Moms Mabley Made Us Laugh, But This Horror She Survived Will Make U Cry

Posted On : September 10, 2015

8-26 blog moms mableyMoms Mabley was one of the most admired comedians to have ever graced the comedy world, although she doesn’t always get the proper recognition she deserves. She dominated a sport at a time when only males were playing it.


Her influence had an effect on everyone from Redd Foxx, to Richard Pryor, to Whoopi Goldberg…and even comedians of today’s era are influenced by her, even if they don’t realize it, because their favorite comedians looked up to other comedians, who looked up to her.
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The thing that wasn’t widely talked about during Moms Mabley’s reign is the amount of horror she experienced throughout her childhood, only to run away from it and ultimately become a superstar being chauffeured around in Rolls Royces and getting paid one of the highest salaries of any comedian of that era.
8-26 moms mabley bw4Moms Mabley was one of 16 children, and by the time she’d turned 11, her life tragically changed as a result of being raped by an older man. As if that wasn’t horrific enough, she was raped again at the age of 13 by the town’s sheriff. Both rapes resulted in two pregnancies…

BUT WAIT…THERE’S MUCH MORE TO HER STORY, LIKE A LOT MORE>>>

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