The Resume

(January 26, 1892-February 28, 1978)
Born in Worcester, Massachusetts
Portrayed Mother Jefferson in The Jeffersons
Appeared in the films ‘The Liberation of L.B. Jones’ (1970), ‘Brother John’ (1971), ‘Sugar Hill’ (1974), and ‘Darktown Strutters’ (1975)

Why she might be annoying:

She made her TV debut in her mid-70s.
In addition to Mother Jefferson, many of the other characters she portrayed were known as ‘Mama’ or ‘Mother.’
She missed much of the third season of ‘The Jeffersons’ due to health problems.

Why she might not be annoying:

She was married to James M. Brown for 54 years.
She outlived two of her four children.
She was a drama teacher at Edward Waters College, a historically black college in Jacksonville, and was known as Florida’s ‘Dean of Drama.’
She said about her encounters with racism in the South, ‘I was always having conflicts because I couldn’t take it. If I’d been a man, I guess I would have been lynched.’
Despite being a nonsmoker, she died of lung cancer.
She received a posthumous NAACP Image Award.

Credit: C. Fishel

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Blaxploitation Film Stars
• C. Fishel's Profiles [Series 75]
• Celebrities Born on the Same Date [January] (Ranked: 1261892)
• I Died in 1978 (Ranked: 86)
• I Have Lung Cancer
• I Outlived My Child
• I'm Buried at Forest Lawn Glendale Cemetery [Calif]
• Little People [5'3 and Shorter] - Female A-K
• Look at Me, It's My Birthday
• Profiles 46501-46750 (Ranked: 46581)
• Teachers
• The Jeffersons
• TV Parents [Guest Appearances]
• We Celebrated Our Golden Anniversary

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 7 Votes: 14.29% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 15 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 72 Votes: 50.0% Annoying