Mabel King
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Biography: 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.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Charleston, South Carolina, USA
Birthday: December 25, 1932
Deathday: November 09, 1999
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Gender: Female
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The Jerk
Overview: 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 from rags to riches and back again. The slaphappy jerk strikes it rich, but life in the fast lane isn't all it's cracked up to be and, in the end, all that really matters to Johnson is his true love.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-12-14
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The Wiz
Overview: Dorothy Gale, a shy kindergarten teacher, is swept away to the magic land of Oz where she embarks on a quest to return home.
Genres: Music Fantasy Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-10-24
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Getting Over
Overview: 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 label, 'Impossibly Funky Records' taken over. As surmised by Alllmovie, this tuneful drama features the rock group Love Machine as it tells the tale of a record promoter hired by a crooked producer to fulfill affirmative action quotas. It is the hard-working, independent-minded promoter who discovers and develops the Love Machine, an all female group. The trouble begins when the group's lead singer is kidnapped and the promoter learns that his employer's label is really a front for the mob.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-04-24
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The Gong Show Movie
Overview: A week in the life of "The Gong Show" host and creator Chuck Barris.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-05-23
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Ganja & Hess
Overview: After being stabbed with an ancient, germ-infested knife, a doctor finds himself with an insatiable desire for blood.
Genres: Drama Fantasy Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-04-20
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Scott Joplin
Overview: The life story of Scott Joplin and how he became the greatest ragtime composer of all time.
Genres: Music History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-02-11
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Dead Men Don't Die
Overview: 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.
Genres: Horror Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-09-08
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Scrooged
Overview: Frank Cross is a wildly successful television executive whose cold ambition and curmudgeonly nature has driven away the love of his life. But after firing a staff member on Christmas Eve, Frank is visited by a series of ghosts who give him a chance to re-evaluate his actions and right the wrongs of his past.
Genres: Fantasy Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-11-22
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Black Vampire
Overview: When two prominent black anthropologists, Dr. Green and Dr. Matara, uncover the remains of an ancient African tribe of bloodsuckers called the Myrthians they unleash an evil force buried for centuries beneath the earth. Matara, possessed by the spirit of the Myrthian queen, attacks his partner and then kills himself- leaving Hess to return to the U.S. with an unquenchable thirst for blood. After seducing Matara's widow, Green soon has her hooked on the red stuff as well. Together they lure innocent victims into their deadly trap, leaving a trail of drained bodies in their wake. The grisly murders go unsolved-that is, until the fateful day when Green stumbles into a Gospel meeting and all hell breaks loose...
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-03-18
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The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings
Overview: Top baseball pitcher Bingo Long is fed up with how his Negro League team owner treats him, so he forms his own lineup, recruiting big-hitting Leon Carter and Charlie Snow, who dreams of playing in the majors. Boycotted by black teams, Long's outfit play minor league white teams, earning more attention as entertainers than as players. However, their success wins them a chance to play again in the Negro League, this time as equals.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-07-16
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The Jerk, Too
Overview: 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, takes him to Las Vegas after learning of his skills at poker.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-01-06
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Don't Play Us Cheap
Overview: 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 up the party.
Genres: Romance Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-12-11
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All the Money in the World
Overview: A young boy gets a wish from a leprechaun, and wishes for all the money in the world. He then learns about the real-life ramifications of such a wish.
Genres: Adventure Comedy Family Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-03-19
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