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    October 11, 1991), better known by his stage name Redd Foxx, was an American stand-up comedian and actor. Foxx gained success with his raunchy nightclub act...
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  • The Redd Foxx Show is an American television sitcom that premiered January 18, 1986, on ABC. The show was cancelled after 3 months, partly due to low...
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    Borscht Belt. During his travels, he met many black entertainers, including Redd Foxx. They worked in New York City, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and New Jersey...
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  • long been associated. The series starred Redd Foxx and Della Reese. Murphy had previously worked with Foxx and Reese in the 1989 film Harlem Nights,...
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    author. He played Lamont Sanford, the son of Fred Sanford (played by Redd Foxx) on the NBC sitcom Sanford and Son (1972–77). He also portrayed Oscar...
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    Missouri, and she attended Banneker Elementary School, where she met Redd Foxx, two years her junior. Eventually, both entered the field of comedy separately...
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    Grady Wilson, Bubba Bexley, and Rollo Lawson. Sanford and Son stars Redd Foxx as Fred G. Sanford, a widower and junk dealer living at 9114 South Central...
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    for 197 episodes. From 1975 she also starred in films, playing opposite Redd Foxx in Harlem Nights (1989), Martin Lawrence in A Thin Line Between Love and...
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    portrayed by actor/comedian Redd Foxx on the 1972–1977 NBC sitcom Sanford and Son and the 1980–1981 NBC sitcom Sanford. Foxx, whose real name was John Elroy...
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  • and comedian Redd Foxx. Jimmie Foxx (1907–1967), American major league baseball player John Foxx (born 1948), English musician Kim Foxx (born 1972), State's...
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    played by actress LaWanda Page, an acquaintance of series star Redd Foxx. Page was Foxx's first and only choice to play Esther. At first, Fred's main enemy...
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    Jamie Foxx, which he felt was ambiguous enough to disallow any biases, with his surname being a tribute to the black comedian Redd Foxx. Foxx joined...
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  • (EST) on NBC from January 14, 1972 to March 25, 1977. The show starred Redd Foxx and Demond Wilson in the leading roles. The series follows Fred G. Sanford...
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    portrayed by American rapper Zeale. 1973: Pryor Goes Foxx Hunting (Laff.) Split LP with Redd Foxx, containing previously released tracks from Craps (After...
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  • (1978) as Nurse Rosa Santiago. She starred in the short-lived series The Redd Foxx Show (1986). She has made guest appearances on many television series...
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    Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series. She also starred alongside Redd Foxx on The Redd Foxx Show as Toni in 1986. Adlon was featured in numerous films since...
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  • Redd Foxx left the NBC show to star in a variety show for ABC. His new show, The Redd Foxx Comedy Hour, was cancelled after just four months. Redd Foxx...
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  • a 1976 American comedy film directed by George Schlatter and starring Redd Foxx and Pearl Bailey. It is based on the play Norman, Is That You? The film...
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  • written, and directed by Eddie Murphy. The film co-stars Richard Pryor, Redd Foxx (in his last film appearance before his death in 1991), Danny Aiello,...
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    singers Vic Damone and Connie Stevens and for his mentor, the comedian Redd Foxx. Morita used the nickname "The Hip Nip". Morita's first movie roles were...
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    Airwolf; The A-Team; Gun Shy; Murder, She Wrote; Mork & Mindy; and The Redd Foxx Show. In 1974, he married Mary Carey; the couple has four children: Carey...
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  • He also appeared as Curtis, a grandson of Redd Foxx's character on the CBS series The Royal Family. Foxx died of a heart attack a month after The Royal...
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    November 7, 1995) was an American comedian and actor. He worked with Redd Foxx on the Chitlin' Circuit of stand-up comedy during the 1950s and 1960s...
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  • for the recruitment of Michael Landon, James Garner, Dean Martin and Redd Foxx to the NBC television network. Tebet was born on December 27, 1913, in...
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    Low Comedy". Publicly Accessible Penn Dissertations: 10. "The Redd Foxx Show : Redd Foxx Comedy Hour". Archived from the original on 2006-02-17. Retrieved...
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  • lines to him and then sent him down to Redd Foxx's room, who talked with Taylor about their hometown, St. Louis. Foxx told Taylor that he had the role which...
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    Walley, tea-chest bass players of The Quarrymen. John Sanford, a.k.a. Redd Foxx, got his start in show business as washtub bass player for the "Bon Bons"...
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  • episode while Audrey Meadows portrayed his wife, Martha). Michael Landon, Redd Foxx, Joe Namath, and Jack Klugman (with Tony Randall in 1973 and alone in...
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  • parody of the song "The Candy Man" and an incident involving comedian Redd Foxx. "Trash of the Titans" won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program...
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  • called Sanford Arms. Sanford and Son had ended in March 1977 when star Redd Foxx left the series. Sanford Arms was intended to be a continuation of that...
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