227: Pilot Episode


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Pilot Episode

Season 1, Episode 6

In the series' pilot, Mary's landlord problems increase when the owner of the apartment building dies, leaving the place to "a tenant".

repeat 1985 English
Comedy Sitcom Pilot Family

Cast & Crew
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Marla Gibbs (Actor) .. Mary Jenkins
Alaina Reed (Actor) .. Rose
Regina King (Actor) .. Brenda

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Did You Know..
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Marla Gibbs (Actor) .. Mary Jenkins
Born: June 14, 1931
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Trivia: Was employed by a major airline when she was cast on The Jeffersons; continued working for the airline during her first few seasons on the show. Is also a singer; released an album, It's Never Too Late, in 2006. Reunited with actress Regina King, who played her daughter on the 1980s sitcom 227, in a 2012 episode of Southland.
Alaina Reed (Actor) .. Rose
Born: November 10, 1946
Died: December 17, 2009
Birthplace: Springfield, Ohio, United States
Trivia: Made her professional stage debut in a production of Hair in Chicago in 1970.Was an original cast member of the off-Broadway production of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band on the Road in 1974, playing Lucy.Notably played Gordon's sister Olivia on Sesame Street and in the Sesame Street feature film Follow That Bird in 1985.Co-starred in the NBC sitcom 227 from 1985 to 1990, playing Rose Lee Holloway, and had to divide her time between this show, which taped in Los Angeles and Sesame Street which was taped in New York.Met her second husband, actor Kevin Peter Hall, who played Predator in 1987's Predator and 1990's Predator 2, when he appeared on 227.
Regina King (Actor) .. Brenda
Born: January 15, 1971
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, United States
Trivia: Born January 15th, 1971,Regina King distinguished herself as a skilled actress in the 1990s with a number of supporting roles in prominent films. Born and raised in Los Angeles, King first made her mark as a TV actress when she was cast in the sitcom 227 in 1985. During her five seasons on TV, King also played small parts in the Bill Murray comedy Scrooged (1988) and Charles Burnett's domestic drama To Sleep With Anger (1990). After 227 ended in 1990, King moved to films full-time with a role in John Singleton's acclaimed directorial debut Boyz N the Hood (1991). King worked with Singleton again in Poetic Justice (1993) and Higher Learning (1995). Showing her ability with film comedy as well as drama, King appeared in F. Gary Gray's cult-hit comedy Friday (1995) and co-starred opposite Martin Lawrence in A Thin Line Between Love and Hate (1996). After drawing attention with her performance as Cuba Gooding Jr.'s wife in the critically praised hit Jerry Maguire (1996), King landed substantial parts in the adaptation of Terry McMillan's How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998), the hit action-thriller Enemy of the State (1998), and the family friendly animal adventure Mighty Joe Young (1998). Though her 1999 film Love and Action in Chicago was not nearly as successful as her trio of 1998 movies, King began the new decade with parts in HBO's widely watched telefilm If These Walls Could Talk 2 (2000) and the Chris Rock romantic comedy Down to Earth (2000). King continued to work steadily in a variety of projects including Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde, the family-friendly Eddie Murphy film Daddy Day Care, and the teen comedy A Cinderella Story. King appeared in her most celebrated film to date in 2004 playing Margie Hendrix opposite Jamie Foxx in Ray. She also found steady work in animated efforts including The Ant Bully, and the confrontational television version of the comic strip The Boondocks. In 2006, King joined the cast of the Fox action drama 24, playing the heretofore unseen sister of slain President David Palmer. The part of a smart, tough advocacy lawyer from a powerful family immediate seemed like a good fit for the actress, whose career was populated with such strong and complex roles. King joined the cast of This Christmas (2007), an ensemble drama following a family trying to celebrate Christmas despite a long period of estrangement, and worked with Molly Shannon and Laura Dern in the critically acclaimed black comedy Year of the Dog (2007). In 2009, King took on a starring role in the popular TNT police drama Southland.

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