Helen Martin
- Recitazione
- 23 luglio 1909 · St. Louis, Missouri, USA
- 25 marzo 2000
Biografia
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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Filmografia
- Something to Sing About · Elderly Woman
- I Got the Hook-Up · Grandmother
- Bulworth - Il senatore · Momma Doll
- Il collezionista · Nana Cross
- The Jamie Foxx Show · Mother Superior
- Un ragazzo veramente speciale · Loc Dog's Grandma
- The Parent 'Hood
- The Wayans Bros. · Mother Evans
- Beverly Hills Cop III - Un piedipiatti a Beverly Hills III · Grandma
- House Party 2 · Mrs. Deevers
- Doc Hollywood - Dottore in carriera · Maddie, Welcoming Committee
- Flash · Sadie Grosso
- La regina dell'inferno · Sadie
- A Raisin in the Sun · Mrs. Johnson
- Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 2
- Gli amici di papà · Shirley
- Hollywood Shuffle · Bobby's Grandmother
- Amos · Mrs. McKenzie
- The NBC All Star Hour: Let's All Be There
- 227 · Pearl Shay
- The Bill
- Repo Man - Il recuperatore · Mrs. Parks
- The Jerk, Too · Grandma Johnson
- L'affare del secolo · Baptist #3
- Hardcastle & McCormick
- Wacko · Harbinger's Mother
- A cuore aperto · Elderly Lady
- T. J. Hooker · Mrs. Sears
- American Playhouse · Mrs. Johnson
- Hill Street giorno e notte
- The Stockard Channing Show
- Il giorno in cui voleranno le allodole
- Benson
- Lawman Without a Gun · Mrs. Cartwright
- Il sordomuto · Mrs. Harrod
- Time Out · Old Woman
- Cindy · Flower Lady
- Baby, I'm Back
- A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich · Mrs. Bell
- Radici · Aunt Sukey
- What's Happening!! · Millie, Mrs. Lloyd
- Starsky & Hutch · Vivian Fellers
- I Jefferson
- That's My Mama
- Il giustiziere della notte · Alma Lee Brown
- Good Times
- Maude
- Sanford and Son
- J.T. · Mrs. Hill
- La città del vizio · Helen Ward
- The Lady Confesses · Sceneggiatura
- Lo spettro invisibile · Sceneggiatura, Soggetto