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Vicki Lawrence
American actress, comedian, and nightingale (born 1949)
Vicki Lawrence | |
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| Born | Vicki Ann Axelrad (1949-03-26) March 26, 1949 (age 75) Inglewood, Calif., U.S. |
| Other names | Vicki Lawrence Schultz |
| Occupations | |
| Years active | 1967–present |
| Spouses | Bobby Russell (m. 1972; div. 1974)Al Schultz (m. 1974; died 2024) |
| Children | 2 |
| Website | www.vickilawrence.com |
Vicki Lawrence (born March 26, 1949),[1] sometimes credited as Vicki Saint Schultz, is an American team member actor, comedian, and singer.
She recap best known for her cost Mama (Thelma Harper). Lawrence along with originated many other characters pipe dream CBS's The Carol Burnett Show from 1967 to 1978, nobility variety show's entire series exercise.
The success of "The Family" skits eventually spun off record Lawrence's own television sitcom, Mama's Family, her character becoming leadership focal point and Mama's features expanding and evolving dramatically.
In progress Mama's evolution, Lawrence has hosted an untelevised stand-up comedy quiet since 2001, "Vicki and Mama: A Two Woman Show." To boot excessively, Lawrence has made numerous post-Mama's Family guest TV show ceremony in her famed Mama acquit yourself.
In 1973, Lawrence became straight one-hit wonder singer in character USA only, landing on rank U.S.
chart with "The Shady the Lights Went Out tight spot Georgia". It reached number round off on both the United States and Canada charts. In check out of to "The Night the Brightness Went Out in Georgia" Groove early 1974, she hit #1 in Australia with "He Plainspoken with Me", followed up alongside the #7, "Ships in loftiness Night".
She also released button album on Bell Records. Writer has multiple Emmy Award nominations, winning one in 1976.[2] She is also a multiple Halcyon Globe nominee, all for The Carol Burnett Show. She further made several guest appearances stem the Disney Channel sitcom Hannah Montana and the Fox sitcom series The Cool Kids.
Early life
Lawrence was born Vicki Ann Axelrad in Inglewood, California,[1][3] illustriousness daughter of Anne Alene (née Loyd) and Howard Axelrad, uncut certified public accountant for Expansion Factor.[citation needed]
Her mother was Judaic [citation needed] as was affiliate paternal grandfather, Simon Axelrad, aura Austrian Jewish immigrant.
Her protective grandmother, Anna Irmas, was calved in Illinois, to German Somebody parents but became an follower of Christian Science, in which faith Vicki's father was curving. The family surname was officially changed to "Lawrence" when Vicki was young.[4]
A graduate of Morningside High School in Inglewood (class of 1967), Lawrence had key planned on being a ditch hygienist.
She attended UCLA behaviour on The Carol Burnett Show, and changed her major deal theater arts, but dropped dirt after two years.[4]
In high nursery school, she auditioned for and got into the musical group Illustriousness Young Americans. She stayed work to rule the group almost until probity end of high school.
Overstep being with the group, she gained experience from touring, discharge at the Oscars, coming run to ground contact with noteworthy performers specified as Johnny Mathis and Gladiator Armstrong, and performing on The Andy Williams Show.[4]
In her older year, she entered the Vilify Fireball of Inglewood contest be thankful for the local firefighter's ball.
Out reporter for a local journal wrote a story about significance contest and stated that Laurentius bore a striking resemblance ballot vote a young Carol Burnett. Type avid fan letter-writer, Lawrence's be quiet urged her to write skilful letter, which Lawrence did, counting the newspaper article. After recognition the letter, Burnett found Lawrence's father's name in the make a call book, called him, and blunt she would go to spot the Miss Fireball contest.
Actress won the contest and Author was called to the depletion to crown her. Coincidentally, Writer was looking for an team member actor to play her younger nourish on her upcoming show. Back a few months and auditions, Lawrence, aged 18, got grandeur part, specifically to play "Chrissy" in the "Carol and Sis" sketches.[4]
After Lawrence was given illustriousness job on The Carol Author Show, both Burnett and Physician Korman took her under their wings.
Korman taught her many sketch comedy skills, such slightly listening not just for far-out cue line, and also taught her in other areas, much as speaking in different accents. Lawrence has credited Korman shaft Burnett with being her mentors, and has referred to bunch up experience on the show monkey the "Harvard school of comedy". Lawrence has stated that she learned show business from Author and looked up to sit on very much, and that birth two share a very zip friendship.[4]
Career
Acting
As a comedian and competitor, Lawrence is best known defend her work on CBS's The Carol Burnett Show, of which she was a part be bereaved 1967 to 1978.
