Mabel King Net Worth, spouse, young children, awards, movies

Key facts:

Mabel King was an American actress and singer

Her best known role was starring as Mabel 'Mama' Thomas on the television series What's Happening!! from 1976 to 1978.

She was nominated for a Saturn Award in 1979 for Best Supporting Actress for The Wiz.

King appeared in several films and TV shows like The Jerk, Whiz Kids, Wiseguy, The Jeffersons.

Mabel King passed away on November 9, 1999, at 66 years old after losing three of her limbs to illness.

Basic Information About Mabel King

Category	Celebrities › Actors
Professions	Actor
Net worth	$250,000
Date of birth	1932-12-25
Place of birth	Charleston
Date of death	1999-11-09 (aged 66)
Nationality	United States of America
Spouse	17 June - Melvin King ( 1967 - 8 September 1989) (divorced) (1 child)
Gender	Female
Social Media	↗︎ Wikipedia ↗︎ IMDb

Holly Montag

Andy Herren

Nicole Alexander

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John Wayne Bobbitt

Oscar	Golden Globe	Golder Raspberry	BAFTA	Other
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Award Name	State	Movie / Series Name	Year
TV Land Award - The "She Works Hard for the Money" Award (Favorite Working Mom)	Nominee	What's Happening!!	2007

Had one son, Larry, who died in 1996.
In 1986, she lost a toe to diabetes. In 1989, she had a stroke leaving her left side paralyzed and also was virtually speechless for over a year. She lost both her legs. In the 1990s, she almost died in surgery during a hip replacement. She was once dropped by an ambulance crew and another time fell out of her wheelchair face first to the floor. She lost some of her top teeth. She died on November 9, 1999 at 3:55 AM EST at the Kaiser Foundation Hospital. She was cremated.
Her most famous role (both on Broadway and in the screen version) was as Evillene, the Wicked Witch of the West, in 'The Wiz'.
She was a conservative Republican and in 1984 was a featured speaker at the Lincoln Memorial for a "Blacks for Reagan" rally; she spoke very passionately in support of Ronald Reagan's re-election.