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227
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Genre
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Sitcom
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Number of Episodes
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116
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First aired
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September 14, 1985
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Last aired
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May 6, 1990
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Created by
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C.J. Banks
Bill Boulware |
227 is an American sitcom that originally aired on Syndication from September 14, 1985, until May 6, 1990, starring Marla Gibbs (from "The Jeffersons").
Other cast members of the show throughout the series' run consisted of Hal Williams, Jackée Harry, Alaina Reed Hall, Helen Martin, Regina King, Curtis Baldwin, Kia Goodwin, Countess Vaughn, Toukie A. Smith, Barry Sobel, Paul Winfield and Stoney Jackson.
In 1987, Jackée Harry won a Primetime Emmy Award for "Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series" and was also nominated for a Golden Globe Award for "Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film".
Synopsis[]
The show was about the lives of people in a middle-class apartment building in Washington, D.C and was centered around Mary Jenkins, a nosy, tart-tongued housewife.
Cast[]
- Marla Gibbs as Mary Jenkins
- Hal Williams as Lester Jenkins
- Alaina Reed Hall as Rose Lee Holloway
- Jackée Harry as Sandra Clark
- Regina King as Brenda Jenkins
- Helen Martin as Pearl Shay
- Curtis Baldwin as Calvin Dobbs
- Kia Goodwin as Tiffany Halloway [season 1]
- Countess Vaughn as Alexandria DeWitt [season 4]
- Toukie Smith as Eva Rawley [season 5]
- Paul Winfield as Julian C. Barlow [season 5]
- Stoney Jackson as Travis Filmore [season 5]
- Barry Sobel as Dylan McMillian [season 5]
- Kevin Peter Hall as Warren Merriwether [season 5]
Trivia[]
The show's title bore resemblance to 222. Room 222 was a show created by James L. Brooks which ran from 1969 to 1974, centered around an African American character who was a high school teacher and was even acknowledged to have on numerous occassions brought up significant social issues before Norman Lear's reknowned 1970s shows did so.[1]