227: The Handwriting on the Wall
6:30 pm - 7:00 pm, Wednesday, November 12 on WPIX Antenna TV (11.2)
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The Handwriting on the Wall
Season 2, Episode 11
Mary, Rose and Pearl catch a youth spray-painting the building, but the women end up in court, charged with assault.
repeat
1987
English
Comedy
Sitcom
Family
Cast & Crew
Marla Gibbs
(Actor)
.. Mary Jenkins
Alaina Reed
(Actor)
.. Rose
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Did You Know..
Marla Gibbs
(Actor)
.. Mary Jenkins
Born:
June 14, 1931
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, United States
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
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.
