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2 unusual facts about Moms Mabley


Hal Seeger

During the later part of the 1940s, he worked as a screenwriter for a series of movies featuring well known Black performers, including the 1947 Cab Calloway musical Hi-De-Ho and two films featuring Dusty Fletcher and Moms Mabley, "Killer Diller" and "Boarding House Blues".

Moms Mabley

A veteran of the Chitlin' circuit of African-American vaudeville, she later appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show and the The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour.


Rhythm and Blues Music Hall of Fame

This Night Club was one of the premiere Clubs in the mid-west for R&B artist and minority comedians like Red Fox, Flip Wilson, Richard Pryor and Moms Mabley.

The Bill Cosby Show

Well known guest stars appear as well, including Henry Fonda and veteran comedians Mantan Moreland and Moms Mabley as Kincaid's married—and feuding—uncle and aunt.

Veteran actors Mantan Moreland and Jackie "Moms" Mabley guest star and give classic performances as the bickering old couple.


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