Mabel King

Mabel King

Mabel Elizabeth King (née Washington; December 25, 1932 - November 9, 1999) was an American actress and singer. She is known for her role as Mabel "Mama" Thomas on the ABC sitcom What's Happening!! from its premiere in 1976 until the end of its second season in 1978. King is also known for portraying Evillene the Witch, a role she originated in the stage musical The Wiz and reprised in Sidney Lumet's 1978 film adaptation. She recorded on the Rama Records and Amy Records labels. Description above from the Wikipedia article Mabel King, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

  • Title: Mabel King
  • Popularity: 12.239
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1932-12-25
  • Place of Birth: Charleston, South Carolina, USA
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Mabel King Movies

  • 1979
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    The Jerk
    The Jerk

    6.9 1979 HD

    After discovering he's not really black like the rest of his family, likable dimwit Navin Johnson sets off on a hilarious misadventure that takes him...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Steve Martin

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  • 1978
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    The Wiz
    The Wiz

    6 1978 HD

    Dorothy Gale, a shy kindergarten teacher, is swept away to the magic land of Oz where she embarks on a quest to return home.

    Genre: Music

    Cast: Diana Ross

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  • 1973
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    Ganja & Hess
    Ganja & Hess

    5.8 1973 HD

    After being stabbed with an ancient, germ-infested knife, a doctor finds himself with an insatiable desire for blood.

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Marlene Clark

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  • 1980
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    The Gong Show Movie
    The Gong Show Movie

    4 1980 HD

    A week in the life of "The Gong Show" host and creator Chuck Barris.

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Chuck Barris

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  • 1977
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    Scott Joplin
    Scott Joplin

    6 1977 HD

    The life story of Scott Joplin and how he became the greatest ragtime composer of all time.

    Genre: Music

    Cast: Billy Dee Williams

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  • 1990
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    Dead Men Don't Die
    Dead Men Don't Die

    4.1 1990 HD

    A reporter investigating a drug dealing ring is murdered. Brought back to life by the voodoo spell of a cleaning woman, he goes after his killers.

    Genre: Horror

    Cast: Elliott Gould

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  • 1988
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    Scrooged
    Scrooged

    6.796 1988 HD

    Frank Cross is a wildly successful television executive whose cold ambition and curmudgeonly nature has driven away the love of his life. But after...

    Genre: Fantasy

    Cast: Bill Murray

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  • 1988
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    Black Vampire
    Black Vampire

    2 1988 HD

    When two prominent black anthropologists, Dr. Green and Dr. Matara, uncover the remains of an ancient African tribe of bloodsuckers called the...

    Genre: Horror

    Cast: Ethan Kennedy

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  • 1976
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    The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings
    The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings

    6 1976 HD

    In the world of 1930s Negro League baseball, a spirited team of renegade players travels around the Midwest looking for that one big score. Richard...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Billy Dee Williams

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  • 1984
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    The Jerk, Too
    The Jerk, Too

    3 1984 HD

    Navin Johnson heads to Los Angeles to attend the wedding of his pen pal, Marie. On the way, he runs across a gang of hobos whose leader, Diesel,...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Mark Blankfield

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  • 1972
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    Don't Play Us Cheap
    Don't Play Us Cheap

    5.8 1972 HD

    As an African American family and friends gather in an apartment for a house party, two mischief-making devil-bats take human form in order to break...

    Genre: Romance

    Cast: Esther Rolle

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  • 1981
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    Getting Over
    Getting Over

    1 1981 HD

    Senor Daniels stars as Mike, a man with a dream of making it big in the music industry. He gets conned by a bigoted board chairman, and has his...

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    Cast: John Daniels

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  • 1979
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    What's Happening!!
    What's Happening!!

    7.458 1979 HD

    What's Happening!! is an American television sitcom that aired on ABC from August 5, 1976 to April 28, 1979. The show premiered as a summer series....

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Ernest Lee Thomas

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  • 1987
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    The Colbys
    The Colbys

    5.692 1987 HD

    The Colbys is an American prime time soap opera, which originally aired on ABC from November 20, 1985 to March 26, 1987. Produced by Aaron Spelling,...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Charlton Heston

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  • 1987
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    Amazing Stories
    Amazing Stories

    7.431 1987 HD

    A truly amazing, fantastical, science fiction, funny and odd, and sometimes scary, sad and endearing anthology series presented by Steven Spielberg...

    Genre: Sci-Fi & Fantasy

    Cast:

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  • 1988
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    Tales from the Darkside
    Tales from the Darkside

    7.2 1988 HD

    Tales from the Darkside is an anthology horror TV series created by George A. Romero, each episode was an individual short story that ended with a...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Paul Sparer

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  • 1985
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    The Jeffersons
    The Jeffersons

    7.278 1985 HD

    Sitcom following a successful African-American couple, George and Louise “Weezyö Jefferson as they “move on up” from...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Isabel Sanford

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  • 1990
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    Wiseguy
    Wiseguy

    6.4 1990 HD

    Vinnie Terranova does time in a New Jersey penitentiary to set up his undercover role as an agent for the OCB (Organized Crime Bureau) of the United...

    Genre: Crime

    Cast: Steven Bauer

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  • 1996
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    Weekend Special
    Weekend Special

    7.167 1996 HD

    The ABC Weekend Special is a weekly 30-minute anthology TV series for children that aired Saturday mornings on ABC from 1977 to 1997. It featured a...

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  • 1981
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    Palmerstown, U.S.A.
    Palmerstown, U.S.A.

    5.5 1981 HD

    Palmerstown, U.S.A. is a drama series. It centers on the lives of two 9-year-old best friends, one black and one white, growing up in a small...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Bill Duke

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  • 1982
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    Barney Miller
    Barney Miller

    7.193 1982 HD

    Barney Miller is an American situation comedy television series set in a New York City police station in Greenwich Village. The series originally was...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Hal Linden

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  • 1981
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    The Mike Douglas Show
    The Mike Douglas Show

    5.4 1981 HD

    The Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that originally aired only in the Cleveland area during much...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Mike Douglas

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