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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.
Thelma Harper, better known as Mama, is a fictional character played by American actress Vicki Lawrence. Mama is a purse-lipped, thickset senior citizen in her mid-to-late 60s. She has lived in an unspecified part of the Southern United States called "Raytown" for her entire life, evident from the southern drawl of her speech.
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 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)
Vicki Lawrence (born 1949), actress, comedian, and singer. Michael Lembeck (born 1948), actor and director [347] Richard Lewis (1947-2024), comedian and actor [388]
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"The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia" is a Southern Gothic murder ballad, written in 1972 by songwriter Bobby Russell and first recorded by his then-wife singer, comedian and actress Vicki Lawrence. Lawrence's version, from her 1973 album of the same title, went to number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart after its