Mama's Family (1983 - 1990)

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Series Summary:: Thelma Harper, a cranky, sharp-tongued widow shared a small house with her high-strung sister Fran. Thelma's scatterbrained son Vinton moved back in with Thelma with his teenage kids, Sonja and Vinton, Jr. ("Buzz"), after his wife ran out on him to become a Las Vegas showgirl. After Vinton moved in with Thelma, he became romantically interested in Thelma's next-door neighbor Naomi. They soon got married and Naomi moved into Thelma's house as well. Thelma's daughters, the spoiled, rich, snobbish Ellen and the foulmouthed Eunice, and Eunice's husband Ed occasionally visited (Ellen's husband, Bruce, was talked about but never seen). In 1986, Fran died, Buzz and Sonja moved out, and Ed and Eunice moved to Florida. Bubba, Ed and Eunice's son, had served a term in juvenile hall for car theft and because of this, was not allowed to come to Florida to join them; he ended up living with Thelma. Iola (who lived across the street from Thelma her whole life but did not join the cast until 1986) was the looney neighbor who lusted for Vinton.
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(Series Cast)

Vicki Lawrence ... Thelma 'Mama' Crowley Harper

Ken Berry ... Vinton Harper

Dorothy Lyman ... Naomi Oates Harper

Allan Kayser ... Bubba Higgins

Beverly Archer ... Iola Lucille Boylen

Eric Brown ... Vinton 'Buzz' Harper, Jr.

Karin Argoud ... Sonja Harper

Rue McClanahan ... Aunt Fran Crowley

Betty White ... Ellen Harper Jackson

Dorothy Van ... Aunt Effie Harper

Carol Burnett ... Eunice Higgins

Alan Oppenheimer ... Mayor Alvin Tutweiler

Earl Boen ... Reverend Lloyd Meechum

Anne Haney ... Alberta Meechum

Harvey Korman ... Ed Higgins