Mabel King(1932-1999)

Actress
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Mabel King

Mabel King was best-known for the role of Mama on the 1970's sitcom What's Happening!, but she also appeared in the films The Jerk with Steve Martin and The Wiz with Michael Jackson. Before What's Happening!, she portrayed the Wicked Witch of the West in the Broadway version of The Wiz.

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Awards
- 2 nominations total

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Known for

Steve Martin in Un vrai schnock (1979)

Un vrai schnock

7.1

Mother

1979

Michael Jackson, Diana Ross, Ted Ross, and Nipsey Russell in The Wiz (1978)

5.6

Evillene

1978

What's Happening!! (1976)

What's Happening!!

7.0

TV Series

Mabel 'Mama' Thomas

Bill Murray in Fantômes en fête (1988)

Fantômes en fête

6.9

Gramma

1988

Credits

Actress

Dead Men Don't Die
4.3
- Chafuka
- 1990
Fantômes en fête
6.9
- Gramma
- 1988
Un flic dans la mafia
7.7
TV Series
- Mae Nina
- 1988
Histoires de l'autre monde
7.4
TV Series
- Ruby Cuzzins
- 1986
Dynastie II: Les Colby
6.0
TV Series
- Fortune Teller
- 1986
Histoires fantastiques
7.4
TV Series
- Jennifer Mowbray
- 1986
The Jeffersons
7.5
TV Series
- Mother Tobin
- 1984
L'homme au katana
4.5
TV Series
- Willie
- 1984
The Jerk, Too
2.7
TV Movie
- Mama Johnson
- 1984
The Wiz
7.0
Video
- Evillene, the Wicked Witch of the West
- 1983
Les petits génies
6.8
TV Series
- Velma Sherry
- 1983
Lottery!
6.9
TV Series
- Mabel
- 1983
ABC Weekend Specials
7.7
TV Series
- Mrs. Trussker
- 1983
L'île fantastique
6.6
TV Series
- Mama Parker
- Bertha Jones
- Lelani
- 1978–1981
Getting Over
6.0
- Mabel Queen
- 1981

Soundtrack

Personal details

Height
- 1.63 m
Born
- December 25, 1932
- Charleston, South Carolina, USA
Died
- November 9, 1999
- Los Angeles, California, USA(complications from diabetes)
Spouse
- Melvin KingJune 17, 1967 - September 8, 1989 (divorced, 1 child)
Children
- Larry King
Other works
Stage: Appeared (as "Evilene, the Wicked Witch of the West") in "The Wiz" on Broadway.
Publicity listings
- 1 Article

Did you know

Trivia
Her most famous role (both on Broadway and in the screen version) was as Evillene, the Wicked Witch of the West, in 'The Wiz'.

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When did Mabel King die?
November 9, 1999
How did Mabel King die?
Complications from diabetes
How old was Mabel King when she died?
66 years old
Where did Mabel King die?
Los Angeles, California, USA
When was Mabel King born?
December 25, 1932

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