Mabel King

Actor, Soundtrack

Birthdate: Dec 25, 1932

Birthplace: Charleston, South Carolina, USA

Died: Nov 9, 1999

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.

Mabel King Movies

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2018 |
Ganja & Hess
Ganja & Hess
2018
R
1h 52m
Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Romance, Thriller
6.2
After being stabbed with an ancient, germ-infested knife, a doctor's assistant finds himself with an insatiable desire for blood.
1990 |
Dead Men Don't Die
1988 |
Scrooged
Scrooged
1988
TV-PG
1h 41m
Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
6.9
A selfish, cynical television executive is haunted by three spirits bearing lessons on Christmas Eve.
asGramma
1980 |
The Gong Show Movie
1979 |
The Jerk
1979 |
The Jerk
The Jerk
1979
R
1h 34m
Comedy
7.1
A simpleminded, sheltered country boy suddenly decides to leave his family home to experience life in the big city, where his naivete is both his best friend and his worst enemy.
asMother
1978 |
The Wiz
1978 |
The Wiz
The Wiz
1978
G
2h 14m
Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Musical
5.7
When Harlem schoolteacher Dorothy is miraculously whisked away to an urban fantasy land called Oz, she goes in search of the Wiz, a wizard who can help her get back to Manhattan, along with the Scarecrow, the Tin Man and the Cowardly Lion.
asEvillene
1977 |
Scott Joplin
1972 |
Don't Play Us Cheap

Mabel King

Known For

The Jerk

The Wiz

What's Happening!!

Scrooged

Mabel King Movies

actor

Ganja & Hess

Scrooged

The Jerk

The Wiz