#pearlshay

[brandonimhotep]

Today We Remember and Wish a Happy Heavenly Birthday to Helen Dorothy Martin!! 🥰🎉 Please show some L💛ve in the comments for one of our favorite and sassiest television grandmothers, #HelenMartin ✨✨ #SwipeLeft #Nashville #Tennessee #Wanda #GoodTimes #PearlShay #​227 #FiskUniversity #Chicago #NewYork #Broadway ​#BabyImBack #ThatsMyMama #SanfordAndSon #HollywoodShuffle #DontBeaMenacetoSouthCentralWhileDrinkingYourJuiceintheHood #IGotTheHookUp #HouseParty2 #MamaDollainBulworth ​#Monterey #California https://www.instagram.com/p/CRq4FqQobuw/?utm_medium=tumblr

[andrettibrown]

#blackhistorymonth DAY 11 Helen Martin: Helen Dorothy Martin (July 23, 1909 – March 25, 2000) was an #Americanactress of stage and television. She is best known for her roles as Wanda on the #CBS sitcom #GoodTimes (1974–79) and as #PearlShay on the #NBC sitcom 227 (1985–90). She 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, the musical 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. #happyblackhistorymonth #blackactors #blackhistory #blackhistorymonth2019 #blackexcellence https://www.instagram.com/p/BtzElmWHipR/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=7kj0oo5mgwj9

[kindertrauma]