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Dec 22, 2006 · Actor Mike Evans, best known as Lionel Jefferson in the TV comedy series "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons," has died. He was 57. Evans died of throat cancer Dec. 14 at his mother's...
- Movin on Up to 40 Years of The Jeffersons - This week marks the 40th anniversary of the premiere of The Jeffersons, the longest running Black sitcom in TV history.
- Norman Lear - Legendary TV writer and producer Norman Lear is 'The Godfather of Classic Black Sitcoms.' Thanks to Lear's groundbreaking hit All in the Family, TV audiences gained two trailblazing spinoff sitcoms, Good Times and The Jeffersons.
- Marla Gibbs - As The Jeffersons' sassy maid Florence Johnston, actress Marla Gibbs whipped out snappy comebacks in the blink of an eye. And in doing so, she contributed to Florence and George sidesplitting verbal dustups that gave the sitcom some of its most classic moments.
- Berlinda Tolbert - Berlinda Tolbert portrayed Jenny Willis Jefferson, the biracial but all-Black looking daughter of Helen and Tom Willis and wife of Lionel Jefferson.
Mar 27, 2023 · Mike Evans returned to the role sporadically starting in Season 6, with the character not appearing for years at a time before finally being written off during the show's final season.
Dec 23, 2006 · TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif., Dec. 22 (AP) — Mike Evans, an actor best known for playing Lionel Jefferson on the 1970s sitcom “All in the Family” and its popular spinoff “The Jeffersons,” died at...
13 Photos. Clean cut and smoothly handsome as a youth, Mike Evans got on board the Norman Lear TV train in the early 1970s and took a straight ride to sitcom stardom in both a landmark comedy series and its black-oriented spin-off.
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Dec 23, 2006 · TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif., Dec. 22 - Mike Evans, an actor best known for playing Lionel Jefferson on the 1970s sitcom "All in the Family" and its popular spinoff "The Jeffersons," died at his...
