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With Isabel Sanford, Sherman Hemsley, Roxie Roker, Franklin Cover. Wealthy African American dry cleaner George Jefferson, his wife Louise, and son Lionel move into a luxury apartment building and develop occasionally fractious relations with other tenants, including their sassy maid Florence.
- (11K)
- 1975-01-18
- Comedy
- 30
Mar 6, 2024 · The original Lionel, Evans left the show after the first season and returned for one more season in 1980. Born in Salisbury, North Carolina, Evans says it was a fluke that he got the role on The Jeffersons at age 21.
- Evans Knew How to Deal with Carroll O’Connor’s Archie Bunker
- Evans Confronted Norman Lear
- Evans Was Reportedly Upset He Didn’T Have More Lines on ‘The Jeffersons’
Evans’ TV mom Isabel Sanford was impressed with his ability to deal with the character of Archie Bunker on All in the Family. As she told the Television Academy Foundationin 2002, “He was very good with Archie. He put him down.” The Louise Jefferson actor referred to Evans’ character’s constant run-ins with Carroll O’Connor’s character on the comed...
Evans co-created the Chicago-based sitcom Good Times in 1974. One of the show’s stars, Jimmie Walker who portrayed J.J. Evans on the series, revealed that the Lionel Jefferson actor didn’t leave The Jeffersonsof his own initiative. He was kicked off. Walker described a Christmas party he and Evans attended, at which show producer Norman Lear and a ...
Evans was the first Jefferson character to make an appearance on All in the Familyand the first Black character to appear on any of Lear’s programs. Unfortunately, his point to Lear according to Walker, began to get heated and intensely undiplomatic. “‘I was on All in the Family and then here comes [George Jefferson actor] Sherman [Hemsley] and Isa...
Mar 6, 2024 · The original Lionel, Evans left the show after the first season and returned for one more season in 1980. Born in Salisbury, North Carolina, Evans says it was a fluke that he got the role on The...
The Jeffersons ' sixth season peaked at No. 8 in the summer of 1980. The characters of Lionel and Jenny were written out by stating that they had marital problems, the result of which became a two-part episode storyline as the series' eighth-season premiere.
Feb 28, 2024 · From Season 4, Episode 17, 'Lionel Gets the Business' -When Lionel gets laid off from his job, George hires him to work in his office. However, Lionel turns out to be trouble when he started...
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- The Jeffersons
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Aug 23, 2022 · Mike Evans, who as son Lionel was the first Jefferson to appear on television, co-created "Good Times," which was loosely spun off from "Maude," and featured Maude's former maid Florida Evans ...
