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TV Series (1985 - 1990)
Mary Jenkins, a housewife who lived with her contractor husband, Lester and their 14-year-old daughter Brenda. Mary's best friend was Rose Lee Holloway, who used to sit out with her on the stoop of the apartment building (#227) and discuss many things.
Last Episode
05x24 No Place Like Home Aired: May. 06, 1990Mary dreams that she's homeless after misinterpreting a plea for help from a street person (homeless advocate Theodore Hayes) as a threat to …
Series Info
Type:
Scripted
Premiered:
Sep. 14, 1985
Status:
Canceled/Ended
Runtime:
30 min.
Genre
- comedy
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Check Snub
Season 2, Episode #13
Season 2, Episode #13


Come Into My Parlor
Season 2, Episode #7
Season 2, Episode #7


Got a Job
Season 2, Episode #6
Season 2, Episode #6


The Great Man-Hunt
Season 2, Episode #5
Season 2, Episode #5


Pillow Talk
Season 2, Episode #3
Season 2, Episode #3

The Handwriting On t…
Season 2, Episode #1
Season 2, Episode #1

Slam Dunked
Season 1, Episode #20
Season 1, Episode #20

Redecorating Blues
Season 1, Episode #19
Season 1, Episode #19

We the People
Season 1, Episode #18
Season 1, Episode #18

Young Man's Fancy
Season 1, Episode #17
Season 1, Episode #17
Character Guide
Series Fun Facts
- Mary Jenkins' birthday is June 14 (she cuts Lester off before he could say the year).
- If Marla Gibbs was unavailable to star in 227, then, it would've debuted the season after 1985, if The Jeffersons would've been on the air. When the show was unexpectedly cancelled in 1985,
[show]If Marla Gibbs was unavailable to star in 227, then, it would've debuted the season after 1985, if The Jeffersons would've been on the air. When the show was unexpectedly cancelled in 1985, Norman Lear allowed Gibbs to star in the show.
[hide] - After gaining celebrity status, Jackée Harry, was at one point planning to leave the show to star in a pilot that has never been materialized, but left midway through the 1989-90 season,…
[show]After gaining celebrity status, Jackée Harry, was at one point planning to leave the show to star in a pilot that has never been materialized, but left midway through the 1989-90 season, which was coincidentally, the final year.
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