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On The Carol Burnett Show, L-R: Carol Burnett, Vicki Lawrence, and Dinah Shore in the sketch "Went with the Wind!", 1977. Vicki Lawrence as Thelma "Mama" Harper, 2009. As a comedian and actress, Lawrence is best known for her work on CBS's The Carol Burnett Show, of which she was a part from 1967 to 1978. She was the only cast member, except ...
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).
A soap opera parody taking place in the fictional town of Canoga Falls with Burnett as the main character Marian Clayton. Other recurring residents of Canoga Falls include Conway as different variations of the Oldest Man, Korman as Mother Marcus and Lawrence as Marian's daughter, who always comes home with a baby and hands it over to Marian, who shortly thereafter almost always ensconces it in ...
The cast of The Carol Burnett Show was reunited on four CBS television specials: The Carol Burnett Show: A Reunion (January 10, 1993) – featured several clips of the show's best moments from 1967 to 1978 with the gang reminiscing about their time together on the show. 21.4 rating; 27.1 million viewers (9–11 pm)
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.
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 ...
The curtain dress worn by Burnett. The curtain dress was conceptualized and designed by The Carol Burnett Show costumer Bob Mackie. [4] It parodies a scene in Gone With the Wind where an impoverished Scarlett refashions a set of green curtains into a dress to wear. The script called for the dress to be hanging off Burnett, but Mackie did not ...
Vicki Lawrence in 1973, the year she released her album (and its title track) 'The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia.' (Credit: CBS via Getty Images)