One the most successful entertainers of the Black vaudeville stage, also known as the Chitlin Circuit, was Jackie "Moms" Mabley, born Loretta Mary Aiken in 1894. At the apex of her long career, she was earning $10,000 a week at Harlem's Apollo Theatre. Mabley focused on conventional topics such as family and others not normally covered by ...
Had four children: Bonnie, Chriistine, Yvonne and Charles.
Actress
Title
Year
Status
Character
Amazing Grace
1974
Grace
The Bill Cosby Show
1970
TV Series
Aunt Edna
ABC Stage 67
1967
TV Series
Maid
Boarding House Blues
1948
Moms (as Jackie Mabley)
The Emperor Jones
1933
Marcella (uncredited)
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Moms Mabley: I Got Somethin' to Tell You
2013
Documentary performer: "That Don't Pay My Rent", "Moms Mabley at the Playboy Club", "Abraham, Martin and John", "Everything's Going To Be Alright" / writer: "Everything's Going To Be Alright"