LaWanda Page
✓ Source-basedfallingActress, comedian (1920-2002)
LaWanda Page was an American actress, comedian and dancer whose career spanned six decades. Crowned "The Queen of Comedy" or "The Black Queen of Comedy", Page melded blue humor, signifyin' and observational comedy with jokes about sexuality, race relations, African-American culture and religion.
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Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood
Friday
My Blue Heaven
Zapped!
The Meteor Man
CB4
Shakes the Clown
Mausoleum
Talkin' Dirty After Dark
The Richard Pryor Special?
Good-bye Cruel World
Stonestreet: Who Killed the Centerfold Model?
The Legend of Dolemite! Bigger & Badder
Amazing Stories: The Movie III
Women Tell the Dirtiest Jokes36 credits on file
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The Love Boat
Family Matters
Starsky & Hutch
Martin
Amazing Stories
Sanford and Son
Dinah!
227
Dream On
The Parent 'Hood
Diff'rent Strokes
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
The Richard Pryor Show
Sanford
Brothers and Sisters
Detective School
Sanford Arms
B.A.D. Cats
The Redd Foxx Comedy HourConnected to LaWanda 6
About this person
LaWanda Page was an American actress, comedian and dancer whose career spanned six decades. Crowned "The Queen of Comedy" or "The Black Queen of Comedy", Page melded blue humor, signifyin' and observational comedy with jokes about sexuality, race relations, African-American culture and religion. She released five solo albums, including the 1977 gold-selling Watch It, Sucker!, and collaborated on two albums with the comedy group Skillet, Leroy & Co. As an actress, Page is best known for portraying the Bible-toting and sharp-tongued Esther Anderson on the popular television sitcom Sanford and Son, which aired from 1972 until 1977. Page reprised the role in the short-lived television shows Sanford Arms (1976-1977) and Sanford (1980-1981). She also costarred in the 1979 short-lived series Detective School. Throughout her career, Page advocated for fair pay and equal opportunities for black performers.
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