| Vicki Lawrence | |
 Vicki Lawrence on the cover on her 1973 song album.
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| Born | Victoria Ann Axelrad March 26, 1949 Inglewood, California, U.S. |
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| Occupation | Comic, Singer, Actress |
| Website www.vickilawrence.com |
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Vicki Lawrence (born Victoria Ann Axelrad on March 26, 1949 in Inglewood, California) [1] is an Emmy Award-winning actress, frequent game show panelist of the 1970s and 1980s, comedian, and singer. Events 1026 - Pope John XIX crowns Conrad II as Holy Roman Emperor. Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Inglewood is a city in southwestern Los Angeles County California, southwest of downtown Los Angeles. California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Comics (via Latin from the Greek "" kōmikos, of or pertaining to "comedy" from kōmos "revel" An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works Events 1026 - Pope John XIX crowns Conrad II as Holy Roman Emperor. Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Inglewood is a city in southwestern Los Angeles County California, southwest of downtown Los Angeles. An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works This page concerns the Australian show For the Irish version see The Panel (Ireland. Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) A comedian or comic is a person who seeks to entertain an audience primarily by making them laugh She is best known for her co-starring role on The Carol Burnett Show, alongside Carol Burnett, from 1967 to 1978, and as the sharp-tongued matriarch, Thelma Harper (the main character on Mama's Family, airing from 1983 to 1990, which was spun off from The Carol Burnett Show's The Family sketches). The Carol Burnett Show is a Sketch comedy Television show starring Carol Burnett, Tim Conway, Harvey Korman, Carol Creighton Burnett (born April 26, 1933) is an American Actress, Comedian, Singer, Dancer and Thelma Mae Crowley Harper (Born on March 17th 1925 and better known as "Mama" is a fictional character who originally appeared in the ongoing The Family sketches The Protagonist or main character is the central figure of a story. Mama's Family is an American television sitcom that premiered on NBC on January 22, 1983. The Family Sketch is a series of skits that aired on The Carol Burnett Show.
She has also been credited as Vicki Lawrence Schultz; Schultz being the surname of her second husband and Hollywood make-up artist, Al Schultz, to whom she has been married since November 16, 1974, and by whom she has two children, Courtney (born May 3, 1975) and Garrett (born July 3, 1977). Events 534 - A second and final revision of the Codex Justinianus is published Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Events 1491 - Kongo monarch Nkuwu Nzinga is baptised by Portuguese missionaries adopting the baptismal name of João Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 324 - Battle of Adrianople Constantine I defeats Licinius, who flees to Byzantium. Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays
She is a graduate of Morningside High School in Inglewood. Morningside High is a public High school in Inglewood, California. Inglewood is a city in southwestern Los Angeles County California, southwest of downtown Los Angeles.
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Comedy
As a comedienne and actress, she is best known for her work on The Carol Burnett Show, of which she was a part from 1967 to 1978. The Carol Burnett Show is a Sketch comedy Television show starring Carol Burnett, Tim Conway, Harvey Korman, The year 1967 in television involved some significant eventsBelow is a list of Television -related events in 1967. She was the only cast member, except for Burnett herself, who stayed on the show for the entire eleven seasons. Lawrence's ascension to become part of the Burnett show is part of Hollywood legend; she was literally hired for the show on the basis of a letter she had sent to Burnett and the producers, with a photograph of Lawrence that clearly showed her resemblance to Burnett. Despite her beginner's status, Lawrence proved to be a valuable part of the comedic team on the show, and played many memorable characters, particularly Thelma Harper (a. k. a. , "Mama") in the recurring "Family" sketches.
After The Carol Burnett Show ended in 1978, Vicki and her husband Al moved with their children to Maui in Hawaii but after a couple of years, returned to Los Angeles where they have remained. The Island of Maui is the second-largest of the Hawaiian Islands at 727 The State of Hawaii ( or həˈwaɪʔiː Hawaiian: Mokuāina o Hawaii) is a state in the United States located on an Archipelago in the
Her portrayal of the "Mama" character was so popular that NBC created a sitcom, Mama's Family, based on characters from the skit. Mama's Family is an American television sitcom that premiered on NBC on January 22, 1983. (Burnett reprised the Eunice Higgins character for the sitcom from time to time. Eunice Higgins ( Née Harper) is a fictional character from the comedy sketch The Family (featured on The Carol Burnett Show ) The series ran from 1983 to 1985 on NBC; after its cancellation from NBC, it was renewed from 1986 to 1990 in first-run syndication, which many believe to be a more animated, livelier version of Mama's Family. The year 1983 in television involved some significant eventsBelow is a list of Television -related events in 1983. The show was more successful in the renewed version. She also reprised the "Mama" character on stage for Vicki Lawrence & Mama: A Two-Woman Show.
