Helen Martin

Helen Martin

Birthday: 1909-07-23

Deathday: 2000-03-25

Place of birth: St. Louis, Missouri, USA

Also known as:

imdb_id: nm0552385

Biography:

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Helen Dorothy Martin (July 23, 1909 – March 25, 2000) was an American actress of stage and television who is perhaps most well known for her role in the sitcom 227 as Marla Gibbs' neighbor Pearl. Martin was born in St. Louis, Missouri, the daughter of Amanda Frankie (née Fox) and William Martin, a minister. Martin was a Broadway character actress for many decades, debuting in Orson Welles' production of Native Son in 1941. She appeared in at least a dozen Broadway shows including Jean Genet's The Blacks, Raisin from 1973 to 1975, Ossie Davis' Purlie Victorious (and later the musical version, which was called Purlie), The Amen Corner and Tennessee Williams' Period of Adjustment. She was an original member of the American Negro Theater. She first became famous later in life for her guest role as Wanda on the television series Good Times, and later as the wisecracking neighbor Pearl Shay on the television sitcom 227. She also played on the short-run sitcoms Baby, I'm Back (as mother in-law, Luzelle) and That's My Mama; as Loc Dog's grandma, Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood (1996), the matronly grandmother Mama Doll in the 1998 film Bulworth, and the no-nonsense grandmother in the film Hollywood Shuffle. Helen Martin died of a heart attack on March 25, 2000. Description above from the Wikipedia article Helen Martin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Played in movies:

Dummy

Score: 8.5

A Raisin in the Sun

Score: 7.5

Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood

Score: 7.0

Amos

Score: 7.0

Death Wish

Score: 6.9

Repo Man

Score: 6.7

The Phenix City Story

Score: 6.6

Kiss the Girls

Score: 6.5

Hollywood Shuffle

Score: 6.5

Doc Hollywood

Score: 6.4

Bulworth

Score: 6.3

A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich

Score: 5.9

Beverly Hills Cop III

Score: 5.9

Something to Sing About

Score: 5.7

I Got the Hook-Up

Score: 5.4

Cindy

Score: 5.3

House Party 2

Score: 5.3

Wacko

Score: 5.1

Deal of the Century

Score: 4.6

Night Angel

Score: 4.2

The Jerk, Too

Score: 3.0

Better Late Than Never

Score: 0.0

Lawman Without a Gun

Score: 0.0

J.T.

Score: 0.0

Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 2

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

Good Times

Score: 8.0

Hill Street Blues

Score: 7.6

Full House

Score: 7.5

Sanford and Son

Score: 7.4

The Flash

Score: 7.4

What's Happening!!

Score: 7.4

The Jeffersons

Score: 7.3

The Parent 'Hood

Score: 7.3

Starsky & Hutch

Score: 7.2

The Wayans Bros.

Score: 7.2

Benson

Score: 7.1

The White Shadow

Score: 7.1

That's My Mama

Score: 7.0

Maude

Score: 6.7

227

Score: 6.7

The Jamie Foxx Show

Score: 6.7

The Bill

Score: 6.6

Hardcastle and McCormick

Score: 6.4

T. J. Hooker

Score: 6.4

St. Elsewhere

Score: 5.6

The Stockard Channing Show

Score: 5.0

Baby, I'm Back

Score: 5.0