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Nell agrees to look after the Kanisky's home, as a special favor to her dying friend, and takes on the role of housekeeper to widowed police chief Carl and a parental figure to his three teenage daughters, and eventually a foster son. Creators. Mort Lachman. Sy Rosen. Stars. Nell Carter. Lara Jill Miller. Kari Michaelsen.
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- 1981-10-29
- Comedy
- 30
Audiences took to her immediately and, eventually, she was handed her own vehicle as the loving but no-nonsense housekeeper of a white family in the NBC sitcom Gimme a Break! (1981). That show, which ran for six seasons, earned her two additional Emmy nominations for "Best Actress in a Comedy".
- September 13, 1948
- January 23, 2003
Gimme a Break! Gimme a Break! Gimme a Break! is an American television sitcom created by Mort Lachman and Sy Rosen, that aired on NBC for six seasons from October 29, 1981, to May 12, 1987. The series starred Nell Carter as the housekeeper for a widowed police chief ( Dolph Sweet) and his three daughters.
Nell Carter was an American actress and singer known for her role in the television series broadcast in the 1980s, Gimme A Break!. She was born in 1948 in Alabama and grew up in Birmingham. She started her career as a jazz singer before embarking on the world of musical. She has played in several Broadway musicals, notably Ain't Misbehavin 'and ...
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Carter became best known to audiences for her lead role in the NBC television series Gimme a Break!, in which she played a housekeeper for a widowed police chief (Dolph Sweet) and his three daughters. The show earned Carter nominations for a Golden Globe and an Emmy Award.
