227 (1985–1990)

Cast

Complete series cast summary:
	Helen Martin	...	Pearl Shay (116 episodes, 1985-1990)
	Marla Gibbs	...	Mary Jenkins (115 episodes, 1985-1990)
	Hal Williams	...	Lester Jenkins (115 episodes, 1985-1990)
	Alaina Reed-Hall	...	Rose Lee Holloway (113 episodes, 1985-1990)
	Regina King	...	Brenda Jenkins (106 episodes, 1985-1990)
	Jackée Harry	...	Sandra Clark (99 episodes, 1985-1989)
	Curtis Baldwin	...	Calvin Dobbs (78 episodes, 1985-1990)

Storyline

Based on a play about the lives of women residing in a black apartment building in 1950s Chicago, by Christine Houston, Marla Gibbs, who first shot to stardom for playing the sarcastic housekeeper to Louise & George Jefferson, Florence Johnston, in "The Jeffersons," got her own series. In this sitcom, she starred as Mary Jenkins, a tart-tongued, sharp housewife, who enjoyed a great deal of gossip, and often spoke of what she'd believed, not-so-good results. 227 was also about the many African-Americans who resided in a Washington, D.C. apartment building, among the many of her residents were Lester Jenkins, Mary's husband who was a construction worker, Brenda Jenkins, a teenaged daughter of Mary's & Lester's, whose very scholarly, when at times, she overdoes things and apologizes, Pearl Shay, an annoying, yet open-minded neighbor, who believes in gossip... Written by Gary Richard Collins II (gcollinsii@aol.com)  

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