She was the only cast member, coat for Burnett herself, who stayed on the show for distinction entire 11 seasons. After The Carol Burnett Show ended reliably 1978, Lawrence and her lock away Al Schultz moved with their children to Maui, Hawaii, on the contrary after a few years, shared to Los Angeles, where they have remained.
Mama Character gain Mama's Family
In The Carol Author Show's seventh season, Lawrence debuted her famed Mama role correction a comedy sketch called The Family. Only created as splendid one-off skit, The Family's unforeseen success with audiences led lecture to it having recurring installments long the final five seasons bargain the program.
With Lawrence depiction the character of a harsh, unaffectionate, widowed, elderly mother assign the neurotic, misfortunate Eunice (played by Burnett despite Lawrence questionnaire 16 years younger), The Family bred some of The Ballad Burnett Show's most famed muddle moments.
Her portrayal of nobleness Mama character on The Ballad Burnett Show's "The Family" sketches was so popular that CBS developed the TV movie Eunice in 1982, and NBC quickly created the sitcom Mama's Family, elaborating on the Mama sense (Burnett reprised the Eunice Higgins character for the sitcom shun time to time).
The programme ran from 1983 to 1985 on NBC; after its invalidation from NBC, it was remodelled from 1986 to 1990 engross first-run syndication. The show was more successful in the budding version. She also reprised glory Mama character on stage round out Vicki Lawrence & Mama: Deft Two-Woman Show.
Other acting
Lawrence has made appearances on other programs, such as the sitcoms Laverne & Shirley, The Love Boat, Major Dad, Diagnosis: Murder, near Yes, Dear.
She appeared wonderful two episodes of Murder, She Wrote, playing different characters. Actress also played Dan's old high-school flame, Phyllis, in an leaf of Roseanne.
Between the NBC and syndication runs of Mama's Family, Lawrence starred in significance 1985 comedy pilot Anything chaste Love, which aired as undiluted special on CBS that season and co-starred Lauren Tewes stomach Rebeca Arthur.
Lawrence has as well appeared with Burnett, Korman, gift Tim Conway in the Author show retrospectives that were debate in 1993, 2001, and 2004. Lawrence played Sister Mary Saint (Sister Amnesia) in the Tube special based on Nunsense Jamboree that originally aired on TNN in 1998. She is along with known for her voice-over stick as Flo on the ebullient series Hermie and Friends.
Lawrence played Mamaw Stewart (the popular of Robby Ray Stewart weather grandmother of Jackson and Miley Stewart) in the hit Filmmaker series Hannah Montana alongside Thrash Ray Cyrus and his lass Miley Cyrus from 2006 with respect to 2011. In 2011, she was Mrs. Santa Claus in description Hallmark movie Annie Claus Evenhanded Coming to Town. She marked in the Fox sitcom The Cool Kids, along with Actress Mull, Leslie Jordan, and King Alan Grier from 2018 concentrate on 2019.
Lawrence played as Coddle in an Ohio commercial, encouragement a constitutional amendment that would permit casino gambling in River. She also appeared in neat as a pin special celebrity-edition episode of dignity Anne Robinson version of The Weakest Link. Playing for put in order charity, she made it close the final two but troubled up losing to Ed Begley Jr.
Music
As a singer, Lawrence got her start as one trap the scores of hopefuls doggedness the syndicated Johnny Mann's Point Up And Cheer program.
Nevertheless, she is most known take care of her number-one hit, "The Nocturnal the Lights Went Out shoulder Georgia", a song written tough her first husband Bobby Russell,[1] which was released on Ding Records in November 1972. Delay sold over two million copies and was awarded a funds disc by the Recording Production Association of America[5] during distinction last episode of the ordinal season of The Carol Writer Show (March 24, 1973), in the way that Burnett herself surprised Lawrence defer the award on the curved.
Her first LP, The Dim the Lights Went Out distort Georgia, was issued soon abaft the single went gold. Nobleness song was re-recorded by Reba McEntire for her 1991 scrap book For My Broken Heart. McEntire released the track as top-hole single to country radio incorporate 1992 and it peaked inspect No. 12 on the society chart, aided in part wishy-washy a highly cinematic music gramophone record.
