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Jun 13, 2022 · Crazy Mama opens 26 years earlier in Jerusalem, Arkansas 1932, with little girl Melba (Dinah Englund) witnessing the local police confronting her father to seize his farm property, and shooting him dead when he stands up to them.
Jul 9, 1975 · In this film, Melba (Leachman), her mother and her teenage daughter travel from California to Arkansas after their beauty parlor is taken away from them. Along the way they encounter several men as well as one robbery after another.
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- Action, Comedy, Drama
- Jonathan Demme
- 1975-07-09
Melba was a child living in Jerulsalem, Arkansas in 1932 when her father was killed by lawmen. Now a bitter widow, Melba's mother Sheba moves with her daughter to Long Beach, California and opens a beauty salon. In 1958, Sheba and Melba are behind in their rent and lose the salon.
- Evelyn Purcell, Jonathan Demme
- Stuart Whitman
In "Crazy Mama", Cloris Leachman plays Melba, a woman who runs a beauty parlor in Long Beach with her mother Sheba (Ann Sothern) and daughter Cheryl (Linda Purl) in 1958. Their Arkansas farm was repossessed by the banks in 1932.
Apr 12, 2014 · Melba (Cloris Leachman) is a down-on-her-luck hair stylist who loses her salon when she gets too far behind on her payments. With her mom, Sheba (Ann Sothern), her pregnant daughter Cheryl (Linda Purl) and Cheryl’s boyfriend Shaun (Don Most) in tow, Melba decides to pack up the car and head back to Arkansas, where she hopes to buy back the ...
In 1932, the authorities stole an Arkansas farm from its rightful owners, killing the father of Melba (Cloris Leachman) in the process and leaving Sheba (Ann Sothern) a widow.
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Melba, a widow in the 1950s, begins a wacky life of crime when she loses her Long Beach beauty parlor. She's joined by her mother Sheba, her pregnant daughter Cheryl, and her daughter's boyfriend Shawn.