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Acting

Helen Martin

Career: Active from 1941 to 1998, with a break from 1946 to 1976, with up to 1 main title a year.

Leading roles: 2
top three billing

Average score: 59/100

Highest rated: Dummy
80/100

Characters

2

The characters Helen Martin played, best-known titles first.

Helen Martin as Pearl Shay

Helen Martin as Luzelle Carter

Character images: TheTVDB

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 40 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Helen Martin Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Tension
4.5, average 5.9
Wonder
2.0, average 3.4
Melancholy
3.4, average 4.7
Psychological
4.3, average 5.5

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

Psychological Thriller 2
Mystery 2
Coming-of-Age 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

49

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2000s

1 title · average score 72

Something to Sing About

72

as Elderly Woman

1990s

12 titles · average score 52

I Got the Hook-Up

35

as Grandmother

Bulworth

71

as Momma Doll

Kiss the Girls

53

as Nana Cross

The Jamie Foxx Show

44

TV show · as Mother Superior

Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood

56

as Loc Dog's Grandma

The Wayans Bros.

48

TV show · as Mother Evans

The Parent 'Hood

71

TV show

Beverly Hills Cop III

32

as Grandma

Doc Hollywood

61

as Maddie, Welcoming Committee

House Party 2

42

as Mrs. Deevers

Night Angel

45

as Sadie

The Flash

71

TV show · as Sadie Grosso

1980s

16 titles · average score 63

A Raisin in the Sun

72

as Mrs. Johnson

Hollywood Shuffle

75

as Bobby's Grandmother

Full House

51

TV show · as Shirley

227

78

TV show · as Pearl Shay

The Bill

77

TV show

Repo Man

79

as Mrs. Parks

Hardcastle and McCormick

65

TV show

Deal of the Century

24

as Baptist #3

St. Elsewhere

77

TV show · as Elderly Lady

T. J. Hooker

42

TV show · as Mrs. Sears

American Playhouse

69

TV show · as Mrs. Johnson

Hill Street Blues

90

TV show

1970s

17 titles · average score 66

Dummy

80

as Mrs. Harrod

Benson

47

TV show

Baby, I'm Back

TV show

Roots

76

TV show · as Aunt Sukey

A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich

63

as Mrs. Bell

What's Happening!!

48

TV show · as Millie / Mrs. Lloyd

Starsky & Hutch

78

TV show · as Vivian Fellers

The Jeffersons

80

TV show

Good Times

51

TV show

Death Wish

63

as Alma Lee Brown

Sanford and Son

51

TV show

Maude

47

TV show

1950s

1 title · average score 85

The Phenix City Story

85

as Helen Ward

1940s

2 titles · average score 40

The Lady Confesses

34

Screenplay

Invisible Ghost

46

Screenplay, Story