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19-660: Mabley is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Moms Mabley (1894–1975), American comedian Jack Mabley (1915–2006), American reporter and columnist C. R. Mabley (1836–1885), Founder of chain of department stores in the United States See also [ edit ] Mabley and Carew , US Department store Mabley Developmental Center , Illinois state centre for mentally disabled, Dixon, Illinois Smith and Mabley , New York City automobile manufacturer [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with

38-557: A poster advertising the show. Mabley was the subject of Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley , a documentary film which first aired on HBO on November 18, 2013. The documentary was nominated for two Creative Arts Emmy Awards at the 66th ceremony held on August 16, 2014, at the Nokia Theatre in Downtown Los Angeles : Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special and Outstanding Narrator for Whoopi Goldberg. In 2015, she

57-668: A regular part of her act, and a cover version of " Abraham, Martin and John " hit No. 35 on the Billboard Hot 100 on July 19, 1969, making Mabley, at 75, the oldest living person to have a U.S. Top 40 hit, until Brenda Lee took the title at age 78 in December 2023. Mabley played the Harlem Cultural Festival during that time. Mabley continued performing in the 1970s. In 1971, she appeared on The Pearl Bailey Show . Later that year, she opened for Ike & Tina Turner at

76-608: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Moms Mabley Loretta Mary Aiken (March 19, 1897 – May 23, 1975), known by her stage name Jackie "Moms" Mabley , was an American stand-up comedian and actress. Mabley began her career on the theater stage in the 1920s and became a veteran entertainer of the Chitlin' Circuit of black vaudeville. Mabley later recorded comedy albums and appeared in films and on television programs including The Ed Sullivan Show and The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour . Loretta Mary Aiken

95-457: The Greek Theatre and sang a tribute to Louis Armstrong as part of her set. While filming the 1974 film Amazing Grace , her only film starring role, Mabley suffered a heart attack. She returned to work three weeks later, after receiving a pacemaker . Over the course of her life, Mabley had six children: Bonnie, Christine, Charles, and Yvonne Ailey, and two placed for adoption when she

114-408: The surname Mabley . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mabley&oldid=711392724 " Category : Surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description

133-599: The Connie's Inn in-house producer during its glory days. In the early 1930s, the Immermans moved Connie's Inn to a downtown location. There, they produced one of their last great revues, Stars Over Broadway, which starred Billie Holiday , and featured Bessie Smith as a temporary fill-in for Holiday when she was ill. The repeal of Prohibition and the Great Depression played roles in the ultimate closure of Connie's Inn, and

152-666: The Immerman brothers operated a Harlem delicatessen and made their fortune as bootleggers . Their club was located at 2221 Seventh Avenue at 131st Street in a basement from 1923 until 1934. Acts performing there included Louis Armstrong , Fats Waller , Wilbur Sweatman , Peg Leg Bates , Bricktop and Fletcher Henderson . Like the Cotton Club , Connie's Inn featured African American performers but restricted its audience to whites only. Its steep cover charge of $ 2.50, its intimate atmosphere, and its ability to hire famous entertainers made

171-571: The Immerman brothers were forced to obtain individual employment. With a change in ownership, Connie's Inn became Club Harlem. In April 1934, the Harlem site re-opened as the Club Ubangi and featured lesbian, gay and bisexual entertainers such as Gladys Bentley and comedian Jackie Mabley , later known as Moms Mabley . 40°48′46″N 73°56′43″W  /  40.812802°N 73.94537°W  / 40.812802; -73.94537 This article on

190-632: The band's 1991 album Achtung Baby . Mabley, portrayed by Wanda Sykes , appears in the final episode of the third season of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel , performing a full stand-up routine on the Apollo Theater stage. The street in Brevard where Mabley grew up was named for her in 1997 for her 100th birthday, but changed back due to complaints. In 2023 a North Carolina historical marker honored her. Stage Films Television Discography Connie%27s Inn Having immigrated from Latvia ,

209-464: The club unique among other New York clubs. Members of the Ziegfeld Follies , heiress Gertrude Vanderbilt , and numerous others poured in from downtown to enjoy the shows at Connie's Inn and were sometimes influential in moving their revues to Broadway. Connie Immerman was instrumental in the design and the promotion of the revues, including the famous Hot Chocolates revue. Leonard Harper became

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228-413: The encouragement of her grandmother, Aiken ran away at age 14 to Cleveland , Ohio , joining a traveling vaudeville -style minstrel show starring Butterbeans and Susie , where she sang and entertained. In 1909, a year after Aiken left, her father was killed when a fire engine exploded while he was volunteering as a firefighter. Her mother took over the family's primary business, a general store. She

247-485: The first female comic to perform at the Apollo Theater in Harlem. During the 1950s, Mabley—influenced by the maternal role she was filling for other comedians on the circuit—adopted the name "Moms" and the appearance of a toothless, bedraggled woman in a house dress and floppy hat. Mabley also credited the name to her grandmother, who had been a driving force in the pursuit of her dreams. The non-threatening persona aided her in addressing topics too edgy for most comics of

266-570: The least she could do was take his name from him. Mabley quickly became one of the most successful entertainers of the Chitlin' Circuit , although, as a black woman, her wages were meager. She made her New York City debut at Connie's Inn in Harlem . She came out as a lesbian in 1921 at the age of twenty-seven, becoming one of the first openly gay comedians. During the 1920s and 1930s she appeared in androgynous clothing and recorded several "lesbian stand-up" routines. In April 1939, Mabley became

285-412: The time, including racism , sexuality and having children after becoming a widow. A preference for handsome young men rather than "old washed-up geezers" became a signature bit. In the 1960s, Mabley became known to a wider white audience, playing Carnegie Hall in 1962, and making a number of mainstream TV appearances, with multiple appearances on The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour . Music became

304-713: Was a teenager. Mabley died from heart failure in White Plains, New York , on May 23, 1975. She is interred at Ferncliff Cemetery , Hartsdale, New York . In 1983 and 1984, Whoopi Goldberg "first came to national prominence with her one-woman show" in which she portrayed Mabley, Moms , first performed in Berkeley, California, and then at the Victoria Theatre in San Francisco; the Oakland Museum of California preserves

323-495: Was born in Brevard, North Carolina , on March 19, 1897. She was one of 16 children born to James Aiken and Mary Smith, who had married in 1891. Her father owned and operated several successful businesses, and took in boarders. Her childhood was tumultuous. Aiken gave birth to two children resulting from her being raped at age 11, by an elderly black man, and at age 13, by a white sheriff. Both children were placed for adoption. At

342-472: Was killed a few years later, run over by a truck while returning home from church on Christmas Day. Told by her brother she "was a disgrace to the Aiken name because ... stage women wasn't nothing but prostitutes", Aiken adopted the stage name Jackie Mabley, borrowing the name of an early boyfriend, Jack Mabley, who was also a performer. She remarked in a 1970 Ebony interview that he had taken so much from her,

361-400: Was named by Equality Forum as one of their 31 Icons of the 2015 LGBT History Month . Mabley was the inspiration for the character of Grandma Klump in the 1996 movie The Nutty Professor . Mabley was featured during the "HerStory" video tribute to notable women on U2 's tour in 2017 for the 30th anniversary of The Joshua Tree during a performance of "Ultraviolet (Light My Way)" from

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