Thelma Harper
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Thelma Harper, better known as Mama, is a fictional character played by American actress Vicki Lawrence. Mama is a purse-lipped, thickset senior citizen in her mid-to-late 60s. She has lived in an uns
Vicki Lawrence as Thelma Harper, 2009
Eunice Harper Higgins
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Eunice Higgins is the main character in "The Family" comedy sketches played by Carol Burnett and featured on The Carol Burnett Show and Carol Burnett & Company. Eunice also was featured in her eponymo
Thelma Harper
…class grandmother in the United States South. The character was originally created for Carol Burnett; however, Burnett preferred to play Mama's daughter Eunice Harper Higgins, which resulted in Lawrence being cast as Mama. The Mama character first appeared in "The Family" sketches on The Carol Burnett Show (1974–1978) and…
Carol Burnett (left) as Eunice Higgins
Eunice, her husband Ed (Harvey Korman), and an acting teacher (Madeline Kahn)