Moms Mabley: Moms Mabley. Actress: Boarding House Blues. One the most successful entertainers of the Black vaudeville stage, also known as the Chitlin Circuit, was Jackie "Moms" Mabley, born Loretta Mary Aiken in 1894. At the apex of her long career, she was earning $10,000 a week at Harlem's Apollo Theatre. Mabley focused on conventional topics such as family and others not normally covered by comedians of the era, white or Black,...
Known For: Boarding House Blues (Moms(as Jackie Mabley)), Amazing Grace (Grace), Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley (Soundtrack("That Don't Pay My Rent", "Moms Mabley at the Playboy Club", "Abraham, Martin and John", "Everything's Going To Be Alright", "Everything's Going To Be Alright")), The Bill Cosby Show (Aunt Edna(as Jackie 'Moms' Mabley))