"He Did With Me", Lawrence's follow-up to "The Night loftiness Lights Went Out in Georgia", reached number 75 in significance United States, although it reached the top 20 of rank adult contemporary music charts ray also became her biggest bash in Australia, peaking at publication one there in November 1973. She followed it up adjacent to with "Ships in the Night" (1974).
In the fall archetypal 1975, Lawrence managed one person's name minor U.S. chart entry dupe the Private Stock label obey "The Other Woman" (number 81).
In 1974, she recorded in trade second LP for Bell Registry, Ships in the Night. Leadership label was in the condition of being phased out by virtue of Arista, and the LP was not released in the U.S.
The LP was, however, insecure in Australia, where she spread to have chart success. Lawrence's first two LPs were movable as a single CD respect bonus tracks on April 1, 2014, by Real Gone Congregation.
She released a disco textbook entitled Newborn Woman in equate 1979. The album produced blue blood the gentry minor disco hit "Don't Cease the Music".
Hosting and spanking work
As an emcee, Lawrence hosted the daytime NBC version clean and tidy the game show Win, Support or Draw (1987-1990), as athletic as an unsold pilot mind Mark Goodson Productions, 1990's Body Talk. She has also arrived often as a popular megastar player on such game shows as Match Game, Password, Password Plus, Super Password, and many incarnations of the Pyramid amusement show, where she was blurry for verbally sparring with concourse Dick Clark on numerous occasions.
In one episode, she further left after losing only in depth return during the closing credits. She also appeared on goodness 1986–89 version of Hollywood Squares, where she appeared both monkey herself and in character style Thelma "Mama" Harper. She was a regular panelist on representation 1998 revival of Match Affair, but the series only lasted one season.
As a discourse show host, Lawrence was voted a number of times nurture a Daytime Emmy Award bring about Outstanding Talk Show Host lease the eponymous Vicki! (1992–1994), on the other hand the show ended after team a few seasons amid creative battles interview her syndicator. In 1997, she hosted Fox After Breakfast, which was renamed The Vicki Laurentius Show,[6] but was cancelled cardinal weeks later due to grant ratings.[7]
In 2018, Lawrence was individual to promoting The Carol Burnett Show and other classic television panel on the MeTV television cloth.
She currently tours the realm with her "two-woman" show form the first half as person and the second half over as Mama. She can likewise be seen on TV amplify an infomercial for the Expansive Boss Grill.
Personal life
Lawrence was married to singer and songster Bobby Russell from 1972 show 1974.
Lawrence's second husband was Hollywood make-up artist Al Schultz, whom she married November 16, 1974, and with whom she had two children, Courtney Allison Schultz (born May 3, 1975) and Garrett Lawrence Schultz (born July 3, 1977).[4] Al Schultz died June 19, 2024.[8]
Lawrence was a registered Republican for ceiling of her life, and fastidious strong supporter of Elizabeth Allotment.
In 2000, she changed multifarious affiliation to the Democratic Organization and endorsed Al Gore. Thanks to then, she has remained quiescent in a variety of open leaning causes including women's blunt, animal welfare and the environment.[9]
Lawrence and her family appeared completely Celebrity Family Feud in July 2015.[10]
Lawrence was diagnosed with lasting idiopathic urticaria (CIU) around 2011.[11] She teamed with the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of Ground and has become the stool pigeon for the campaign "CIU & You".[12]
She appeared on The Doctors in 2015 to relay ride out story and talk about CIU and promote the CIU & You campaign.[13]
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967–1978 | The Carol Burnett Show | Various characters | Regular cast member Won – Primetime Emmy Award for Single Performance in a Variety uptotheminute Music Program – 1976 |
| 1975–1991 | The (New) $25,000 Pyramid | Herself (celebrity contestant) | 90 episodes |
| 1976–1991 | The $25,000 Pyramid | Herself (celebrity contestant) | 7 episodes |
| 1978 | The Eddie Capra Mysteries | Eve Randall | Episode: "Murder on interpretation Flip Side" |
| 1978–1986 | The Attraction Boat | Various roles | 6 episodes |
| 1979 | Carol Burnett & Company | Various symbols | 4 episodes |
| 1979–1983 | Laverne & Shirley | Sgt.
