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SitcomsHeydayfan · 05-06-2019, 06:19 PM

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Isabel Sanford must have had some jealous toward Sherman and Marla having their own show because she never appeared on 227 or Amen but managed to make a guest appearance on Living Single and Fresh Prince

Her jealousy would've come from the fact that her show bombed! But I'm sure she could've gotten guest roles on 227 and Amen if she wanted.

'80sSitcoms · 05-07-2019, 11:05 AM

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It's rare for an overweight woman to be a star on her own. Besides Roseanne who really did it?? You know how much looks matter in Hollywood!

Nell Carter did it first with "Gimme a Break".

SitcomsHeydayfan · 05-07-2019, 06:06 PM

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Nell Carter did it first with "Gimme a Break".

Good point. I forgot about her. I saw Gimme a Break as a kid and it was pretty good. I remember I liked than blonde girl..LOL. Nell Carter was good in that show.

But notice Nell Carter died young due to obesity related diabetes and heart disease.

DJM77 · 05-07-2019, 08:26 PM

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Originally Posted by SitcomsHeydayfan

It's rare for an overweight woman to be a star on her own. Besides Roseanne who really did it?? You know how much looks matter in Hollywood!

Aside from the aforementioned Nell Carter...

Shirley Booth (Hazel)
Mo'Nique (The Parkers)

SitcomsHeydayfan · 05-08-2019, 12:53 AM

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Aside from the aforementioned Nell Carter...

Shirley Booth (Hazel)
Mo'Nique (The Parkers)

Neither of those shows made it big. Not like the Jeffersons and Gimme a Break. Although Isabel Sanford didn't become obese until the last couple seasons of the Jeffersons. Nell Carter was morbidly obese the entire time.

Just using medical classifications.

'80sSitcoms · 05-08-2019, 09:44 AM

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Nell Carter was morbidly obese the entire time.

I remember thinking when I was a child she seemed that way (though I didn't know that phrase as a child), but the way things are nowadays, she doesn't seem as unusually enormously overweight as I thought she did when I was a kid.