Moms Mabley

Moms Mabley was the stage name of comedian Loretta Mary Aiken (1894-1975), who was a pioneering African-American comedian whose career stretched from the vaudeville days (on the "chitlin circuit," as venues catering to black audiences and performers were then called) in the 1920s through to a popular TV guest on talk and variety shows in the sixties and seventies. Though her initial stage name was Jackie Mabley, she took the "Moms" for her standard stage persona, dressing in frumpy attire and playing an older grandmother figure long before she'd aged into it.
Mabley's only starring film was also her last, the 1974 family comedy Amazing Grace, scripted by Sesame Street writer/performer Matt Robinson and helmed by frequent Sesame director Stan Lathan (Lathan and Robinson produced). She played the title character, a typically feisty old woman who winds up running for public office, with a supporting cast including Rosalind Cash. Mabley also appeared on The Bill Cosby Show and recorded many often ribald comedy albums. 
==References==
*In the Elmo’s World episode "Families," the Families Channel teases an upcoming program starring Moms Mabley.
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