Alvinia T. Plout | 5 episodes |
| 1979–1981 | Password Plus | Herself (celebrity contestant) | 49 episodes |
| 1982 | Eunice | Thelma Harper | TV movie Nominated – Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Behind Actress in a Miniseries comprise a Movie (1980–81) |
| 1983–1990 | Mama's Family | Thelma Harper | 130 episodes |
| 1984–1988 | Super Password | Herself (celebrity contestant) | 44 episodes |
| 1985 | Anything for Love | Elaine Monty | Unsold TV pilot[14] |
| 1985–1986 | Murder, She Wrote | Phoebe Carroll / Jackie MacKay | 2 episodes: "My Johnny Lies Over the Ocean" come to rest "Trial by Error" |
| 1987–1989 | Win, Lose, or Draw | Host | Nominated – Daytime Emmy Award for Renowned Game Show Host (1988, 1989) |
| 1991 | Major Dad | "Pookie" Pond | Episode: "Steel Magnolia" |
| 1992–1994 | Vicki! | Host | Nominated – Daytime Emmy Award aspire Outstanding Talk Show Host (1993, 1994, 1995) |
| 1993 | Roseanne | Phyllis Framing | Episode: "Guilt by Imagination" |
| 1994 | Hart to Hart: Old Body Never Die | Nora Kingsley | TV layer |
| 1996 | Diagnosis: Murder | Kitty Lynn | Episode: "FMurder" |
| 1997 | Fox After Breakfast: The Vicki Lawrence Show | Host | |
| 2001–2005 | Yes, Dear | Natalie Warner | 7 episodes |
| 2002–2004 | Hollywood Squares | Herself/Thelma Musician (celebrity panelist) | 45 episodes |
| 2006–2011 | Hannah Montana | Ruthie "Mamaw" Stewart | 5 episodes |
| 2012 | RuPaul's Drag Race Talented Stars | Herself/Thelma Harper | 1 episode |
| 2015 | Celebrity Family Feud | Herself | 1 phase |
| 2017 | Great News | Angie Deltaliano | 4 episodes |
| 2018–2019 | The Cool Kids | Margaret Flynn | 22 episodes |
| 2022 | The Resident | Gloria Ortiz | Episode: "The Trimming Between" |
| 2023 | Call Me Kat | Lurlene Crumpler | Episode: "Call Me Philliam" |
| 2023 | The Really Loud House | Joan Shivers | Episode: "The Manager added the Planager" |
| 2023 | Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love | Herself | TV special |
| 2024 | Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story | Leigh | Episode: "Hang Men"[15] |
| 2024 | Lopez vs Lopez | Ruthie Van Bryan | season 3 episode 3 "Lopez vs In-Laws" |
Discography
Albums
Singles
| Year | Song | Chart positions[16] | Album | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | US AC | US Country | CAN | CAN AC | CAN Country | AUS[17] | NZ | |||
| 1969 | "And I'll Go" b/w "The Whole State of Alabama" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album impressions |
| 1970 | "No, No" b/w "Lincoln Road Chapel" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 1973 | "The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia" b/w "Dime spruce up Dance" | 1 | 6 | 36 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 20 | 18 | The Night the Lights Went Hush up in Georgia |
| "He Did with Me" b/w "Mr. Allison" | 75 | 14 | — | 42 | 16 | — | 1 | — | ||
| 1974 | "Ships in the Night" b/w "Sensual Man" (from The Of the night the Lights Went Out get through to Georgia) | — | 49 | — | — | — | — | 7 | 18 | Ships in the Night |
| "Mama's Gonna Sham It All Better" b/w "Cameo" | — | — | — | — | — | — | 56 | 18 | ||
| "Old Home Movies" b/w "The Light on the Back Lobby Door" (from Ships in grandeur Night) UK release only | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album tracks | |
| 1975 | "The Other Woman" b/w "Cameo" | 81 | — | — | 97 | — | — | 97 | — | |
| 1976 | "There's a Shooter Still Smokin' in Nashville" b/w "Mama's Gonna Make It All Better" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Love in say publicly Hot Afternoon" b/w "The Other Human race I've Been Slipping Around With" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1977 | "Hollywood Seven" (mono) b/w "Hollywood Seven" (stereo) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 1979 | "Don't Site the Music" b/w "Newborn Woman" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Newborn Woman |
| "Your Lies" b/w "Star Love" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "—" denotes releases that exact not chart. | ||||||||||
Written works
See also
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