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Loretta Mary Aiken (March 19, 1897 [1] – May 23, 1975), [2] known by her stage name Jackie "Moms" Mabley, was an American stand-up comedian and actress. Mabley began her career on the theater stage in the 1920s and became a veteran entertainer of the Chitlin' Circuit of black vaudeville.
One of eight children, Loretta Mary Aiken, who would later adopt the stage name Jackie “Moms” Mabley, was born March 19, 1897, in Brevard. ... Photos of Moms Mabley appeared in the Oct. 22 ...
Grace (Moms Mabley) is a widow who influences the local mayoral election in Baltimore, Maryland after discovering that her somewhat slow-witted neighbor, Welton J. Waters (), is being used to run for mayor by shady politicians and the incumbent mayor to further his own self-serving reelection efforts.
Boarding House Blues is a 1948 American musical race film directed by Josh Binney [1] [2] [3] which featured the first starring film role by Moms Mabley. It was the penultimate feature film of All-American News, a company that made newsreels about black Americans. [4] [5]
Comedian Moms Mabley performed a completely serious version that hit the U.S. Top 40. It reached number 35 in July 1969 and number 18 on the R&B charts, making Mabley (at 75) the oldest living person to have a U.S. Top 40 hit. [16] [17] Ray Charles recorded his version of the song on his 1972 album A Message from the People.
Patrick Mahomes is batting down claims of preferential treatment as the Kansas City Chiefs move ever-closer to a Super Bowl berth.. With his team being one win away from the title game and after a ...
St. Clair surprised fans in February 2025 after she announced via X that she allegedly gave birth to Musk’s 13th child, their first together. “I welcomed a new baby into the world. Elon Musk ...
He was born in Monroe, Louisiana, to Frank, an old-time Dixieland bandleader, and Marcella. [2] Moreland began acting by the time he was an adolescent; some sources say he ran away to join a minstrel show in 1910, at age eight, [2] but his daughter told Moreland's biographer she doubts this date is correct. [3]