Helen Martin
- Schauspiel
- 23. Juli 1909 · St. Louis, Missouri, USA
- 25. März 2000
Biografie
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Helen Dorothy Martin (July 23, 1909 – March 25, 2000) was an American actress of stage and television who is perhaps most well known for her role in the sitcom 227 as Marla Gibbs' neighbor Pearl. Martin was born in St. Louis, Missouri, the daughter of Amanda Frankie (née Fox) and William Martin, a minister. Martin was a Broadway character actress for many decades, debuting in Orson Welles' production of Native Son in 1941. She appeared in at least a dozen Broadway shows including Jean Genet's The Blacks, Raisin from 1973 to 1975, Ossie Davis' Purlie Victorious (and later the musical version, which was called Purlie), The Amen Corner and Tennessee Williams' Period of Adjustment. She was an original member of the American Negro Theater. She first became famous later in life for her guest role as Wanda on the television series Good Times, and later as the wisecracking neighbor Pearl Shay on the television sitcom 227. She also played on the short-run sitcoms Baby, I'm Back (as mother in-law, Luzelle) and That's My Mama; as Loc Dog's grandma, Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood (1996), the matronly grandmother Mama Doll in the 1998 film Bulworth, and the no-nonsense grandmother in the film Hollywood Shuffle. Helen Martin died of a heart attack on March 25, 2000. Description above from the Wikipedia article Helen Martin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Filmografie
- Something to Sing About · Elderly Woman
- I Got the Hook-Up · Grandmother
- Bulworth · Momma Doll
- ... denn zum Küssen sind sie da · Nana Cross
- The Jamie Foxx Show · Mother Superior
- Hip Hop Hood - Im Viertel ist die Hölle los · Loc Dog's Grandma
- The Parent 'Hood
- The Wayans Bros. · Mother Evans
- Beverly Hills Cop III · Grandma
- House Party 2 · Mrs. Deevers
- Doc Hollywood · Maddie, Welcoming Committee
- Der rote Blitz · Sadie Grosso
- Night Angel - Die Hure des Satans · Sadie
- A Raisin in the Sun · Mrs. Johnson
- Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 2
- Full House · Shirley
- Hollywood Shuffle · Bobby's Grandmother
- Amos · Mrs. McKenzie
- The NBC All Star Hour: Let's All Be There
- 227 · Pearl Shay
- The Bill
- Repoman · Mrs. Parks
- C.A.S.H. Geld macht nicht glücklich - aber unheimlich reich! · Grandma Johnson
- Das Bombengeschäft · Baptist #3
- Hardcastle & McCormick
- Wacko – Da wackelt die Bude · Harbinger's Mother
- Chefarzt Dr. Westphall · Elderly Lady
- T. J. Hooker · Mrs. Sears
- American Playhouse · Mrs. Johnson
- Polizeirevier Hill Street
- The Stockard Channing Show
- Better Late Than Never
- Benson
- Weißer Haß · Mrs. Cartwright
- Dummy · Mrs. Harrod
- The White Shadow · Old Woman
- Cindy · Flower Lady
- Baby, I'm Back
- A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich · Mrs. Bell
- Roots · Aunt Sukey
- What's Happening!! · Millie, Mrs. Lloyd
- Starsky & Hutch · Vivian Fellers
- Die Jeffersons
- That's My Mama
- Ein Mann sieht rot · Alma Lee Brown
- Good Times
- Maude
- Sanford and Son
- J.T. · Mrs. Hill
- Eine Stadt geht durch die Hölle · Helen Ward
- The Lady Confesses · Drehbuch
- Phantom des Schreckens · Drehbuch, Geschichte