Vicki Lawrence
Vicki Lawrence ( born March 26, 1949 in Inglewood, California as Vicki Ann Axelrad ) is an American actress and former singer. She has starred in the series The Carol Burnett Show and Mama 's Family in the series, she played the role of Thelma Harper.
Life
From 1965 to 1967 Vicki Lawrence sang in the performance group The Young Americans. From the autumn of 1967 she starred in the television show, The Carol Burnett Show. In the same year she started at the University of California, Los Angeles to study theater arts. For her performances in the Carol Burnett Show, she received an Emmy Award and five Emmy nominations.
In April 1973, Vicky Lawrence was with the song The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia for two weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for the single in the same year she received a gold record for a million records sold. The song was written by Bob Russell, with whom she had been married from 1972 to 1974. The follow-up single He Did with Me in the USA was only a minor hit, but reached number one on the charts in Australia. After the Carol Burnett show, she stepped up to January 1990 in their own TV series Mama 's Family.
Vicki Lawrence campaigned against drug abuse and survivors of slain police officer. For her commitment as a women's rights activist she received in 1988 the first woman to award Person of the Year ( Person of the Year ) from the Coalition of Labor Union Women.
A short time later, Lawrence presenter of the game show Win, Lose or Draw. Between 1992 and 1994, she hosted the show named after her Vicki! . As the only presenter alongside Oprah Winfrey, she was nominated for a Daytime Emmy. From the autumn of 1997 moderated Lawrence for a short time the talk show Fox After Breakfast.
Since 2002, Lawrence is on tour with her stage show Vicki Lawrence and Mama, A Two Woman Show. From 2006-2010 she was in Hannah Montana the guest role as Miley Stewart's (Miley Cyrus) grandma. In addition, she continues to support human and women's rights, and the American Heart Association a.
In 1974, Vicki Lawrence married her best friend and professional partner Al Schultz. They have a daughter ( born 1975 ) and a son ( born 1977 ).