Lawrence has made appearances on other programs, such as the sitcoms Roseanne, Hannah Montana and Yes, Dear. Roseanne is an American sitcom broadcast on ABC from 1988 to 1997 starring Stand-up comedian Roseanne Hannah Montana is an Emmy Award-nominated American Television series, which debuted on March 24 2006 on Disney Channel. Yes Dear is an Emmy -Nominated American television Sitcom which aired from 2000 to 2006 on CBS. She has also appeared with Burnett, Harvey Korman, and Tim Conway in the Burnett show retrospectives that were broadcast in 2001 and 2004. Harvey Herschel Korman ( February 15, 1927 &ndash May 29, 2008) was an American comedic Actor who performed Thomas Daniel “Tim” Conway (born December 15, 1933) is an American Comedian and Emmy award winning Actor, primarily
Other careers
As a singer, she is most known for her #1 hit, "The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia," a song written by her first husband Bobby Russell, which was released on Bell Records in November 1972. " The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia " is a Southern Gothic song written by songwriter Bobby Russell and performed in 1972 by his then-wife Bobby Russell ( 19 April 1941, Nashville, Tennessee &mdash 19 november 1992) was an American Song writer This article is about the record label active in the US and UK in the 1960s and 1970s Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. (Cher was offered the song first but, unbeknownst to her, her then-husband Sonny Bono had turned it down. Cher ( IPA: /ʃɛr/ born Cherilyn Sarkisian, May 20 1946 Salvatore Phillip "Sonny" Bono ( February 16, 1935 – January 5, 1998) was an American Record producer, )
"He Did With Me," Vicki's follow-up to "The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia," only managed to reach #75 in the United States (although it became her biggest hit in Australia, reaching #1 there in November of 1973). Two years later, in the fall of 1975, Vicki managed one last minor US chart entry on the Private Stock label with the anti-feminist curiosity "The Other Woman" (#81). Private Stock was a Record label which was started in 1974 by Larry Uttal after he was ousted from Bell Records.
As an emcee, she hosted the daytime NBC version of the game show Win, Lose or Draw, and has also appeared often as a popular panelist on such game shows as Match Game, Password, Scrabble, The $10,000 Pyramid, and The $25,000 Pyramid, as well as Hollywood Squares, where she appeared both as herself and in character as Thelma "Mama" Harper. The National Broadcasting Company ( NBC) is an American Television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Win Lose or Draw was an American Television Game show that aired from 1987 to 1990 on syndication and NBC Match Game also called The Match Game was an American Television Game show that celebrities and contestants answering Password is a word association game developed by the Milton Bradley Company in 1962 Scrabble was an American Television Game show that was based on the Scrabble Board game Pyramid is the collective name of a series of American television Game shows where contestants tried to guess a series of words or phrases based on descriptions Pyramid is the collective name of a series of American television Game shows where contestants tried to guess a series of words or phrases based on descriptions The Hollywood Squares was an American Television comedy and Game show in which two contestants play Tic-tac-toe to win money Lawrence was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for Best Talk Show in 1993 for the eponymous Vicki!, but the show was canceled after two seasons. The Daytime Emmy Awards are awards presented by the New York -based National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and the Los Angeles -based Academy Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar)
She tours the country with her "two-woman" show with the first half as herself and the second half done as Thelma "Mama" Harper.
Vicki also plays 'Mamaw Stewart' (the mother of Robby Ray Stewart and grandmother of Jackson and Miley Stewart) in the hit Disney series Hannah Montana, alongside Billy Ray Cyrus, and his daughter Miley Cyrus. Robby Ray Stewart is a Fictional character that is loosely based on the actor himself from Hannah Montana, played by Billy Ray Cyrus. Miley Ray Stewart and Hannah Montana Miley's mother died three years before the series starts (as noted by Jackson in "Supersneak" Hannah Montana is an Emmy Award-nominated American Television series, which debuted on March 24 2006 on Disney Channel. Billy Ray Cyrus (born William Ray Cyrus; August 25 1961 is a Grammy Award -nominated American Country music singer songwriter and actor from Flatwoods Miley Ray Cyrus (born Destiny Hope Cyrus on November 23 1992 is an American Actress and Singer-songwriter.
Vicki recently plays as "Mama" on a Ohio commercial, promoting that Casinos be brought into Ohio.
Discography
Singles - All chart positions from Billboard (North America)
| Year | Single | Catalog # | Chart Pos. |
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| 1969 | "And I'll Go"
b/w "The Whole State of Alabama" |
Elf 90035 | |
| 1970 | "No, No"
b/w "Lincoln Street Chapel" |
United Artists 50748 | |
| 1973 | "The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia"
b/w "Dime a Dance" |
Bell 45303 | 1 |
| 1973 | "He Did With Me"
b/w "Mr. " The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia " is a Southern Gothic song written by songwriter Bobby Russell and performed in 1972 by his then-wife Allison" |
Bell 45362 | 75 |
| 1974 | "Ships in the Night"
b/w "Sensual Man" |
Bell 45409 | |
| 1974 | "Mama's Gonna Make It All Better"
b/w "Cameo" |
Bell 45437 | |
| 1974 | "Old Home Movies"
b/w "The Light on the Back Porch Door" |
EMI Int. 504
(UK only) |
n/a |
| 1975 | "The Other Woman"
b/w "Cameo" |
Private Stock 45036 | 81 |
| 1976 | "There's a Gun Still Smokin' in Nashville"
b/w same title |
Private Stock 45067 | |
| 1976 | "The Other Man I've Been Slipping Around With"
b/w "Love in the Hot Afternoon" |
Private Stock 45121 | |
| 1976 | "Hollywood Seven"
b/w "Mississippi" |
Private Stock 45327
(UK Only) |
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| 1979 | "Don't Stop The Music"
b/w "Newborn Woman" |
Windmill LJ24 | |
| 1979 | "Your Lies"
b/w "Star Love" |
Windmill LJ30 |
Albums
| Year | Title | Catalog # | |
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| 1973 | The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia | Bell 1120 | |
| 1974 | Ships in the Night | SOSL10106 | |
| 1979 | Newborn Woman | Windsong L26 |
Books
- Vicki!: The True-Life Adventures of Miss Fireball (1995) - ISBN 0-6848-0286-4 (with Marc Eliot)
External links
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