Cully bunker biography
Cully bunker biography book.
Cully bunker biography
From John Street to Big Apple: Worcester native Zara Cully moved on up in 'The Jeffersons'
Fifty years ago on Feb. 9, Archie Bunker met his match in 5-foot-2, 125-pound Zara Cully, who was born and raised in Worcester.
Despite being a distinguished actress, drama coach, director and writer with a career spanning five decades, Cully will always be best remembered as Olivia “Mother Jefferson” Jefferson on the hit CBS sitcom “The Jeffersons.”
But it was on Feb.
9, 1974, that Cully first played Mother Jefferson on the “All in the Family” episode titled "Lionel's Engagement." This week marks the 50th anniversary of the airing of Cully’s “All in the Family” debut. She was 82 at the time.
And, her memorable introduction went something like this.
“Hey there (George) Jefferson, that ain’t very nice talking that way to your little mammy,” Bunker (Carroll O'Connor) said.
Waiting for the audience’s laughter to subside, Mrs.
Jefferson rolls her eyes and then roars, “Who you calling mamm