Moms Mabley
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Loretta Mary Aiken, known by her stage name 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 th
Mabley during an appearance on The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour in 1968
1933 Chitlin' Circuit theatre ad billing Jackie Mabley as "The World's Most Beautiful Creole Girl"
Mabley in 1944
Mabley with Pearl Bailey on The Pearl Bailey Show in 1971
Butterbeans and Susie
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Butterbeans and Susie were an American comedy duo comprising Jodie Edwards and Susie Edwards. They married in 1917, and performed together until the early 1960s. Their act, a combination of marital qu
Butterbeans (right) and Susie (left)