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Amen (TV) Oct. 28, 2006

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1983 Returned to Broadway in revival of "You Can't Take It With You"; recreated role for the TV version

1981 Made first appearance on the NBC sitcom "Gimme a Break" as Nell's mother; became a series regular in 1986

1976 Founded the Eubie Blake Children's Theatre

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1983 Returned to Broadway in revival of "You Can't Take It With You"; recreated role for the TV version

1981 Made first appearance on the NBC sitcom "Gimme a Break" as Nell's mother; became a series regular in 1986

1976 Founded the Eubie Blake Children's Theatre

1975 Returned to daytime with a role on "Ryan's Hope" (ABC)

1975 Played Walter Matthau's nurse in the feature "The Sunshine Boys"

1975 Produced and helped to shape the musical "Bubbling Brown Sugar" at AMAS; show later was produced on Broadway

1973 Had first primetime regular series role on "Calucci's Department" (CBS)

1971 Had regular role on "The Guiding Light" (CBS)

1971 - 1973 Appeared regularly on "Another World" (NBC)

1969 Was regular on soap opera "A World Apart" (ABC)

1968 Founded AMAS Repertory Theatre

1958 Reprised stage role in feature version of "Anna Lucasta"

1957 Co-starred in TV version of "Green Pastures" (NBC)

1951 Was member of the Corning Glass Theater in Corning, New York

1944 Originated role of Stella in "Anna Lucasta"; reprised role in 1947 Broadway production

1943 Toured with USO troupe of "Your Can't Take It With You"

1939 Broadway debut, "The Hot Mikado"; toured USA in role in 1941-42

1936 Played the First Witch in a NYC stage production of "Macbeth", produced by Orson Welles' Mercury Theatre

1926 Performed with Bill 'Bojangles' Robinson as a member of the Time Steppers

1924 Took music lessons from Eubie Blake at age 13

As a child suffered from rickets; at age seven, doctors broke both her legs so the bones could grow properly

Played Mother Winslow on "Family Matters" (ABC, 1989-1997; CBS 1997-1998)

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Sherman Hemsley

Amen

Aired: Oct. 28, 2006

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