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Marla Gibbs (The Jeffersons) plays Mary Jenkins, a housewife who lives with her husband,contractor Lester and their 14-year-old daughter Brenda. Mary's best friend is Rose Lee Holloway, who hangs out with Mary on the stoop of the apartment building (#227) and discuss many things. This show ran from 1985-1990 on NBC.

Episode Info

Final: 5x24 -- No Place Like Home (May/06/1990)

Mary dreams that she's homeless after misinterpreting a plea for help from a street person (homeless advocate Theodore Hayes) as a threat to her safety.

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Jan 24, 1987
Season 2 episode 13

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Come Into My Parlor
Nov 29, 1986
Season 2 episode 7

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Pillow Talk
Nov 22, 1986
Season 2 episode 6

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Temptations
Nov 15, 1986
Season 2 episode 5

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Washington Affair
Nov 01, 1986
Season 2 episode 3

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The Wheel of Misfort..
Oct 04, 1986
Season 2 episode 1

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Slam Dunked
Feb 22, 1986
Season 1 episode 20

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Cast

Marla Gibbs As Mary Louise Jenkins	Hal Williams As Lester Jenkins
Alaina Reed Hall As Rose Lee Holloway	Jackée Harry As Sandra Clark (S01-S04; recurring in S05)
Regina King As Brenda Jenkins	Kia Goodwin As Tiffany Holloway (S01)
Helen Martin (1) As Pearl Shay	Curtis Baldwin As Calvin Dobbs
Countess Vaughn As Alexandria DeWitt (S04)	Toukie A. Smith As Eva Rawley (S05)

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Crew

Creator: Bill Boulware, C. J. Banks
Developer: Jack Elinson
Executive Producer: Dick Bensfield, Perry Grant
Producer: Bill Boulware
Production Designer: Don Roberts
Casting: Marc Hirschfeld
Music: Ray Colcord
Art Director: Larry Wiemer
Executive In Charge Of Production: Ken Stump

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Recurring Guests

• Jackée Harry as Sandra Clark (7 eps)
• Kevin Peter Hall (1) as Warren Merriwether (5 eps)
• Lynn Hamilton (1) as Emma (5 eps)
• Wally Taylor as Building Inspector (3 eps)
• Whitman Mayo as Henry Hurley (3 eps)
• Frank Jenkins (1) as Neighbor (3 eps)
• Kia Goodwin as Tiffany (3 eps)
• Hank Rolike as Electrician (3 eps)
• Nick LaTour as Guard (3 eps)
• Frieda Rentie as Woman #2 (3 eps)

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Classification: Scripted
Genre: Comedy
Status: Canceled/Ended
Network: NBC (