I started playing her.

Accordingly, is carol burnett a wiki?

Carol Creighton Burnett (born April 26, 1933) is an American actress, comedian, singer, and writer. She is best known for her groundbreaking comedy variety show The Carol Burnett Show, which originally aired on CBS.
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Carol Burnett
Occupation	Actress comedian singer writer
Years active	1955–present

What disease does Vicki Lawrence have?

But Vicki has a chronic condition that is no laughing matter. Lawrence is one of over one-and-a-half million Americans with a condition called chronic idiopathic urticaria or CIU, also known as chronic spontaneous urticaria or CSU.

Where is Mama's family House located?

6. Mama's Family. Although Mama's Family takes place in the middle of the country, the actual house used in the opening credits is at 1027 Montrose Avenue in South Pasadena, California.

You can also ask: who plays mama in mama's house?

Vicki Lawrence

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 (1974–78) and Carol Burnett & Company (1979).

And another question: are carol burnett and vicki lawrence friends?

It's been more than 50 years since comedians Carol Burnett and Vicki Lawrence first met and hit it off, but their friendship is still going strong today. The two co-starred on The Carole Burnett Show beginning when Vicki, now 69, was just 18 years old and Carol, now 85, was 34.

What was the age difference between Carol Burnett and Vicki Lawrence?

With Lawrence portraying the character of a cold, unaffectionate, widowed elderly mother to the neurotic, misfortunate Eunice (played by Burnett despite Lawrence being 16 years younger), The Family bred some of The Carol Burnett Show's most famed blooper moments.

In respect to this, did naomi have a baby on mama's family?

Although she established a bond between her and her two stepchildren (from Vint's first marriage), Vinton "Buzz" Harper, Jr. and Sonja Harper, she had her own child by Vint, Tiffany Thelma Harper, named after her grandmother.

By Walters Bongiorno