Moms Mabley
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Jackie "Moms" Mabley (March 19 1894 - May 23 1975) was an African American comedienne.
Born Loretta Mary Aiken in Brevard, Transylvania County, North Carolina, Mabley was one of the most successful entertainers of the black vaudeville stage ("Chitlin' Circuit"), earning $10,000 a week at Harlem's Apollo Theater at the height of her career. She made her New York City debut at Connie's Inn in Harlem .
In the 1960s, she become known to a wider white audience, playing Carnegie Hall in 1962, and making a number of mainstream TV appearances in the 1960s.
She was billed as "The Funniest Woman in the World," and she tackled topics too edgy for many other comics of the time, including racism. She got away with it courtesy of her persona: on stage she appeared to be a small, bedraggled woman in a house dress and a funny hat, a 1950's version of a "bag-lady" persona. She added the occasional satirical song to her jokes, and had a minor song hit in the 1960s with a serious plea for peace, "Everything's Gonna Be Alright."
One of her regular themes was her romantic preference for handsome young men rather than old, "washed-up geezers" (as witness one of her album titles: Young Men, Sí - Old Men, No). Her aged and bedraggled appearance, including performing with no teeth, made her stated aspirations all the funnier. (In fact, her lack of many apparent feminine characteristics; plus her cackling, scratchy voice; led to assorted rumors that she was actually a man.)
She is buried in Ferncliff Cemetery, Hartsdale, New York.
- Birth Date:
- March 19, 1894
- Birthplace:
- Brevard, North Carolina, U.S.
- Nationality:
- African-American
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