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Ellen Harper

Vinton Harper
First appearance "Vint and the Kids Move In"
Last appearance "Bye-bye–Baby!"
Portrayed by Ken Berry
David Friedman as Young Vint Harper
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Aliases Vinton Ray Harper (birth name)
Gender Male
Occupation Locksmith
Family Thelma Harper (mother)
Carl Harper (father; deceased)
Ellen Jackson (sister)
Eunice Higgins (sister)
Spouse(s) Mitzi Harper (divorced)
Naomi Oates (current)
Children Sonja Harper (daughter, with Mitzi)
Vinton "Buzz" Harper, Jr. (son, with Mitzi)
Tiffany Thelma Harper (daughter, with Naomi)
Relatives Aunt Fran Crowley (aunt)
Ed Higgins (brother-in-law)
Bubba Higgins (nephew)
Billy Joe Higgins (nephew)
Naomi Harper
First appearance "Vint and the Kids Move In"
Last appearance "Bye-bye–Baby!"
Portrayed by Dorothy Lyman
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Nickname(s) "Skeeter"
Aliases Naomi Oates
Occupation Cashier at Food Circus
Assistant Manager at Food Circus
Spouse(s) Vinton Harper,
Leonard Oates (ex-husband),
Tommy Ray/Lee (ex-husband)
Children Tiffany Thelma Harper (daughter)
Vinton Harper Jr. AKA Buzz (step-son)
Sonja Harper (step-daughter)
Relatives Thelma Harper (mother-in-law),
Bubba Higgins (nephew),
Ellen Jackson (sister-in-law),
Eunice Higgins (sister-in-law),
Ed Higgins (brother-in-law)
Ellen Harper Jackson
First appearance The Carol Burnett Show
(November 22, 1975)
Last appearance Episode: "Best Medicine"
(July 1986)
Portrayed by Betty White
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Aliases Mary Ellen Harper (birth name)
Gender Female
Occupation Socialite
Family Carl Harper (father; deceased)
Thelma Harper (mother)
Eunice Higgins
Vinton Harper
Spouse(s) Bruce Jackson (divorced)
Children Mary Beth Jackson
Debbie Jackson (daughters with Bruce; mentioned on The Carol Burnett Show)
Relatives Fran Crowley (maternal aunt; deceased)
Bubba Higgins (nephew)
Sonja Harper (niece)
(Tiffany Thelma Harper) (niece)
Buzz Harper (nephew)
Billy Joe Higgins (nephew)
Bubba Higgins
First appearance "Farewell Frannie"
Last appearance "Bye Bye Baby"
Created by Dick Clair
Portrayed by Allan Kayser
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Occupation College student
Family Eunice Higgins (mother)
Ed Higgins (father)
Billy Joe Higgins (brother)
Relatives Thelma Harper, neé Crowley (grandmother)
Carl Harper (grandfather; deceased)
Vint Harper (uncle)
Naomi Harper (aunt)
Vinton "Buzz" Harper, Jr. (cousin)
Sonja Harper (cousin)
Tiffany Thelma Harper (cousin)
Ellen Jackson (aunt)
Bruce Jackson (former uncle)
Fran Crowley (great-aunt; deceased)
Frances Marie Crowley
First appearance "Vint and the Kids Move In" (January 1983)
Last appearance "A Grave Mistake" (April 1984)
Created by Dick Clair
Portrayed by Rue McClanahan
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Nickname(s) "Aunt Fran" (nickname)
"Fran" (nickname)
"Frannie" (nickname)
Occupation Newspaper reporter
Freelance writer
Title Miss Crowley
Family Grandma Crowley (mother; deceased)
Grandpa Crowley (father; deceased)
Thelma Harper (sister)
Clyde Crowley (brother; lives in Amarillo, Texas)
Ellen Jackson (niece)
Eunice Higgins (niece)
Ed Higgins (nephew-in-law)
Vint Harper (nephew)
Naomi Harper (niece-in-law)
Sonja Harper (great-niece)
Buzz Harper (great-nephew)
Bubba Higgins (great-nephew)
Billy Joe Higgins (great-nephew)
Tiffany Thelma Harper (great-niece)
Relatives Ina (aunt; deceased)
Gert Corey (cousin)
Don (uncle)
Lorraine (aunt)
Leroy (cousin; deceased)
Iola Lucille Boylen
First appearance Farewell, Frannie
Last appearance Bye Bye Baby
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Nickname(s) Miss Boylen
Gender Female
Title Miss Boylen
Family Tommy Boylen (unknown relative)

Verne Boylen (brother)
Relatives Vernilia Boylen (cousin)
Vernette Boylen (niece)

The following is a list of the characters appearing on the television show Mama's Family (1983–1990) and The Family (1974–1978) sketches on the The Carol Burnett Show which preceded it.

See Thelma Harper

See Eunice Harper Higgins

Vinton Ray Harper , played by actor Ken Berry, was the youngest of the three children of Thelma Harper and her late husband, Carl born on March 10th. As a child and as an adult, he was often at the mercy of his older sisters, snobbish Ellen and temperamental, tempestuous Eunice.

Vinton worked as a locksmith at a store called "Kwik Keys." Prior to the series' run, Vinton had been married to a woman named Mitzi, siring two children, Vinton "Buzz" Harper, Jr. and Sonja Harper. Mitzi had just abandoned Vinton and her family to move to Las Vegas as the series began, finding work there as a cocktail waitress, and Vinton and his two children moved in with his mother after being evicted from their house. He soon reconnected with former schoolmate, and his mother's next door neighbor, Naomi Oates. They fell in love after a one-night stand, exacerbating the neighborly rivalry between Thelma and Naomi, and they married in his mother's house. Their plan after marriage had been to move to Arizona to run a trailer park, but their business partner absconded with their money, leaving them destitute with no other alternative but to move into his mother's basement.

During the NBC run of the series (1983-1984), Vinton was portrayed as clumsy, temperamental, and unafraid of confrontation. As a blue-collar worker from the heartland, a few episodes during the NBC run revolved around his family's inability to act with grace and class in public, much to the embarrassment of the more cultured members of the family. This changed during the series' run in syndication (1986-1990); Vinton was portrayed as dumbfounded and naïve, with a peaceable demeanor and a fear of confrontation.


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