Vicki Lawrence

Vicki Lawrence

Age
64
Birthday
Mar. 26th, 1949
Born in
Inglewood, California, USA
Height
5' 6"

Vicki Lawrence's Main TV Roles

Show Character(s)
The Carol Burnett Show (1967) TV Show
The Carol Burnett Show (1967)
Mama's Family TV Show
Mama's Family
The Carol Burnett Show TV Show
The Carol Burnett Show
Match Game (1973) TV Show
Match Game (1973)
Carol Burnett & Company TV Show
Carol Burnett & Company
All-American Girl TV Show
All-American Girl
Win, Lose or Draw TV Show
Win, Lose or Draw
Body Language TV Show
Body Language
Match Game TV Show
Match Game
Match Game (1990) TV Show
Match Game (1990)
Supertrain TV Show
Supertrain
The Real Tom Kennedy Show TV Show
The Real Tom Kennedy Show
The Test TV Show
The Test
The Wacky World Of Jonathan Winters TV Show
The Wacky World Of Jonathan Winters
 

Main Movie Roles

Guest TV Roles

Show Name
Characters Played
Ep Count
Natalie
7
Grandma Stewart
6
Robin Brandt
5
Sgt. Alvinia T. Plout
5
Phoebe Carroll
2
Hildegard
2
Phyllis Zimmer
1
Herself (Voiced)
1
[Complete List]



BIOGRAPHY:

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TRIVIA:
  • She is a huge game show fan and guest-starred on many game shows including _"The $10,000 Pyramid" (1973)_ (qv), _"Super Password" (1984)_ (qv), and _"Match Game 73" (1973)_ (qv). She also hosted the daytime edition of _"Win, Lose or Draw" (1987)_ (qv) for NBC and on her TV show _"Mama's Family" (1983)_ (qv), Mama was a contestant on _"Jeopardy!" (1984)_ (qv) She did a salute to game shows and their hosts on her talk show _"Vicki!" (1992)_ (qv).
  • Still dresses up as Mama when performing to this day.
  • She is the sister of make-up artist, 'Joni Lawrence' (qv).
  • While a member of the singing group 'The Young Americans' (qv), a journalist reviewing a concert mentioned Lawrence's resemblance to 'Carol Burnett' (qv). Lawrence sent the clipping to Burnett, along with an invitation to attend a performance of The Miss Fireball Contest in which Lawrence was appearing in. Burnett did attend and Lawrence was subsequently hired to play Burnett's kid sister in _"The Carol Burnett Show" (1967)_ (qv).
  • Hit #1 in Australia in 1973 with "He Did With Me" (written by Harry Lloyd and Gloria Sklerov)
  • Her former husband, 'Bobby Russell (I)' (qv), wrote the popular tunes, "Little Green Apples" and 'Bobby Goldsboro' (qv)'s "Honey."
  • With the exception of 'Eric Brown (I)' (qv) (Buzz), 'Karin Argoud' (qv) (Sonja), and 'Allan Kayser' (qv) (Bubba), she was the youngest regularly-appearing actress in the cast of _"Mama's Family" (1983)_ (qv), even though the character she played was the oldest. 'Ken Berry (I)' (qv) (Vinton), 'Dorothy Lyman' (qv) (Naomi), 'Rue McClanahan' (qv) (Aunt Fran), 'Betty White (I)' (qv) (Ellen), 'Carol Burnett' (qv) (Eunice), 'Harvey Korman' (qv) (Ed) and 'Beverly Archer' (qv) (Iola) are all older.
  • Her recording of then husband 'Bobby Russell (I)' (qv)'s song "The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia" was number one on Billboard magazine's Hot 100 chart for two weeks in April 1973, reached the Top 40 of Billboard's Hot Country Singles chart, and earned a Gold Record


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