Vicki Lawrence

Vicki Lawrence

Known for
Acting
Born
March 26, 1949 (age 77)
Birthplace
Inglewood, California, USA

Biography

Vicki Lawrence is an American actress, comedian, and singer. She is best known for her character Mama (Thelma Harper). Lawrence also originated many other characters on CBS's The Carol Burnett Show from 1967 to 1978, the variety show's entire series run. In 1973, Lawrence became a one-hit wonder singer in the USA only, landing on the U.S. chart with "The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia". It reached number one on both the United States and Canada charts. Lawrence has multiple Emmy Award nominations, winning one in 1976. She is also a multiple Golden Globe nominee, all for The Carol Burnett Show.

Known For

Photos

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Filmography

2025
Hollywood Squares poster

Hollywood Squares

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2024
Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story poster

Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story

TV · as Leigh · 1 ep

2024
Palm Royale poster

Palm Royale

TV · as Lotte · 4 eps

2023
Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love poster

Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love

Movie · as Self - Guest

2022
Celebrating Betty White: America's Golden Girl poster

Celebrating Betty White: America's Golden Girl

Movie · as Self

2022
The Really Loud House poster

The Really Loud House

TV · as Joan Shivers · 1 ep

2021
Call Me Kat poster

Call Me Kat

TV · as Phil's Mama · 1 ep

2018
The Cool Kids poster

The Cool Kids

TV · as Margaret · 22 eps

2018
The Resident poster

The Resident

TV · as Gloria Ortiz · 1 ep

2017
The Carol Burnett 50th Anniversary Special poster

The Carol Burnett 50th Anniversary Special

Movie · as Herself

2017
Great News poster

Great News

TV · as Angie · 7 eps

2015
Celebrity Family Feud poster

Celebrity Family Feud

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2012
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars poster

RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars

TV · as Self - Guest Judge · 1 ep

2011
Annie Claus Is Coming to Town poster

Annie Claus Is Coming to Town

Movie · as Martha

2009
Hermie & Friends: The Flo Show Creates a Buzz poster

Hermie & Friends: The Flo Show Creates a Buzz

Movie · as Flo

2008
Hermie & Friends:  Hermie and The High Seas poster

Hermie & Friends: Hermie and The High Seas

Movie · as Flo

2007
Larry the Cable Guy's Christmas Spectacular poster

Larry the Cable Guy's Christmas Spectacular

Movie · as Mama

2007
Phineas and Ferb poster

Phineas and Ferb

TV · as Hilda · 1 ep

2006
The Fox and the Hound 2 poster

The Fox and the Hound 2

Movie · as Granny Rose (voice)

2006
Hannah Montana poster

Hannah Montana

TV · as Ruthie Ray Stewart · 5 eps

2004
Hermie & Friends: Flo the Lyin' Fly poster

Hermie & Friends: Flo the Lyin' Fly

Movie · as Flo (voice)

2004
The Carol Burnett Show: Let's Bump Up the Lights poster

The Carol Burnett Show: Let's Bump Up the Lights

Movie · as Herself

2004
Hermie & Friends: Webster the Scaredy Spider poster

Hermie & Friends: Webster the Scaredy Spider

Movie · as Flo

2001
Carol Burnett: Show Stoppers poster

Carol Burnett: Show Stoppers

Movie · as Herself

2001
Elvis Is Alive! I Swear I Saw Him Eating Ding Dongs Outside the Piggly Wiggly's poster

Elvis Is Alive! I Swear I Saw Him Eating Ding Dongs Outside the Piggly Wiggly's

Movie

2001
The Test

The Test

TV · 1 ep

2000
Yes, Dear poster

Yes, Dear

TV · as Natalie Warner · 1 ep

1998
Nunsense 3: The Jamboree poster

Nunsense 3: The Jamboree

Movie · as Sister Mary Amnesia / Thelma Harper

1997
Ally McBeal poster

Ally McBeal

TV · as Dana · 1 ep

1996
The Rosie O'Donnell Show poster

The Rosie O'Donnell Show

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

1994
Attack of the 5 Ft. 2 Women poster

Attack of the 5 Ft. 2 Women

Movie · as Herself

1994
Hart to Hart: Old Friends Never Die poster

Hart to Hart: Old Friends Never Die

Movie · as Nora Kingsley

1994
Duckman poster

Duckman

TV · as Vicki Lawrence (voice) · 1 ep

1994
All-American Girl poster

All-American Girl

TV · as Phone Lady · 1 ep

1994
Burke's Law poster

Burke's Law

TV · as Felicia Harper · 1 ep

1993
Diagnosis: Murder poster

Diagnosis: Murder

TV · as Kitty Lynn Hastings · 1 ep

1993
Intimate Portrait poster

Intimate Portrait

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1992
Vicki!

Vicki!

TV · as Self - Host · 374 eps

1991
The Carol Burnett Show

The Carol Burnett Show

TV · 9 eps

1989
Major Dad poster

Major Dad

TV · 1 ep

1988
Roseanne poster

Roseanne

TV · as Phyllis Zimmer · 1 ep

1984
Murder, She Wrote poster

Murder, She Wrote

TV · as Jackie MacKay, Phoebe Carroll · 1 ep

1984
Body Language poster

Body Language

TV · as Self · 5 eps

1983
Mama's Family poster

Mama's Family

TV · as Thelma Harper · 130 eps

1982
Eunice poster

Eunice

Movie · as Mama

1980
The Tim Conway Show poster

The Tim Conway Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1979
Express to Terror poster

Express to Terror

Movie · as Karen Price

1979
Carol Burnett & Company

Carol Burnett & Company

TV · 4 eps

1979
Supertrain poster

Supertrain

TV · as Karen Prince · 1 ep

1978
The Eddie Capra Mysteries poster

The Eddie Capra Mysteries

TV · 1 ep

1977
The Love Boat poster

The Love Boat

TV · as Robin Brandt, Gloria Baxter, Carol Holtham, Patty Beller · 1 ep

1976
Having Babies poster

Having Babies

Movie · as Grace Fontreil

1976
Laverne & Shirley poster

Laverne & Shirley

TV · 5 eps

1976
Battle of the Network Stars poster

Battle of the Network Stars

TV · as Self - NBC Team · 1 ep

1973
The Bobby Goldsboro Show

The Bobby Goldsboro Show

TV · 1 ep

1973
Match Game poster

Match Game

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1972
Carol Burnett and Friends

Carol Burnett and Friends

TV · 146 eps

1972
The Midnight Special poster

The Midnight Special

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1969
The Barbara McNair Show poster

The Barbara McNair Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1968
Rowan & Martin at the Movies poster

Rowan & Martin at the Movies

Movie · as Self / Member of the Young Americans (uncredited)

1968
The Carol Burnett Show - The Lost Episodes poster

The Carol Burnett Show - The Lost Episodes

TV · as Mama, Various Characters · 18 eps

1967
Young Americans poster

Young Americans

Movie · as Vicki Lawrence

1967
The Carol Burnett Show poster

The Carol Burnett Show

TV · as Various Characters · 279 eps

1963
Miss USA poster

Miss USA

TV · as Self - Judge · 1 ep

1961
The Mike Douglas Show poster

The Mike Douglas Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep