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Vicki Lawrence
Sign in to saveAlso known as Vicki Lawrence Schultz, Vicki Ann Lawrence, Vicki Ann Axelrad
American actress, comedian, and pop singer (born 1949)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1949
- Works
- 4
Top works
- Vicki!
- God Lives One Floor Above the Penthouse
- Vicki!
- Mama for President
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Film & TV
Inglewood, California, USA
Vicki Lawrence 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. In 1973, Lawrence became a one-hit wonder singer in the USA only, landing on the U.S. chart with "The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia". It…
Known for
- Hollywood Squares — Self2025
- Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story — Leigh2024
- Palm Royale — Lotte2024
- Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love — Self - Guest2023
- Celebrating Betty White: America's Golden Girl — Self2022
- The Really Loud House — Joan Shivers2022
- Call Me Kat — Phil's Mama2021
- The Cool Kids — Margaret2018
- The Resident — Gloria Ortiz2018
- The Carol Burnett 50th Anniversary Special — Herself2017
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 22,782
- Total plays
- 98,046
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Multi-talented Vicki Lawrence was born in Inglewood, California where she excelled in dancing and singing, was a cheerleader and was voted "Most Likely to Succeed" by her graduating class. From 1965 to 1967 Vicki sang with the Young Americans musical group and, also, appeared in the feature film "The Young Americans" which won an Academy Award for Best Documentary. During her senior year of high school Vicki sent Carol Burnett a letter which included a local newspaper article mentioning their
Official website
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Ann
- Family name
- Schultz
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Inglewood
- Spouse
- Bobby Russell
- Occupation
- film actor
- Educated at
- University of California, Los Angeles
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Award
- TV Land Award
- Notable work
- Mama's Family
- Eye colour
- green
- Hair colour
- red hair
- Genre
- folk music
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Bell Records
- Official website
- www.vickilawrence.com
- Image
- Vicki Lawrence (cropped).jpg
- Height
- 66
- Number of children
- 2
- Voice type
- contralto
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- date of birth
- 1949-03-26
- Commons category
- Vicki Lawrence
- birth name
- Vicki Ann Axelrad
- nickname
- Mama
- married name
- Vicki Lawrence Schultz
- writing language
- English language
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