Helen Martin
- Atuação
- 23 de julho de 1909 · St. Louis, Missouri, USA
- 25 de março de 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
- Uma Razão para Cantar · Elderly Woman
- I Got the Hook-Up · Grandmother
- Politicamente Incorreto · Momma Doll
- Beijos Que Matam · Nana Cross
- The Jamie Foxx Show · Mother Superior
- Vizinhança do Barulho · Loc Dog's Grandma
- The Parent 'Hood
- Dupla do Barulho · Mother Evans
- Um Tira da Pesada 3 · Grandma
- Uma Festa de Arromba 2: O Baile do Pijama · Mrs. Deevers
- Dr. Hollywood · Maddie, Welcoming Committee
- The Flash - O Último Vingador · Sadie Grosso
- Night Angel · Sadie
- A Raisin in the Sun · Mrs. Johnson
- Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 2
- Três é Demais · Shirley
- Confusões em Hollywood · Bobby's Grandmother
- Amos · Mrs. McKenzie
- The NBC All Star Hour: Let's All Be There
- 227 · Pearl Shay
- The Bill
- Repo Man: A Onda Punk · Mrs. Parks
- Um Outro Panaca · Grandma Johnson
- Deal of the Century · Baptist #3
- Cara e Coroa
- Wacko: Uma Comédia Maluca · Harbinger's Mother
- St. Elsewhere · Elderly Lady
- Carro Comando · Mrs. Sears
- American Playhouse · Mrs. Johnson
- Chumbo Grosso
- The Stockard Channing Show
- Better Late Than Never
- O Poderoso Benson
- Lawman Without a Gun · Mrs. Cartwright
- O Surdo-Mudo · Mrs. Harrod
- The White Shadow · Old Woman
- Cindy · Flower Lady
- Baby, I'm Back
- A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich · Mrs. Bell
- Raízes · Aunt Sukey
- What's Happening!! · Millie, Mrs. Lloyd
- Starsky e Hutch - Justiça em Dobro · Vivian Fellers
- The Jeffersons
- That's My Mama
- Desejo de Matar · Alma Lee Brown
- Good Times
- Maude
- Sanford and Son
- J.T. · Mrs. Hill
- Cidade do Vício · Helen Ward
- The Lady Confesses · Roteiro
- O Fantasma Invisível · História, Roteiro